2024 Honor Awards
The IIDA Northern California Chapter Honor Awards aims to encourage new ideas and techniques in the design and furnishing of interior spaces. The Honor Awards program focuses on recognizing and honoring outstanding interior design completed by firms within the Northern California Chapter. Join us as we announce who the winners are for Honors Award 2024!
Visit the gallery to check out the qualified contenders reviewed and ranked by our distinguished jury panel, showcasing the incredible talent and creativity in our industry! As in years past, we will be announcing the finalists and winners for each category LIVE at the event on March 14, 2024.
Questions:
Please contact media@iidanc.org
Date
Thursday, March 14 2024
Time
6:30-9:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Location
SF Masonic Auditorium
1111 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Organizer
Judges
AJ Paron
EVP + Design Futurist
SANDOW Design Group
Stillwater, MN
AJ Paron has created and led a multi-million dollar award-winning design/build firm, developed national programs for ASID (American Society of Interior Designers), developed and funded design research programs for the University of Minnesota and pioneered various charitable programs. AJ has also been a design consultant for interiors in healthcare and education, specifically dealing with autism. AJ has used her skills as a designer and blended them with her experience of raising a son with autism.
Katherine Darnstadt
Founder + Principal Architect
Latent Design
Chicago, IL
Katherine is an architect, educator and founder of Latent Design, a practice at the intersection of architecture and community development creating social, economic and environmental impact beyond the building. Leveraging design as a tool to make the invisible forces impacting a project visible through architecture. She is winner of the 2013 American Institute of Architects Young Architects Honor Award, 2014 Crain’s Chicago 40 Under 40, teaches at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University.
Mark Bryan, NCIDQ
Certified Futurist
Future Today Institute
Columbus, OH
Mark Bryan is a Senior Foresight Manager at the Future Today Institute. Mark’s industry expertise dives into design, the built-environment, culture, supply chain and logistics, sustainability, retail, consumer demographics, and technology. Prior to FTI, Mark worked as a workplace strategist, designer and design researcher, and futurist for clients all across the country. NCIDQ Certified Interior Designer, and a recipient of two 40 Under 40 awards among other publications and recognition.
Ryan Anderson
VP of Global Research & Insights
MillerKnoll
Grand Rapids, MI
Ryan leads MillerKnoll’s research, shares insights publicly across the world, and provides workplace strategy and application design advisory services to MillerKnoll customers. With nearly thirty years of industry experience, Ryan’s work has centered on how the places we inhabit can be better designed to support healthy, inclusive, and productive communities. Ryan hosts MillerKnoll’s Looking Forward podcast on the future of work and regularly speaks at public events, has been featured in a wide variety of publications.
Sara Fenske Bahat
CEO
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, CA
“Unafraid of change, I am more afraid of what will happen to our culture, our civic life, and our democracy itself if we avoid making the bold decisions that are needed to change our institutions, our communities, and ourselves. My career crosses the borders that too often exist between business leaders, policy makers, artists, and activists, weaving partnerships and projects that create both cultural change and social impact. A passionate Wisconsin native.”
Awards Categories
HEAL
Where we flourish: hospitals, medical facilities, clinics, assisted living, laboratories.
JEWELBOX
Where we indulge: retail, wellness, hospitality, healthcare, and other experiential destinations on a smaller, more intimate scale. Projects under 5,000 usable square feet.
LIVE
Anyplace we call home: homes, condominiums, townhouses, apartments, mobile homes or houseboats.
PLAY
Where we entertain ourselves: hotels, restaurants, theaters, spas, casinos, stores, showrooms, malls, tasting rooms, sports arenas.
SERVE
Where we meet: public spaces, libraries, schools, non-office government facilities, transportation centers, places of worship, museums.
WORK
Where we work: corporate workplace environments. Small, Medium & Large categories.
Supplemental Awards
LONG VIEW
Achievement in Sustainable Design
CRAFT
Achievement in Custom Design
SUMMIT
Achievement in Partnership
Event Committee
President-Elect, IIDA NC
Melissa Pesci
Principal & VP, HGA
President, IIDA NC
Katy Mercer
Principal, Woods Bagot
Immediate Past-President, IIDA NC
Yana Ronin
Founder & Chief Strategist, FORTYSEVEN LLC
Chapter Administrator
Veronica Vaskinn
Colliers
Event Chair
Jonathan Chow
DLR Group
Communications Manager
Heather Mackin
Mackin Creative
Kim Clauss
Mode-SF
Tom DiRenzo
CRI
Kat Dudley
CRI
Shelley Dunnigan
Callahan+Co.
Christian Jones
LinkedReps
Jennifer Lawson
Callahan+Co.
Paul Mabe-Fogg
Two
Dylan Phaneuf
HKS
Sergio Prieto
Maven
Ravi Rao
Taylor Design
Travis Setterbo
InsideSource
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