Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Merchandise Mart

The Merchandise Mart is the place to go when you're looking for some inspiration. There's always something going on. If you enjoy browsing the rooms at Ikea, the Mart is like that but add 3 0's to the $. It's still fun to look. From April 25-July 12, they'll be featuring an even called Dreamrooms featuring 9 rooms by some famous designers.

The best event at the Mart is Neocon. It's the biggest event of the year. It's open to the public and you get a lot of free stuff! For those that are interested in attending, please keep a look out for a design/build competition, Canstruction. Teams of architects, engineers, and students mentored by these professionals, compete to design and build giant structures made entirely from full cans of food. Four ppl from my firm including me will be teaming up with Eckenhoff Saunders Architects to build one of the structures. We're still brainstorming for ideas now.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

In The Beginning

I've been saying it forever and now I'm finally doing it. My design blog.
Hello everyone. My name is Emily. I'm a full time lighting designer and freelance interior designer. I'm hoping to utilize this blog to document some of my design projects and also showcase some interesting finds.

First project I'm documenting is my most important project yet, a condo I share with my boyfriend. It's causing me great stress at the moment because I'm trying to have it 80% furnished in 1 1/2 months time and in a very tight budget. Hopefully by the time we're done, we still like each other. Stay tuned for pics...