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Designers Dabble in Fashion to Benefit Interior Design Coalition of Arizona

This year's event concluded with over 650 people in attendance, awards in eight categories, and proceeds benefiting the Interior Design Coalition of Arizona.

Laurel Petriello -- Interior Design, 3/8/2010 12:00:00 AM

Photo by Ben Quillinan

Interior design products ruled the runway this season at the Phoenix Art Museum for third annual installment of Couture 2010 hosted by the Southwest chapter of IIDA. The event features the fashion stylings of interior design and architecture firms throughout the Valley of the Sun. The firms are randomly paired with contract manufacturers and a chosen color palette to produce a single garment to best represent the breadth of firm's design talent and ability to mold and shape a wearable ensemble from nontraditional materials.

Photo by Ben Quillinan

This year’s event concluded with over 650 people in attendance, awards in eight categories—including the debut of the Best Sustainable Design award—and proceeds benefiting the Interior Design Coalition of Arizona.

Best of Show
Firm: Fischer Design Studio & not simply specifications
Design Team: Janet Fischer, Bonnie Toland, Marisa Buehring
Manufacturer: Full Circle; local representative of OFS Brands, rep: Karen Shepherd
Ultron Color: Acoma

Best Haute Couture (most fabulous)
Firm: Hospitality Design Concepts
Design Team: Jesi Thelen, Jodi Baker, Kristen Werley
Manufacturer: Transact Commercial Furniture; local representative of Kimball, rep: Stephen Hall
Ultron Color: Penasco

Best Pret-a-Porter (most wearable)
Firm: s:e design
Design Team: Sherry Engle, Jeanine Dougherty
Manufacturer: Pacificrest Carpet Mills, rep: Kathleen Kordecki
Ultron Color: Zuni

Best Sustainable Design
Firm: Airpark Signs
Design Team: Gretchen Cherrill, Jared Garris, Sharon Stead
Manufacturer: Airpark Signs
Ultron Color: Chimayo

Best Craftsmanship
Firm: AIA, Arizona Associates
Design Team: Alexandra Evjen, Karla Grijalva, Sarah Ingham, Andrea Lucarelli, Bryan Rollins, Leslie Tom
Manufacturer: Sherwin-Williams, rep: Angela France
Ultron Color: Chaparral

Honorable Mention
Firm: Studio V Interior Design
Design Team: Michele Logan, Shanda Siekert-Logue, Katherine Pullen, Erin Dayala
Manufacturer: Contract Wallcoverings, rep: Sandy Bloniarz
Ultron Color: Kachina

People's Choice Award
Firm: Cafe Design & Architecture
Design Team: Adriana Duran, Laura Zygas, Ed Viser, Casey Simpson
Manufacturer: Target Commercial Interiors, rep: Darbie Murphy
Ultron Color: Squash Blossom

Best of Show - Students
School: Arizona State University
Student Design Team: Felicia Chavez, Carol Kleihauer, Al Rampe, Erin Yi
Materials Donated By: InterfaceFLOR, Armstrong, ArcCom, Ultron, Johnsonite, Crossville, Knoll Textiles, Tri-Kes Wallcovering
Ultron Color Palette: Southwest Landscape

All photography by Ben Quillinan.