2012 IDEC Scholarship Awards Recognize Top Presentations made during Annual Conference

April 6, 2012 - PRLog -- The winners of the 2012 IDEC Scholarship Awards were announced Thursday, March 22, 2012 during the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Best presentation honors were awarded to William Riehm, Mississippi State University, and Annie Coogan, Crawford, Parsons - the New School for Design,  for “A Bar Stool, Ernst Haeckel, and Rhinoceros: Learning Object Modeling Technology through Design Problem Solving.” A furniture design problem, inspired by Edwardian botanical, modeled in Rhino3D and actualized with three-dimensional printing, results in an intriguing discussion of biomimicry and technology.

Best poster recognition went to Sabrina Frey of Florida State University for “Well Being, How the Living Environments of Others May Improve It.” Featuring research questions and answers given to/by Nordic residents as living environment interior design contributors to their elevated state of well-being.

The final award category “Members Choice” is voted on by conference attendees following three days of presentations. This year’s members choice award went to “Beyond the Final Studio Presentation: Multimedia Project Storytelling as Portfolio Enhancement,” an abstract presented by Jill Pable, Florida State University.  Multimedia studio presentations may enhance a student’s portfolio beyond traditional text-and-image approaches. Session discusses practitioners’ perceptions of these presentations’ influence on securing employment for students.

Of the 228 submission, 83 were accepted for the conference. For more information on these and other presentations at the 2012 IDEC Annual Conference, watch for the official proceedings to be posted at 2012.idec.org.

The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) is an international organization with the mission of advancing interior design education, scholarship and service. Founded in 1963, IDEC has over 800 members.  For more information, go online to www.idec.org.