Southwest Region

2011 Regional Conference

October 13 - 15, 2011

Fort Worth, TX

"Cowboys & Culture"

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Fort Worth Texas is known as the city of cowboys and culture merging the history of the frontier with internationally known museums and a friendly way of life. Cowboys (and cowgirls) are most grounded in the history of Fort Worth shaping the city’s culture and traditions. Known for tenacity, hard work and adaptability, tales of the cowboy are significant and legendary. Design education is also significant and legendary. Design impacts society, traditions, customs, and our way of life. The historic frontier of Fort Worth had no limits nor does interior design education. As educators we are in the position to be leading edge in creating knowledge, opening minds, and shaping our future.

Please join us for the Southwest Regional Conference of IDEC! The conference begins with an evening reception and barbeque in the Historic Fairmont Neighborhood—the largest historic district in the southwest United States. Robust paper and poster presentations, a keynote address on the descent and abduction of curiosity, and a tour of the sustainable Botanical Research Institute of Texas are included. Visits to the Modern Art Museum by Tadao Ando and evening wine and dinner at the internationally known Kimball Art Museum (Louis Kahn with an annex under construction and designed by Piano) provide participants a taste of Fort Worth Culture. A pre-conference tour of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (Legoretta), the Fort Worth Water Gardens (Phillip Johnson), and the history Stockyards of Fort Worth is another opportunity for participants to explore the COWBOYS & Culture of Fort Worth!

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Design of a perfume boutique integrating issues of indoor air quality and sustainable practices.
student: Kate Blocker, instructor: Lois Weinthal
course/instructor: Interior Design V studio, Fall 2010/The University of Texas at Austin

Color “Wheel” Harvest Mandala—Nancy Kwallek winner of Innovative Interior Design Teaching Award

Studio III -Research/Environmental Design, Texas State University.  Presentation of concepts to the Main Street Director for a downtown historic restoration and redevelopment in the City of Seguin, TX