4.27.15 | New York, NY | Students, Professors, and Interior Design professionals from New York State gathered at the new Lapicida showroom in the annex of the D&D building at 222 E. 59th Street in NYC, on April 22, 2015 for NY11+’s annual Interior Design Student Exhibition, “Interior Design: Counts for New York State”, which featured student work from the NY11+ schools, which was displayed until April 28, among several of Lapicida’s exquisite marble and stone pieces for interiors.

The evening’s program started with the ribbon cutting ceremony – Randy Fiser, Executive VP & CEO of ASID National, and Scott Cook, showroom Manager at Lapicida, assisted Ruth Lynford, Founder of NY11+, in cutting the ribbon.  After which, Ruth Lynford presented a gift of appreciation to Cassandra Ramirez, who served as Coordinator of NY11+ for many years and stepped down on April 30, 2015; she will, however, continue on as a board member.

Ellen Fisher, VP of Academic Affairs & Dean at NYSID, then moderated a very engaging and informative discussion, which featured four new, dynamic New York State based designers (pictured) who spoke about their exciting new projects, experiences and their start in the Interior Design field. 

The event was followed by a reception where refreshments were served.

NY11+ was founded in 1997 by Ruth Lynford, FASID, IIDA, CID, AIA Assoc. as an exhibition of work from prestigious New York State educational institutions, all offering four-year programs or more in Interior Design. To date, more than a dozen schools join together each year in efforts to reach the general public, legislators and the design community through student work.

Participating NY11+ schools include Buffalo State College, Cazenovia College, Cornell University, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, New York School of Interior Design, Parsons The New School for Design, Pratt Institute, Sage College of Albany, School of Visual Arts, Syracuse University and Villa Maria College.

Sponsors for this year’s event are the Angelo Donghia Foundation, Davies Office Inc., and IIDA NY. Patrons are ASID NY Metro, Benjamin Moore & Co., Steelcase and Teknion. Contributors include Carnegie, Drake Design Associates, EvensonBest LLC, Forbes-Ergas Design Associates, Haworth, Interface, Kimball Office, Knoll, M2L Inc., New York Window Film Co., and Victoria Hagan Interiors. Special thanks to the Albany Legislative Office Building, the Lapicida NYC showroom, and our trade publication partners: officeinsight, Contract, Interior Design, Interiors & Sources and Metropolis magazines.

For more information please visit www.ny11plus.org.