SDSA Glee Field Trip

Set Decorators Society of America"Day with the Set Decorator" Field Trip Review Whether you love it, hate it, or just can't make up your mind everyone has heard of the phenomenon that has become Glee. What you probably do not know about Glee and all your favorite television shows is that behind the scenes there is a set decorator devoting their life to creating an entire world for the characters to live in with only a few walls and a short period of time making sure that every set is perfect down to the last name plate on Sue Sylvester's trophy. The first stop on our trip was at the Hollywood Studio Gallery. This gallery houses a huge selection...

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The new illumaWALL

Duo-Gard’s new illumaWALL is a revolutionary new product in the lighting design world. The illumaWALL has many practical functions, design applications all while being very green and sustainable, building points with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). The wall is also relatively affordable for its application making its over value un-ignorable for almost any building project.Here are some examples of green advantages from illumawall.com:“> Projects daylight more deeply into interior> Minimizes disruptive solar glare and costly heat gain> Enhances occupant comfort and productivity> Increases energy efficiency with...

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Aria Resort & Casino: Las Vegas, Nevada

The Aria Resort & Casino is located at 3730 Las Vegas Blvd. South in Las Vegas, Nevada. The group of structures located at the site are breathtaking with effortless-looking design, often referred to as CityCenter. The overall design challenge was to build an entire city within a fully developed city. Although extremely beautiful, much work was done to make this project as green as possible. Aria has set new standards for "responsible growth" in the city, as the USGBC has awarded it with six distinct LEED Gold certifications to its Resort & Casino’s hotel tower, convention center and showroom, Vdara Hotel & Spa, Mandarin...

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CASE STUDY FOUNTAIN VALLEY REGIONAL HOSPITAL/CANCER CENTERFOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIAAN AESTHETIC UPGRADE – ALL FLOORSThe Fountain Valley Regional Hospital/Cancer Center, located east side of the hospital main floor, at 11190 Warner Ave., Fountain Valley, California, is a four-story Medical building that consists of a Center for Breast Care, an Infusion Therapy, an American Cancer Society, an Imaging Center, an Outpatient Surgical Center, a Pre-Cancer Admitting Center, and Medical Offices.The Cancer Center built in 1996 to provide health care solutions for short stay and outpatient to the residents of the surrounding communities in Orange County....

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Opportunity Drawing and Speaker Event!!

A llied health science B iological scienceC onsumer  Science & Design Hey everyone! I know you all have seen the three enormous buildings being built next to the technology building on campus. They are called the ABC buildings, standing for allied health science, biological science, and consumer  science & Design. If you didn't already know, the Interior Design program is one of the lucky programs to be able to reside in the 'C' building in the spring (the building closest to the E lot). Now I'm sure that there have been some questions you may have that haven't been answered. Well guess what? The answers are here!!...

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Case Study: Penn State Forestry Building

To find a building project that displays great architectural innovation I looked coast to coast and couldn’t find a better example than Penn State’s The Forest Resources Building. The facility includes four stories, plus a lower floor, and encompasses nearly 100,000 square feet. It is truly an architectural design treasure. The building is designed as a showcase of hardwoods. Not so much in the flooring, but on the walls. This unique building design is simply to display the beauty of hard timber as can be used on any interior building surface. The forestry building at pen state is a work of art that every design student can learn from. From...

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SAID @ PDC

On November 9, S.A.I.D. took a field trip to the Pacific Design Center. We visited ten showrooms in five hours. The showrooms included Giati Designs, David Sutherland, A. Rudin, Mimi London, Arc-Com Fabrics, Ralph Pucci, Century Furniture Paston/Rawleigh/Everette Micucci and Moura Starr.The most stunning showroom was Moura Starr. This showed furniture, lighting, wallpaper, and fine art. Moura Starr designs, engineers and hand crafts every piece of furniture in their collection.One of the friendliest showrooms was Century Furniture. They have set up an OCC student account for students to use their online resources. 95% of Century Furniture...

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Love Where You Swim ®

It is not difficult to find a really nice pool in Orange County. But let’s imagine that we are giving out an award to someone and we must choose a “best of the best.” I wouldn’t call myself a pool expert, but one particular company always stands out the most, and seems to me to consistently achieve beautiful results with their pool designs. Yes, of course, it is the Irvine Company. They must be -- don’t they own like almost half of OC? On their website they say about themselves that “Irvine Company Apartment Communities offers a portfolio of 115 exceptional apartment communities set in California’s most desirable locations. With world-class...

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L'Auberge Del Mar

Imagine a quaint hotel in a coastal town that allows you to relax and unwind by the sea.  Now imagine a resort that supplies the same cozy feeling while providing a four-star experience: enter L'Auberge Del Mar.  The resort is located in the beautiful coastal city of Del Mar, California, a half hour north of San Diego, and is known to be the spot to stay and indulge at while visiting the Del Mar Race Track.  The renovations on this exquisite hotel were completed in 2009; just in time for the start of the busy season at the local race track and of course to board the guests who would be attending.    The resort houses...

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The Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment

When the St. Joseph Hospital in Orange decided to build a new cancer center, their patients were the inspiration. When one has to deal with, what could be considered one of the hardest things in life, cancer, this hospital has tried to bring some sense of peace to their lives with the interior design of their new building. The new Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment has been up and running for two years. As I mentioned before, the inspiration for the interior design concept was to make the patients and their families feel that they are in a healing environment where they can feel peaceful and at home while they wait and receive treatment. When you enter the building, one doesn’t get the feeling of stepping into a hospital setting. The overall theme is nature and serenity. The...

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Case Study: W Hollywood Hotel & Residences

Glitz, glam, and green are what I would describe the new W hotel in Hollywood that was just opened January 28, 2010. Located at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, the W Hotel and Residences is only one of a long chain of W Hotels around the world by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. The property consists of two 15-story towers containing 300 hotel rooms and 144 condo residences. Its design captures a contemporary chic vibe, while paying tribute to classic Hollywood imagery. Every detail, from the red carpet at the front entrance to the rhinestoned peep holes on every door, is homage to the old school Hollywood scene.Starting at the...

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