Carolinas Chapter Member Judges Southern Accents Design Competition

Grand-Prize Winner Announced in Southern Accents/ASID Design Contest

The American Society of Interior Designers and Southern Accents magazine are pleased to announce that Barbara Howard, ASID, an Atlanta-based interior designer, was named grand-prize winner of the sixth annual National Residential Interior Design Contest. Howard, the top honoree in the living room category, was presented a check for $10,000 during a special ceremony at INTERIORS 06: The ASID Conference on Design, held March 15 � 19 in Nashville, Tenn.

The other finalists in the competition were

• Kitchen Category: Sandra Chancey, ASID, and Catherine Christie, ASID, of Sandra B. Chancey Interior Design in Tampa, Fla.
• Bathroom Category: Rozanne Jackson, of Rozanne Jackson Interiors in Nashville, Tenn.

Each project was judged on its successful integration of utility, comfort, and originality. Judges for the 2005 competition were Grant Eric Gribble, ASID, of Gribble Interior Group in Orlando, Fla., and Judy Pickett, ASID, of Design Lines, Ltd., in Raleigh, N.C., along with Southern Accents editors.

The 2005 winners were featured in the September-October 2005 issue of Southern Accents magazine. Visit www.SouthernAccents.com and www.asid.org for information about the 2006 National Residential Interior Design Contest.

Interiors �06, March 17-19, 2006
Nashville, TN

What a Conference! We had 20% more Designers in attendance, and fabulous sponsors for this remarkable annual event. New products were unfolded, prizes were available, special pricing and options were available for attendees, and food!, glorious food, was both plentiful and delectable at the events and two meals per day provided during the Conference.

Some of the members of the Carolinas Chapter who represented the Chapter in Nashville were Judy Pickett, FASID; Susan Cree, ASID; Joan Gaulden, FASID; Stephanie Lazar, Leah Helton, Cassie Nichols and Sarah McGee, all Student Members attending Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC (they were accompanied by Kent R. Harris, Assistant Professor at Salem College), and Duval Acker, ASID, your President.

Good news for the Carolinas: Our donation to the ASID Foundation Auction was very well received, achieving a purchase price of $2,000 for the Foundation! Many thanks to Agnes Willcox, ASID, who procured the Greystone Inn donation, complete with cocktail party and picnic!! All told, nearly $100,000 was raised in that one evening for research programs, grants and other gifts made possible by the ASID Foundation.

Thursday, March 16th, was the Presidents Forum, and was fantastic � just full of information and sharing success stories. We were given the latest and best information on Nominating Committee procedures, with additional helps for President�s responsibilities for the balance of the year.

Interiors annual Conferences are invaluable for the professional Designer, since connecting with the people and information is fuel for bringing design to life.