Event Recap Sequoyah Golf Course, Oakland Once again, an energetic group of designers, manufacturers, architects and contractors came together for a day on the green at the beautiful Sequoyah Golf Course on the Oakland hills. The weather was gorgeous and the good times were a plenty. If you’re interested in joining the planning committee for […]
September 28, 2022 Event Recap September Climate Crawl EHDD Early Phase Integrated Carbon (EPIC) RMW’s objective for every interior project is to consider the health and wellness of our clients and most importantly the impact we have on the planet when building these beautiful interior spaces. Every project we strive to learn from our past […]
September 9 2022 Event Recap Leaders Breakfast Four Seasons, San Francisco On September 9, 2022 our design community joined together in person again at the Four Seasons in San Francisco for breakfast. Former IIDA Northern California Chapter President, Donald Cremers was honored as a with the renowned Red Eames Stool presented by MillerKnoll. Our keynote […]
July 27 2022 Event Recap Pioneers in Design – Walter Hood SF Jazz, San Francisco On July 27, 2022 our design community joined together in person again at SF Jazz for a riveting conversation between Verda Alexander and this year’s Pioneer in Design, Walter Hood. Walter and Verda discussed how architecture/landscape architecture and memory & […]
July 22, 2022 July Bill Blog Last year, IIDA’s legislative relations hit a major and meaningful milestone, with both California chapters taking support positions on bills aimed at limiting construction’s carbon footprint. This year, IIDA’s legislative wingspan continues to broaden. The Northern and Southern California chapters again adopted support positions on two climate-related bills, and […]
May 4 2022 Event Recap Honor Awards The Fox Theater, Oakland We kicked off this year’s show and celebrated our community being together again with a live, all singing, all dancing musical tribute to the heritage of the Fox Theatre. It was a wild start to the evening! Dancers greeted guests as they arrived at […]
March 10, 2022 IIDA Northern California VP of Advocacy, Laura Taylor, IIDA and Assistant VP of Advocacy, Adam Newton, Associate IIDA testify in person in Sacramento during the 2022 CCIDC Sunset Review Hearing, encouraging lawmakers to take time to study the specific issues related to commercial interior designer’s regulation and practice privileges dictated by legislation […]
January 20, 2022 Governor Newsom released his budget proposal for 2022-23, which includes billions of dollars in proposed investments to fight and prepare for climate change, and to tackle the growing challenges surrounding homelessness and access to housing. The Governor’s climate change action plan includes a tremendous infusion of resources for Zero-Emission Vehicles, transit, clean […]
August 4th, 2021 This year, IIDA took an important step in its advocacy efforts when both the Northern and Southern California Chapters of IIDA voted to support Senate Bills (SB) 31 and 32, both authored by Senator Dave Cortese from Santa Clara. In a nutshell, both bills were aimed at promoting building decarbonization to reduce […]
May 27th, 2021 In a landmark move, IIDA’s Northern and Southern California boards both voted to publicly support California Senate Bills 31 and 32 at their April meetings. SB 31 and 32 target the decarbonization of buildings as a way of combating global warming; this is an area of clear importance to our industry, and […]