IIDA Northland

Teams of Interior Designers, partnering with industry vendors, dealers and contractors are finalizing their designs for the renovation of the lounges and check-in rooms at People Serving People. A huge thank you goes to those partners for their support!
We are still in need of some lounge furniture and re-upholstery services. If you are interested in donating, please contact Lisa Kirkbride (lisa_kirkbride@knoll.com) or Megan Duffy (mduffy@bdhyoung.com).

Another thank you goes to Target Corporation for donating the gift cards for each team to use in their renovation.

Background:

IIDA Northland is introducing Take II: Design+Community, an opportunity to allow our design community to share their talents to enhance lives of the residents at charity partner, People Serving People. Only a few spots remain!

People Serving People is a homeless shelter serving families. There are resident lounges on each floor that act as living rooms for all families to share. This is the primary space for families to meet with other residents and spend some time away from their hotel size room. There are also rooms on the first floor where new families check-in. These small rooms are the first impression that families have and do not currently represent the great atmosphere that the People Serving People staff provide. You can see by the images of the existing spaces that there is room for improvement!

Teams of Interior Designers will develop a concept for a single lounge. These rooms act as living rooms for guests. Teams will be able to implement their design with construction complete in March of 2011, just in time to present the results at FAB! All products and services will need to be donated. IIDA is compiling a list of available donations for teams to work with and teams are encouraged to secure donations of specific items or services unique to their project. IIDA Northland will work with teams to secure any necessary products or services for their designs.

The Target Corporation is generously donating to the project and IIDA is looking for all our industry partners (designers, manufacturers, contractors) to support this exciting community outreach project through design, product donations, installation services, & financial support. Registration will be open Friday, Oct 22nd with Design submissions due December 13th. For more information, contact Megan Duffy (mduffy@bdhyoung.com) or Lisa Kirkbride (lkirkbride@knoll.com)

Please visit the People Serving People website to find other ways you can contribute to improving the lives of these children!

Corporate Sponsor:

Industry Partners:

Acoustic Associates
Agati Furniture
Aid Electric Corporation
Alternative Business Furniture
American Drapery Systems, Inc.
Anzea
Art Partners
ASI Signage Innovations
Berg Drywall
BOLYU Pure
Brownsworth Inc.
Cay Lynch
City View Electric, Inc.
Commercial Furniture Services
CORT
Davis & Associates
Design Tex
Diversified Construction
Fixtures Furniture/Schrader Hernke
Fluid Interiors
Formica
Fresh Air Finishers
Home Insight, LLC
Holly Ylinen
Intereum
InterfaceFLOR
Interiors Interface
Interscapes
J + J Innovations
JL Rosewood Corporation
Johnsonite
JTH Lighting
Knoll Studio
Knoll Textiles
Lou Reid-Community
Maharam
Mars Carpet Sales
Mayer Fabrics
Modern Heating & Air Conditioning
The Mohawk Group
MP Johnson Construction, Inc.
Norton Drapery
Olympia Tech Electric
Patcraft Carpet
PIECE
Plantscapes
Primary Design
Rik Murray
RJM Construction
Rob Odden
SDDI Signs
Shaw Contract Group
Sowles Company
Sunrise Painting
Target Commercial Interiors
Teknion
Valspar
Welsh Construction
Wilsonart

Sponsorship Opportunities Available

Project Information

Project Background

People Serving People provides emergency shelter to 99 homeless families every night in Hennepin County. Located in Downtown Minneapolis, this 10-story building is essentially a hotel whose primary form of hospitality comes in helping families to overcome homelessness. Families come to the shelter because of landlord foreclosures, job loss, financial crisis, evictions, overwhelming medical expenses, etc – and they leave with stronger community connections, dedicated advocates, employment, stable housing, and a chance at a better future. The heart and soul of People Serving People's work is the time spent on strengthening the futures of the 200+ children at the shelter every day – through early childhood education, healthy meals, volunteer readers and tutors, healthcare, family activities, school transportation, and stabilization of family life. Everyone deserves to have a place to call home – and People Serving People depends on the community's support to help families find their way home.

Project Goal

The goal of the project is to allow the Interior Design community to use their specific skills to enhance the lives of the residents at People Serving People by designing and renovating the shared lounges. The shared lounges act as the living room for the families who are staying in the resident rooms.

Qualifications

Each team must designate a team leader. This individual need not be an active Associate or Professional member of IIDA.

Team must have a registration number for their project (this number will be provided after submission of Registration Form).

All entries become the property of IIDA Northland and will not be returned and may be used for publication.

IIDA is not responsible for loss or damage to entries incurred during shipping. If any qualifications or requirements are not met, or entry rules are not followed, the submission is subject to disqualification at IIDA Northland's discretion.

Schedule

November 15, 2010: Registration Form due
December 13, 2010: Conceptual submissions due
December 21, 2010: Committee review of concepts
Teams will be given any feedback on design and will be able to continue final design development.
February: Construction begins (exact dates and times must be coordinated with People Serving People)
March 15, 2011: Construction complete
April 7, 2011 - FAB Awards: Final presentation

Download Registration Form (PDF)

Download Entry Requirements (PDF)

Frequently Asked Questions:

Do we need to have a general contractor on our team?
For the conceptual submittal due December 1, you do not need to have any vendors, suppliers or specific products secured. If your team is selected to complete your design, you may opt to include a general contractor as you see fit. The intent of the project is for a refresh of the space including finishes, furniture and accessories. This may also include some custom millwork and new lighting as you see fit.

Will IIDA provide some items or services for us to use in our designs?
Each selected team will be given a $700 Target gift card for their use. IIDA is also collecting a list of industry partners who have offered to donate either specific materials/items or a certain value of products/services. This list will be available on the website and will be updated periodically. Again, no specific item or service can be claimed until after finalists are selected. You can solicite specific material donations that meet your design if they are not available on the list.

Will we be able to visit the site to verify or take pictures?
Selected teams will be able to do so after December 10, 2010.

Will our team have to coordinate all the work on the project including deliveries and installation?
Yes. The intent is for the project to be simple enough that a team could manage the delivery and installation of their materials. A specific construction schedule will be developed after final submissions. A team is able to do painting or other similar tasks themselves and expected to engage the donated services of a professional for items such as electrical, millwork or items concerning safety.

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