Designer Events
Rocky Mountain Designers' Market
Save the Date: May 6 & 7, 2008
PLEASE JOIN US as some of the Industry's Leading Designers, Business Leaders, and Professionals come together to inspire and educate at the Denver Design District's largest trade-only regional event.
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For more information contact Rosa Mayberry.
2008 Designer Seminar Series
Please contact Sarah Coates at 303-282-3233 or sarahc@denverdesign.com for seminar registration information.
Unlock the Total Earning Power of Your Business
Speaker: Andy Thienel
| Date: | April 29th |
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| Time: | 11am |
| Cost: | Free! |
| RSVP: | RSVP is Required! Please let the receptionist or Management Office know if you would like to attend or call 303-282-3233 to reserve your seat. |
Luxury Design Without Limits
Speaker: Roger Thomas
| Date: | Thursday, September 11, 2008 |
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| Time: | 11am |
| Cost: | $10 for registered designers $15 for non-registered designers |
| RSVP: | RSVP is required! Please let the receptionist or Management Office know if you would like to attend or call 303-282-3233 to reserve your seat. |
Designer's Network Events
The Designer's Network is a forum to educate, to listen, and to be heard….but mostly just to connect. It provides designers the opportunity to meet, share their stories and their situations together, as peers, not as competitors. The meetings will be 50% educational and 50% social, featuring speakers and topics chosen specifically for designers. The quarterly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at 5:00 pm at the Denver Design District and are complimentary.
We invite all members of the trade to join our Designer's Network events. To be placed on the Designer's Network electronic invitation list, please email the following information to Sarah at sarahc@denverdesign.com.
Marina Dagenais is the coordinator for Designer Network. If you have comments or suggestions for future events, we invite you to contact Marina at 303-282-3226 or marina@denverdesign.com
* Students May attend Network events if registered at the DDD.
Eco-Friendly Remodeling and Redecorating
| Guest Speaker: | Shelley Black, President, Fleming-Black Group, Inc., an Interior Design Firm located in Denver and Evergreen, Colorado. |
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| Date: | Tuesday May 15, 2008 |
| Time: | 5-7pm |
| Where: | TBD |
What is Eco-Friendly anyway? How does it differ from Green Design? Can an environmentally balanced, nature-friendly home be beautiful and pleasing to the eye? Shelley has specialized in the field of Environmental Design since 1993. Her own "environmental illness" experience of the 1970's provided her with the knowledge to create an eco-friendly, as well as a beautiful, home. She will discuss some of the beautiful design options that are available to meet the criteria of "clean" design.
How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want To Be
| Guest Speaker: | Cheryl Bartlett, Success Coach |
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| Date: | Tuesday July 15, 2008 |
| Time: | 5-7pm |
| Where: | The Carpet Studio Showroom |
Career and financial success is something that everyone wants and many spend a lifetime hoping for. Some will never reach these dreams while others will accomplish them early in life. And even though most of us know what we want out of life, only a handful of us have learned how to get it. That fortunate few know that success is not just for the lucky, that the ability to reach our dreams is easily available to anyone who is willing to learn the skill sets of ultimate achievement. Whether your goal is greater industry accomplishment, financial freedom, profitable sales and marketing skills, more free time, less stress or a deeper sense of purpose there is a roadmap, a process of proven principles and habits that can be learned and used consistently to create the results you desire. We invite to join Success Coach and Interior Designer Cheryl Bartlett in a cutting edge workshop where you can begin to learn the proven methods and strategies needed to get you from where you are to where you want to be! So don’t put off today what you wish you would have done one year from now, call today and register for the event that will change the course of your success!
Successful Fee Structures and Systems to Manage Your Design Firm's Profit Centers
| Guest Speaker: | Kim Goscha, accounting consultant for the interior design trade, Studio IT |
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| Date: | Tuesday September 16, 2008 |
| Time: | 5-7pm |
| Where: | Floor Coverings by CPA Showroom |
Interior Design professionals find themselves in a complicated and ever-changing industry. Deciding how to set your design fees can leave your head spinning! Kim will explore the different billing options such as; hourly design fees, flats fees, cost plus markup, margin based and retail less discounts. These complicated billing scenarios can be done with ease if you have successful systems and tracking methods in place. Having proven systems can also help you to streamline your billing methods, project purchasing and profit analysis to help you get back to what you want to be doing... designing.
Interior Transformations for Space and Psyche
| Guest Speaker: | Lorell Frysh Ph.D. Transpersonal Psychologist/Interior Designer |
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| Date: | Tuesday November 18, 2008 |
| Time: | 5-7pm |
| Where: | Carter Didlake, Inc. Showroom |
We are all aware of how we feel when we walk from the chaos and busyness of everyday life into a space that is quiet and gently calming; when we walk into a space that shifts us simply by being in it. Think of particular churches, or perhaps a time when you were desperate for a massage, and entered the wonderful calm of a beautiful spa, and simply by walking through the door, you already felt relaxed. Think of a gentle walk in a beautiful garden.
What is exactly is the mystery that enables such profound shifts? Is it the colors? The balance of positive and negative space? The Feng Shui? And what exactly is happening with the Feng Shui? What really creates the invitation into the profound mystery that happens when we enter spaces that genuinely shift our consciousness? How can we, as aware designers, truly affect people’s reality by the way we shape their environments?
This lecture will explore some of those elements that create and enable powerful shifts of consciousness. We will briefly examine the mystical and spiritual philosophies that underscore Eastern and Western design practices such as sacred geometry, the psychological and spiritual vibrations of color, and major tenants of conscious design.