Press Release: fashion remix final

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Oct. 21, 2009

Deborah Warren

Chair of event, IIDA
DWarren@dtex.com
801-520-4964

INTERIOR DESIGN GOES FASHIONISTA

International Interior Designer Association Hosts Fashion Show in Salt Lake City

LOGAN, Utah – The Fashion Remix, hosted by IIDA Rocky Mountain chapter is a fashion show in which interior designers are teamed up with manufacturers to create an ensemble. The outfit could be made up of any material including: laminate, carpet, tile, or wall coverings

The purpose of this competition is to push the boundaries of the design through creative outlets. Utah State University’s Interior Design program has two professors, Darrin Brooks, Susan Tibbits and a design student Linea Senna that will be entering in an ensemble. They were approached by the Rocky Mountain chapter to represent Northern Utah in May. Teamed up with Forbo Flooring using Marmoleum material, their theme idea became masquerade. “[Our] goal was to develop an involved scheme for a costume to be worn as a disguise to a ball with a mask. We laser cut the flooring giving it an unexpected look, it impossible to tell it is rubber floor tile,” said Brooks.

There will be five awards given to the top design. Design students from USU plan on attending the event to support their professors. A design student Martha Rex said “I plan on attending the event because design covers a wide spectrum of fields, I love great design used in any application.”

The event will take place on Oct. 22, 2009 at The Tower at Rice Eccles Stadium, 451 South 1400 East in Salt Lake City. The general admission tickets are $30, student tickets are $15, while the VIP ticket cost $100. Though design is what will take forefront at this event, the proceeds will go to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for research in finding a treatment.

For more information on IIDA please e-mail or contact:

Danielle Domichel
Media Contact
danielle.domichel@aggiemail.usu.edu

IIDA was founded in 1994 as the result of a merger of the Institute of Business Designers (IBD); the International Society of Interior Designers (ISID); and the Council of Federal Interior Designers (CFID). The goal of the merger was to create an international association with a united mission that would represent interior designers worldwide. Since that date, IIDA has worked to convene communities of interior designers across regions and specialties representing the interests for the entire community.

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