Conferences & Events
Competitions + Grants
Career Center
Conferences & Events
Competitions + Grants + Awards
Membership
© 2024 Interior Design Educators Council
First Place
Systems Thinking for Permanent Supportive Housing
Team
Students: Savannah Hinck, Alexis Coleman, Ashley Manzo
Faculty Advisor: Migette Kaup
Institution: Kansas State University
Narrative
Homelessness has been a protracted social problem in the United States, and the reasons for the lack of success in solving this complex social problem are many. Structural solutions to deter homelessness include permanent supportive housing (PSH). These environments serve as a setting to offer intervention for homelessness and provide solutions to adults struggling to find shelter. Our team’s video proposes ways to use the design of the built environment as a means for meeting the needs of the homeless when they become residents of PSH. Through systems thinking, interior designers are capable of establishing a shared complexity towards a common goal of rehabilitation for residents of PSH. Designing environments that involve the community are possible in systems thinking through interconnectedness, synthesis, emergence, and systems mapping.
Second Place
Systematic Thinking within the Context of Community Based Design
Team
Students: Nhat-Quynh Pham, Margaret Ahearn, Ciara Hovis
Faculty Advisor: Migette Kaup
Institution: Kansas State University
Narrative
Our video focuses on the importance of designing with a systematic mindset when designing for community spaces. We focused on how communities themselves are all unique systems. A designer must look at and be familiar with that system or the design will not be successful. By accounting for the unique qualities of a community’s system, a designer can aid in boosting community relations, encouraging infrastructure reform, and taking closer looks at the needs of community members.
Third Place
Systems Thinking and Indoor Air Quality?
Team
Students: Zaria Sumling, Jasmine Smith, Addison Slaton, Audra Hoefelmeyer
Faculty Advisor: Michelle Pearson
Institution: Texas Tech University
Narrative
“As designers, we have a responsibility to create a safe and healthy environment for our clients. Even though this is a big part of our job, we cannot accomplish this alone, because the problem is so complex. Systems thinking is a problem-solving strategy that explores how the unification of bodies of knowledge can work to improve human condition and help understand complex issues. It acknowledges that there are multiple interrelated and interdependent elements at work that create a larger whole. With the help of the Well Building Standards, air quality engineering, and the field of product design designers can design these healthy spaces that provide the best indoor air quality possible.”
Third Place
Systems Thinking through Retail Therapy
Team
Students: Sarah Duffin, Merrik Beard, Shaofang Xu, Jessie Judd
Faculty Advisor: Michelle Pearson
Institution: Texas Tech University
Narrative
Everywhere you go, whether you realize it or not, you are impacted by the interior environment, but especially in a retail environment. Today we are going to dive into the questions, “what impacts the way a person shops? Why did they choose to shop at a particular store? Why are they choosing to buy what they are choosing? Or do some leave with nothing? To better understand this topic, we are going to use a problem solving strategy known as ‘systems thinking.’ Systems thinking looks at a different areas of study to gain a greater understanding of a larger, complex issue. All of these questions can be answered by looking at the systems such as shopper psychology, lighting design, retail proximity and interior design strategies for retail.
Competitions
IDEC members can integrate special projects like the Student Design Competition and the Interior Design Education Video Competition into their curriculum.
