Warmest Holiday Wishes to You and Yours!

We look forward to an exciting, entertaining, and educational 2016. Take full advantage of everything that the IFDA has to offer!

Save the date for:

Cocktails, Conversations & Connections—Networking Meet-Up

Tuesday, January 5 — See you tonight!

IFDA NY Annual New Year Kick Off Party Tuesday, January 19

IFDA NY Presents Color Evolution Monday, February 1

Further event information can be found at the IFDA NY Website: http://ifda.com/new-york-chapter

The 2015 and 2016 IFDA NY Chapter Board of Directors

Andrea Brodfuehrer Richard Segal

IFDA NY 2015-2016 President IFDA NY President-elect

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Contributors:

Rose Gilbert, FIFDA—Editor

Anna Israel—Editor

Andrea Brodfuehrer

Richard Segal

Su Hilty, FIFDA

Claudia Gisele Tejeda

Presidents’ Greeting 1

IFDA in the Year Ahead 2

Membership Renewal 2

Revving up the Holiday

Spirit—IFDA Winter

Social

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Members Making News 4

IFDA Mourns Ruth

Schugar

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Welcome New Members 6

A Word from Our

Sponsors

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In This Issue:

IFDA IN THE YEAR AHEAD…!

January 5 -- Cocktails, Conversation & Connections — Networking! 5:30-7:30PM at Whalers Bar at The Jolly Madison Hotel

22 East 38th Street at Madison Avenue (Typically the first Monday of most months)

January 19 -- 2016 Kick Off Party IFDA NY Members Only — Click Here to RSVP

6—8:30PM at The Shade Store 225 East 59th Street

February 1 -- Color Trend Event with Pantone

Javits Center during NY NOW

March -- Trend Report

Panel Review: What's New at the European Markets

April -- Boot Camp: Instagram/Social Media Leverage

August 22 -- Color Event Javits Center during NY NOW

September -- Business of Design Event

October 17th -- Circle of Excellence Awards Gala SAVE THE DATE!

November -- Rising Stars of Design

December -- 2016 Holiday Party

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Renew & Have a Chance to Win $350!

Did you renew your IFDA Professional Membership dues by December 31, 2015? Then sit back and wait: you are already entered into a drawing to win a $350 gift card.

The drawing will take place at the 2016 Kickoff Party on January 19, 2016.

Renewing online? Click here to renew.

A PayPal payment plan is available.

Renewing by mail? Fax/Mail your invoice with payment to IFDA Headquarters:

IFDA Headquarters 610 Freedom Business Center, #110

King of Prussia, PA 19406 Fax: 610-992-0021

All was merry & bright — not to mention delicious — when IFDA NY celebrated the season with NKBA

Manhattan and IDS at B/S/H Experience & Design Center. Generous host Thermador even remembered the

neediest: Rock CAN Roll collected our donations of food, formula, and things for babies.

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MAN OF THE HOUR: IFDA President-Elect

Richard Segal gets the groupie treatment.

REVVING UP THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT

THE MADDING CROWD: How many IFDA members does it take

to make a party? Enough to overflow the photobooth, a fave

feature at the Holiday Social.

FOCUSING ON FUN: Gregory Allan

Cramer and Su Hilty frame up a selfie.

THE STARS CAME OUT THAT NIGHT

SHINING BRIGHT: Emcee Justin Shaulis (center) with

IFDA's 2015 Rising Stars (from left) Pryor Callaway, Kevin Dumais, Jessica Geller, Virginia Toledo, and Bennett Leifer at

the December festivities in the Lapecida Showroom, D & D Building on Thursday evening, November 19. (Photo: Jason

Hood)

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MEMBERS MAKING

NEWS JAMIE DRAKE + CALEB ANDERSON: Mega merger coming in 2016! Two IFDA stars -- one long bright, one Rising -- sent a frisson through the design industry earlier this month when they announced the merger of their firms, Drake Design Associates and Caleb

Anderson Design.

As reported in AD, Jamie explained, '"I've been in business 37 years...(and) I wanted to keep excitement levels high, energy levels up, and to have new challenges. I wanted to effect a partnership with someone."

The New York-based designer Caleb Anderson was his number one choice, AD wrote.

"Caleb embodies all of the attributes that one needs to run a firm," Drake says, listing off his myriad qualifications....Of course, it didn't hurt that the Texas-born Anderson got his break in the design world with an internship at Drake Design Associates in 2008.

"It's funny to think back about walking into that office on the first day," said Caleb (who was named an IFDA NY Rising Star in 2014). "It really feels like things have come full circle, and I'm beyond humbled."

Congratulations have poured in from the industry, including applause from IFDA. "As we both have such warm connections with IFDA," Jamie responded, "It means a lot."

JONATHAN BRESSLER: Two invitations from Jonathan, one faux, one meant for real fun. The expert faux finisher will hold a two-day intensive workshop at his Bowery studio early in the New Year. Learn such traditional techniques as marbelizing, wood-graining, Venetian plaster, and crackle from a master who has taught at the NY School of Interior Design and been widely published (including his own show-stopping loft). More info: jonathanbressler.com.

Meanwhile, party at Jonathan's loft on New Year's Day: Tout IFDA was invited for food, fun, and dancing.

REGINA ORTENZI: Add "Cover Girl" to her list of achievements (textile designer, design director for Gloria Vanderbilt, teacher at Pratt and Parsons). Regina and husband of 37 years, Bob Button, were featured on the cover of November's Wyomissing Neighbors, the slick mag of Wyomissing/Reading, PA. Here's what else we learned: that Bob was a freelance writer who covered NASA from Houston as the "Voice of Gemini;" that he used to pilot his own plane, once with astronaut Neil Armstrong as co-pilot; that he won FAA's Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, and was Grand Marshal of the Memorial Day parade in their new neighborhood.

MEGA MERGER: IFDA Members

Jamie Drake (right) and Caleb

Anderson Join Talents. (Photo:

Brittany Albright)

FAB FAUX: Artist Jonathan Bressler is the Only Real

Thing in This Picture!

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JEANNE BYINGTON, FIFDA. Call her crafty with a capital C, but no articles, please! Jeanne's firm, JM Byington & Associates, Inc. deftly handled promotions for last month's third Fine Craft Show extravaganza -- 90 top artisans showing their expertise in glass, ceramics, pottery, furniture, and rugs. Where? Brooklyn Museum, as it's now officially called. Confirms Jeanne: saying The Brooklyn Museum is old-speak.

PAULA CECERE: Wedding bells rang out in Brooklyn last month for Paula and freelance photographer/editor Dan Smith (see his work at behance.net/dan_smith_photo). It caused a mad dash from New Zealand for Paula, who had started working for Fisher & Paykel and spent two weeks there just prior to the wedding. "A bit crazy, but I made it work," the bride

reports. "Dan and I met last May and clicked immediately. He is fun, kind, and makes me laugh...and proves there are good guys still out there." Also FYI: the Fisher & Paykel showroom, where Paula is Design and Architect Manager, opens in February on E. 58th.

ROSE HITTMEYER: Blue words = long green for the IFDA Educational Foundation, reports Rose. "We have installed a Swear Jar where any member or guest may pay fines for past trangressions...or in advance for any future swearing you anticipate." The "severity and length of your swear"determines the amount. Rose won't tell who's made the most contributions so far, but, she says, "Even if you swear at home, we welcome all contributions, which will be applied to the EF Fund at the end of the year." A helluva good idea, ye$!

PICTURE PERFECT PAIR: Paula

Cecere & Groom, Photographer Dan

Smith

@%#***&!!! Another Contribution to the

IFDA/EF Swear Jar!

IFDA Mourns Designer Ruth Schugar of Mt. Lebanon, PA; Joined in 1976

Ruth Schugar, owner of Ruth Schugar Interiors in Mt. Lebanon, PA, and a long-time member of IFDA NY, passed away on November 18 in Mt. Lebanon. She first joined the Chapter in 1976, but had not been active in recent years.

Notifying IFDA of her death, Ruth's sister, Linda R. Schugar, wrote, "Ruth was so proud to have been a member of IFDA for so many years. Her exquisite taste and decorating talents will long be remembered."

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Shari Chamish, Shari

Chamish Designs, Jericho, NY -- A consultant in product development, sourcing, and design, Shari offers extensive experience in such categories as soft home, children, pet, and spa industries. She has been instrumental in launching product lines with Disney, Nickelodeon,

Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Vera Wang, Candice Olsen, and Waverly for major retailers.

Roberta Gottlieb,

Roberta Gottlieb Interiors, Fairfield, CT -- Originally from Massachusetts, Roberta had firmly established her career in the fashion world when, she reports, she realized that her "passion lay in the interior design business." Now, in more than 25 years as a New York City-based interior designer,

she has created both residential and commercial interiors she describes as "both classic and timeless."

Drawing on her background as senior interior designer with several architectural firms, Roberta launched her own interior design business in 2006. She is also one of the two founding partners of Personal Best, a well-known monogram shop in Litchfield, CT.

Yumi Kim, Founder, Curtain

Call, NYC -- Leaving a career in IT, Yumi Kim started her own custom window treatment business, Curtain Call, to create innovative window treatments featuring her US-patented and exclusively licensed, machine washable, health-conscious roman/balloon shades.

PVC-free, and hypoallergenic, her products have been shown on TV and showcased in numerous

publications. A real estate broker herself, Yumi says she understands the needs of tenants, unit owners, and investors. She is also an avid traveler (she's visited 60+ countries), an asset, she says when communicating with NY's diversity of clients.

ALSO NEW TO IFDA NEW YORK:

Allison Bassen, AGB Interiors, NYC

Robin Daas, Manhattan Frame & Design, NYC

Catherine LaMarca, Catherine LaMarca Interiors,

Oakhurst, NY

Benjamin Rioux, Founder, From Chef to Table, Inc.

Caitlin Rutter, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC

Marc Schor, Hudson Green Craft, NYC

WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS!

AND NOW, A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS:

FORTY ONE MADISON. Tabletop talk – and how

interior designers can grow their bottom line by

specifying tabletop needs for projects – was the subject

at Forty One Madison when Nicole Haddad (l), design

editor of New York Spaces, brought together design

pros Anishka Clarke, Guillaume Gentet and Arlene

Angard for a discussion underscoring the value of

attending The New York Tabletop Market’s Interior

Designer Day. Their conversation can be seen at http://

bit.ly/1lrFqYl.

KRAVET INC. — MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO. Kravet is

pleased to announce its fifth collaboration with

Museum of New Mexico. For this fabric collection, the

Museum tells the story of its unique place as a

crossroads of international trade and culture through

fabrics inspired by the Museum's renowned textile,

basketry and ceramic collections. To learn more about

the Museum of New Mexico,

visit www.museumfoundation.org and from there you

can access each individual museum's website. For more

information about the fabric collection,

visit www.kravet.com.

HG STONES is proud to welcome USMC Corporal Kevin

Vaughan to his new home in North Merrick. Marine

Cpl. Vaughan was seriously injured in an explosion

three-and-a-half years ago in Afghanistan. Thanks to

the Long Island nonprofit, Building Homes for Heroes,

he received the keys to a mortgage-free home for the

Veterans Day. The HG team hopes Kevin enjoys the

holidays in his new home with Neolith countertops and

fireplace provided by HG Stones. hgstones.com

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HG Stones along with Hempstead town officials welcome

Corporal Kevin Vaughan to his new home.

AMERICAN

HARDWOOD

INFORMATION

CENTER — ‘TIS THE

SEASON FOR

HARDWOOD GIVING

Talk about innovations

in gift-giving this

holiday season! The

American Hardwood

Information Center reports that some out-of-the-box

ideas have been delighting both givers and getters —

crazy cool treasures crafted from American Hardwoods.

You can see them all at www.HardwoodInfo.com, but

take special note of the basswood Alphabet Factory

Blocks, the tote/storage baskets woven from New

England ash, and the maple and birch musical

instruments, all moderately priced and available online.

Truly something for the New Year!

Visit www.HardwoodInfo.com today and anytime

you’re in search of a unique, finely crafted gift.

Meanwhile, Happy New Year from the American

Hardwood Information Center!

MAISON&OBJET will hold three shows across the globe

in 2016. The first will take place in Paris. Paris needs our

love and support now more than ever. Please join tout

le monde for MAISON&OBJET PARIS, January 22 – 26,

2016, at Paris Nord Villepinte. The show will present the

latest in chic global décor and host an exciting program

of trend and networking events. MAISON&OBJET PARIS

has a limited number of FREE badges for IFDA members

(a 70€ value). To get yours, please email:

emeaney@promosalonsusa.com. Visit www.maison-

objet.com for more information.

RESOURCE

FURNITURE has just

introduced a clever

selection of new

multifunctional

furniture to add to

their collection of

pieces that

maximize space,

including the La Literatura Open and

Flex sofa. The La Literatura Open is a freestanding,

customizable shelving system that can include

hideaway desks, drawers, movable shelves and storage

cabinets. The Flex is a modular sofa concept that can be

rearranged to various configurations, featuring movable

backrests to transform into a lounge or bed!

See the all at www.resourcefurniture.com

A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS:

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WHAT’S NEXT IS NOW @ NY NOW® WINTER 2016:

January 30 – February 3 at the Jacob K. Javits

Convention Center

NY NOW, the Market for Home, Lifestyle + Gift will

feature its HOME Collection including 950+ exhibitors

and thousands of product lines from which to source.

In addition, the market will highlight two additional

collections, LIFESTYLE (950+ exhibitors) and

HANDMADE (500+ exhibitors). Register today using

code IFDAW2016 at www.nynow.com.

CLIFF YOUNG LTD. — One of this year’s BOY Awards

finalists, Nobu is a sleek, organic design, equally at ease

in a dining room or as an entertainment unit. Shown in

bleached, then stained zebra wood veneer, with inlayed

steel in gunmetal finish the Nobu buffet is fully

customizable. Interiors are fully finished in bleached

then stained zebra wood veneer, with touch latch

doors, adjustable shelves, and felt lined slow closing

drawers. http://cliffyoungltd.com/

HUNTER DOUGLAS POWERVIEW™ MOTORIZATION

POWERS UP THE MARKETPLACE. PowerView™

Motorization from Hunter Douglas, the exciting new

introduction available on the industry’s widest array of

window treatment styles, fabrics and colors, is making

interiors everywhere more beautiful and smarter. The

product is also garnering a bevy of awards, including

Best New Style Concept in the Window Covering

Manufacturers Association Product Awards and an EXC!

TE Award from Technology Integrator magazine. In

addition, they are a Finalist in Interior Design’s “Best of

Year” Awards. http://www.hunterdouglas.com

A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS:

NY NOW Summer 2015 Market

Hunter Douglas PowerView™ Motorization

includes artfully designed Pebble™ Controls in a

choice of seven colors.

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