Workshops
These experiential sessions offer in-depth, hands-on learning designed to spark creativity and sharpen professional skills.
Programming Registration opens April 1.
2026 Workshops
Game On! The Impact of Culture on Space Design
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John Scott, NCIDQ, IIDA, Fitwel Ambassador, Prosci Certified Change Practitioner
Lead Workplace Design Strategist, Haworth
Bring your A-game to this interactive, engaging workshop exploring how organizational culture informs the design of collaborative work environments. Using the well-regarded Competing Values Framework, participants will examine distinct culture types and how they shape a company’s sense of order, continuity, and community. Through a game-based simulation, you will gain practical insight into the “personality” of organizations and how culture influences workplace design. Lunch is provided.
About the Presenter:
John Scott is a Lead Workplace Design Strategist at Haworth, based in Holland, Michigan. For the last two and half decades, he has focused on the intersection between workplace design and organizational performance, helping companies create environments that enable people to thrive. John's approach integrates space, culture, and experience to deliver strategies that foster engagement, innovation, and measurable business outcomes across diverse industries.
Defining Your Narrative: ASID's Student Portfolio Strategy Review
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Margi Kaminski, ASID, RID, NCIDQ, EDAC, CLGB
Principal, Director Health Interiors, CannonDesign -
Shundra Harris, FASID, RID, NCIDQ
CEO | Principal Designer, Shundra Harris Interiors (SHI) -
Marianne Starke, RA, ASID, IIDA Associate
Design Director | Senior Associate, Gensler
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Khoi Vo
CEO, ASID
Your portfolio tells your story as a designer. Join ASID to gain insight and receive one-on-one feedback from leading designers on portfolio development. Through conversation, designers will share what makes a portfolio stand out when seeking new talent and offer advice on how to tailor your presentation based on the position you are pursuing. Additionally, students will engage in one-on-one conversations with professionals, allowing you to receive personalized feedback on your resume and portfolio, get advice on your job or internship search, and guidance on career paths. This workshop is designed to equip you with the essential strategies and confidence needed to stand out as you launch your career.
About the Presenters:
As Principal & Health Interiors Practice Leader, Margi Kaminski is passionate about making the connection between design and well-being, creating spaces that inspire and uplift the human spirit. Her approach considers the human experience and how design impacts the health and well-being of people that live, work and heal in the spaces she designs. She has led a wide range of notable projects for many of the healthcare industry’s leading systems and senior living providers. She is an award-winning designer with a holistic approach to design that ensures all aspects of a project embody the character of her client's brand and mission, while achieving robust human & environmental health. In addition to her leadership role at CannonDesign, Margi’s voice is also heard on the ASID National Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large and is also on the Editorial Advisory Board of Healthcare Design.
Shundra Harris is a recognized interior designer, educator, and design advocate whose multifaceted career spans design, engineering, mentorship, and leadership. As CEO and Principal Designer of Shundra Harris Interiors (SHI), she leads a full-service firm in Texas offering intelligent, client-centered solutions across residential, commercial, new construction, and renovation projects. With degrees in Computer Science & Engineering and Interior Design, Shundra combines technical precision with creative vision. Her engineering background informs her knowledge of building systems, while her design expertise ensures functional, stunning, and emotionally supportive environments. She believes great design supports wellness, empowerment, and quality of life. An active member of ASID since 2007, Shundra has served on over 15 committees, including as President of the ASID Texas Gulf Coast Chapter and as Chair of the Chapter Support Team. She currently serves as a Director at Large on the ASID National Board. Her national work also includes contributions to the ASID Foundation and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Shundra’s advocacy extends to the Texas Association for Interior Design (TAID), where she has held several board positions, including President. She also supports the profession through service as a CIDA Site Visitor and NCIDQ Item Writer, shaping education and credentialing standards. Teaching is at the core of Shundra’s personal mission. She has served as an Adjunct Professor at Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture and continues to support the next generation of designers through mentorship, speaking engagements, and participation as a juror in design competitions. Through Seminars by Design, she also delivers CEUs focused on health, wellness, equity, and human-centered design. Shundra is a servant leader dedicated to education, advocacy, and designing with integrity—transforming spaces and lives through meaningful, inclusive design.
Marianne Starke is a licensed architect with a BA in Architecture & Urbanism from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and an MFA in Interior Design from Parsons The New School in New York City. Her professional experience spans workplace, healthcare, repositioning, and hospitality projects, with deep involvement in architecture, interior design, and design strategy. With a cross-cultural education and professional background, she has lived in three countries and five cities and speaks three languages. An avid traveler and explorer of new cultures, she is also a photographer, music lover, and golfer—constantly pushing herself to learn, grow, and shape her own story. Marianne is passionate about creating new ways to challenge and expand the boundaries of design.
Moderated by Khoi Vo.
Khoi Vo is the chief executive officer of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Since taking the helm at ASID, Vo has led the association to broaden inclusivity through expanded membership to the entire design community, and elevated visibility for the association as a thought leader through its prestigious research, which has been acclaimed in top national and international publications. Vo has over two decades of experience across interior design, architecture, and education. In 2002, he founded Studio Four Los Angeles. He later founded Khoi Vo Design and was the studio’s design director for 12 years. Vo began his career at California State University as an assistant professor for the interior design program. He later became a professor and chair at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)’s department of interior design before teaching at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Vo later returned to SCAD to head its former Hong Kong campus. Vo became CEO of ASID in 2022. He is also serving on the governance council of the International Well Building Institutes (IWBI). Vo’s awards include the 2015 Honorable Mention for the CIDA Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2017-18 DesignIntelligence Top 25 Most Admired Educators, and a SCAD Presidential Fellowship. He has served on competition juries including VMark Interior Design Awards, Vietnam, Society of Interior Designers, Singapore 2020 Competition and 7th IIDA Annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Award. Vo earned a Bachelor of Arts with a design focus in architecture from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl., and a Master of Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. A first-generation American, Vo was born in Saigon, Vietnam, and immigrated to the U.S. with his family as a child. He currently lives in Savannah, Ga., with his wife, son, and two dogs.
Future Forms: Techne for a Changing World
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Royce Epstein, LEED AP
Senior Director of Design Insights, Mohawk Group -
Jaime Derringer
Co-Founder, TRAME Paris -
Gemma Riberti
Director of Interiors Forecasting, WGSN -
Anastasija Lesjak, Dr. med univ
Co-Founder, 13&9 Design
Explore the convergence of technology and craft in shaping a new design culture rooted in knowledge, technique, and creativity across digital and physical realms. The panel examines how tech-enabled craft fosters resilience, authenticity, and connection while bridging artisanal practices and generative design. Framed through the lens of Techne, the session considers how technology can extend—not replace—the hand of the maker, revealing new possibilities for emotional resonance and purposeful, collective design. A live Q&A will follow.
About the Presenters:
Royce Epstein is a historian and futurist, exploring the meaning of materials and cultural shifts that shape design. She shares insights as a designer, trend forecaster, educator, lecturer, and writer. She is a veteran design practitioner, working in A&D firms and in product development. She is currently the Senior Director of Design Insights at Mohawk Group, where she has talked about industry trends for over a decade.
Jaime Derringer is Cofounder and Head of Brand of TRAME, a creative design studio using algorithms to shape the future of design. Jaime founded Design-Milk.com in 2006 and grew the brand to over a million readers worldwide and 9 million social followers, becoming one of the most popular destinations for design, interior design, and architecture. After selling Design Milk in 2019, Jaime became Chief Creative Officer of the new company and helped expand the brand into ecommerce. She is currently serving as Strategic Advisor. Her areas of focus are creative and marketing strategy for brands in art, design, architecture/interiors, and workplace, with a focus on blockchain, code, and generative AI.
Gemma Riberti leads WGSN Interiors’ global team, overseeing how consumer behavioral shifts impact the industry across categories and market levels, all the way through to design and product development.
Anastasija Lesjak is co-founder of 13&9 Design, a product design firm in Graz, Austria that practices holistic, science-based design, including their work on fractals research and their connection to wellness.
Urban Sketching for Designers: Part Deux
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Charles Cannizzaro, AIA
Principal, Crate Architecture
Learn the art of Urban Sketching—drawing on location as a visual way to observe, document, and interpret the built environment. In an increasingly digital world, this hands-on workshop offers a chance to slow down, engage more deeply with your surroundings, and translate observation into design insight.
As a follow-up to last year’s session, this workshop places a stronger focus on interior environments. Participants will review foundational sketching techniques before applying them to interiors, developing skills that can be used in presentations, design charrettes, and client conversations.
Attendees will leave with practical tools to incorporate sketching into their creative process and professional practice.
About the Presenter:
Charles Cannizzaro, AIA, is an Architect, Artist, and co-founder of CRATE, an award-winning Architecture firm specializing in Corporate Interiors, Branding, and Workplace. With over 25 years of experience, Charles has led successful projects for top companies, including Godiva, Goldman Sachs, IBM, J.P. Morgan, McKinsey & Company, Morgan Stanley, The NBA, Pepsi, and UBS, to name a few. In his free time, Charles is an avid Urban Sketcher. Charles runs the NYC Urban Sketchers' weekend group, and has conducted several Urban Sketching workshops for the organization. His artwork has been displayed at the New York Public Library and Grand Central Terminal.
Folded Poetry Workshop with Artist Eliza Redmann
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Eliza Redman, NCARB, M.Arch
Sculptural Artist and Architect, Founder, Folded Poetry
Stimulate your design thinking in this hands-on, playful workshop focused on form, geometry, and collaboration. Participants experiment with laser-cut paper shapes to compose original Folded Poetry artworks while developing concrete skills in formal composition, geometry, and the use of shadow. Each attendee leaves with a custom artwork and practical creative tools.
Led by ArtLifting artist and architect Eliza Redmann, the Folded Poetry workshop is inspired by her geometric sculptures, which have been realized as wall works, mobiles, and site-specific installations. Participants create and decorate individual geometric forms, then collaborate with Eliza to assemble them into a large-scale, collective “mega-sculpture.” Prompts can be tailored to specific audiences or themes.
Eliza provides all materials for this turnkey experience. Attendees use pre-cut paper kits to build forms, work together on a shared artwork, and take home sculpture kits to continue exploring after the workshop.
About the Presenter:
Eliza Redman is an artist, architect, and founder of Folded Poetry, a design studio based in Durham, North Carolina. Originally from Minnesota, she earned her Master of Architecture at NC State’s College of Design on a merit scholarship. After a car accident caused a traumatic brain injury, she reinvented her practice, creating functional art informed by disability. Her work visualizes disturbances and prototypes acoustic artworks that reduce overwhelm. Eliza has worked at Dude Pain Architects, served on the Durham Area Designers board and the City of Durham Public Art Committee, and lectured and led workshops at NC State and Duke University.
Rhythm Made Material with Michael Ford + Momentum
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Michael Ford, FAIA, NOMA
Founder, BrandNu Design Studio and the Hip Hop Architecture Camp
An immersive, studio-based workshop that merges cultural design thinking with material exploration. Rooted in music, making, and narrative, the session invites interior designers to rethink how inspiration translates into surface, structure, and space.
Led by Michael Ford, FAIA, NOMA, known as The Hip Hop Architect, the workshop explores how sound, rhythm, and lyrics can inform spatial and material outcomes. Drawing from Ford’s internationally recognized Hip Hop Architecture Camp, participants engage with lyrical excerpts from popular music that reference space and design culture, examining how tone, tempo, and narrative influence form.
Participants move beyond inspiration boards into hands-on making, creating physical models that translate rhythm, layering, and movement into material expression. The session introduces new approaches to texture, pattern, scale, and atmosphere in commercial design. Lunch is provided.
About the Presenter:
Michael Ford, FAIA, NOMA, is the founder of BrandNu Design Studio and creator of The Hip Hop Architecture Camp. Known as The Hip Hop Architect, Ford explores how hip hop culture influences architecture, interiors, materials, and product design. His work spans museums, exhibitions, and collaborations with leading design brands that translate music, identity, and community narratives into physical space and design products. Ford received the 2023 NeoCon Gold Award and the 2023 NeoCon Innovation Award, and he is the 2026 recipient of the AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award. Through practice, research, and education, Ford expands how culture shapes the built environment.
Using AI in Design Practice
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Hannah Straus, NCIDQ, ASID
Associate Vice President, CannonDesign
Demystify AI for designers through hands-on exploration of Midjourney, ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Runway, and Recraft. This workshop moves beyond the hype to teach when, where, and how to strategically integrate AI into your creative workflow. Too often, designers dismiss AI after disappointing results, but like any tool, success depends on understanding its proper application.
Through live demonstrations and real-world scenarios, you'll learn to treat AI as a toolkit rather than a one-stop solution. Discover which programs excel at creative iteration versus precise modifications, how to pivot between tools when one reaches its limits, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable. Whether you're AI-skeptical, overwhelmed by available tools, burned by poor results, or simply haven't explored AI yet, this workshop provides actionable strategies to confidently integrate these tools into your design process while maintaining creative control and enhancing efficiency.
About the Presenter:
Hannah Straus is an Associate Vice President at CannonDesign, based in New York. Her work spans interior architecture, environmental graphics, exhibit design, and branded environments across workplace, healthcare, education, and experiential projects. She brings a design approach grounded in storytelling, systems thinking, and user-centered experience, often bridging strategy and execution across scales. Since 2022, Hannah has been actively integrating AI tools into her design practice, exploring how these technologies can support design thinking, streamline workflows, and create more effective outcomes. Hannah holds degrees in Product Design and Environmental Science from Parsons and Eugene Lang.