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| What you'll find...
HiP & COOL: Learn, Baby, Learn
INSiDE SCOOP: The "Real" Real World · You're Hired! · NCIDQ&A · Design Speak · Say What? · What In The World?
GOiNG PUBLIC: Go Ahead... Ask Me · Rant & Rave · Light Reading
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| Our mission.
To bridge the gap between the student / educational community and the professional / manufacturer community of the interior design world, and not to die of boredom while we do it. | | 
[Not an advertisement - merely a fun diversion.]
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The School of Life - Universal Design Living Laboratory
Life teaches us far tougher lessons than any eccentric professor ever could, and nobody appreciates this more than Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D. Though she spent many a studious hour earning academic honors, a life-altering accident reinforced the idea that classrooms exist beyond campus walls. As a result, she's building an educational facility of her own, and it also just happens to be her home. Along with her husband, Mark Leder, Rosemarie is creating the Universal Design Living Laboratory [UDLL], a thoughtfully planned residence - incorporating barrier-free and healthy home principles with energy efficiency and sustainable practices - that will be open for touring not only to the A&D community, but to the general public as well. And to think that this revolutionary demonstration tool sure to impact numerous people's lives would have never happened had Rosemarie and Mark not chosen to go biking along a trail that day...
Go here to read how one house can bring it all home.
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contributed by Shannon Schilling, ASID [owner, Design Details / proud NCIDQ certificate holder / thirtysomething]
Confessions Of An NCIDQ Exam Taker
Yes, I've done it. I've taken The Test (a.k.a. the NCIDQ Exam). Every part of the test was difficult, including the decision to take it. I struggled with the idea that perhaps I didn't need the professional appellation to verify my design skills. I also struggled with all of the "What-ifs": What if I failed? What if I failed several times? What if everyone found out that I failed? What if... well, you get the picture. The bottom line came down to this: I knew that not trying would nag at me indefinitely, and that What-if ultimately trumped all of the others...
Go here if you've ever wondered about The Test.
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contributed by Jennifer Thompson [exhausted senior at Virginia Commonwealth University / portfolio pro]
Portfolio Problems? Relax. It's OK.
So what's all the hype about portfolios, anyway? Do you - as an emerging interior designer - really need to have one? Absolutely, you need to have one! Your portfolio is the gateway to your dream job, and - in many cases - the deciding factor on whether or not a firm will even look at you twice. Assembling a portfolio can be an especially challenging and overwhelming task for budding designers, but I'm here to help. Having the experience of constructing my own has taught me many dos, don'ts, and everything in between. So read on and remember to have fun during this exacting, yet creative, process...
Go here to get your act together.
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contributed by The NCIDQ Crew
Navigating The Examination Process - What Can Go Wrong
Anyone who's taken an exam knows it often involves large quantities of coffee and late night study sessions. Preparing for a big test requires a great deal of effort, but the journey can be smooth sailing with the right navigation. Today there are more than 23,000 NCIDQ Certificate holders who have taken and passed the NCIDQ Examination. Over the years NCIDQ has witnessed and resolved all sorts of candidate issues, and we're sharing with you some examples of actual problems that have caused potential exam candidates to miss an exam administration. Since we don't want you to find yourself in the same boat, we're providing suggested solutions as well, ensuring that you sail away with your Certificate. So what can possibly go wrong? Let us tell you...
Go here to avoid getting sunk.
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May 2008 additions to SAY WHAT?: assonance, claque, and Zen (We'll even show you how to use each word in a sentence related to the design industry.)
Just remember: Expand your vocabulary, and you expand your opportunities. Visit SAY WHAT?
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Question for May 2008:
Could you help me find a list of firms that are NCIDQ certified in North Carolina? I'm asking because I recently found out that in order to get your license you need to work under someone who is NCIDQ certified. I'm graduating soon from a college in California with an Associates of Arts degree in Interior Design, and I plan to move to NC for a couple years until I have enough money to move back to California and get my license. I do plan to go back to school while I am in NC to get my Bachelors degree. What would you recommend that I do? (submitted by Elizabeth G) As answered by Laura McDonald Stewart, ASID / IIDA
Go here to read the A to this Q.
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- Julie Lanier, Executive Interiors
Go here for more snaps and claps.
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by Laura McDonald Stewart, ASID / IIDA [Interior Designer / Founder PLiNTH & CHiNTZ]
 A State Of Graphoria
I'm going to state the obvious here: Designers are visual beings. Imagery lights up sections of our brains, stimulating within us rapid ideas, sticky memories, colorful responses, and (hopefully) perfect solutions. I know that anytime I try to explain something without accompanying it with a sketch or miming it with my hands, it's a communication challenge. The illustration inclinations I inherited from my father (a skilled woodworker), who thinks best with ink and paper. The demonstrative dependencies I inherited from my mother (a talented photographer), who appears to be conjuring some sort of spell during most conversations. So for all of us image needy, I 'm sharing a website that's sure to satisfy our graphiholic tendencies...
Go here to get visual.
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