The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) announced this week the recipients of the 2018 ASID National Awards. Ken Wilson, Jane Rohde, Paul Scialla and Tamie Glass received this year’s awards.
Each year, ASID celebrates those who advance the interior design profession and showcase the impact of design to positively change people’s lives. The National Awards represent the highest level of professional recognition bestowed by the society on individuals and organizations.
“ASID is proud to support and recognize leading professionals who continually push boundaries to demonstrate the impact of design,” said ASID CEO Randy Fiser, Hon. FASID. “The 2018 ASID National Award winners are true visionaries whose accomplishments inspire and teach us how design can make a significant, positive difference in the world.”
Wilson received the Designer of Distinction award given to an ASID professional member who has established a body of superior work demonstrating creativity, excellence and innovation. He is the interior design principal at Perkins + Will’s Washington, D.C. office. His work includes a variety of projects in architecture, interiors, graphics and product design.
Rohde received the Design for Humanity award honoring an individual or institution for contributions made to improve the human experience through environmentally friendly and health-focused interior design projects. She champions a global cultural shift toward de-institutionalizing senior living and healthcare facilities through her practice, person-centered principles, research and advocacy and design of the built environment. She is the principal of JSR Associates, Inc., which she formed in response to the gap between outcomes, operations and design of the physical setting.
Scialla received the Design Innovation award honoring an individual, institution, manufacturer or research team for producing an innovative project, product or body of work that makes a significant contribution to the advancement of the field of interior design. He is the founder of the International WELL Building Institute, which administers the WELL Building Standard globally to improve human health and well-being through the built environment.
Glass received the Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award, which pays tribute to accomplishments of McClelland, an ardent advocate for professional recognition and the first woman president of the American Institute of Decorators (now ASID) from 1941-1944.
Glass teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in interior design at The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.
The ASID National Award winners will be honored at Celebration – The ASID Awards Gala, on July 21, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
