BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:43@designcenterdc.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T000000 DTSTAMP:20260603T184236Z URL:https://designcenterdc.com/events/america-at-250-the-new-look-of-ameri can-design/ SUMMARY:America at 250: The New Look of American Design DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading="America At 2 50" main_heading_color="#2261A9" sub_heading_color="#C52E40" main_heading_ font_size="desktop:28px\;" sub_heading_style="font-weight:bold\;" sub_head ing_font_size="desktop:36px\;"]The New Look of American Design\n\n \;\ n\n[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"] [movedo_single_image image="3395"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_c olumn_text css=""]A long term collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Univers ity Carey Business School\, and Bloomberg CityLab\, resulted in outreach t o Howard University and a collaboration with the showrooms of the Washingt on Design Center to create: America at 250: The New Look of American Desig n.\n\nThis showcase of the finest American home furnishings\, in vignettes created by next generation of American interior designers\, was two years in the making. Through an iterative process\, which began in the classroo m and expanded into the vast world of commercial interior design\, has ser ved a launching pad for an exceptional group of young designers.\nThese st udents participated in an intensive that was designed to serve as an incub ator for launching their careers. Over the course of just two academic sem esters\, the students acquired design expertise\, developed a professional network\, and were provided with their first professional design commissi ons\, a process that would normally require a decade of arduous work to ev en hope to achieve.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_colum n width="1/2"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Ho ward University Chadwick A. Bozeman College of Art\, interior Design Profe ssor\, Jacqueline Carmichael\, masterfully integrated a program of academi c study and a hands-on practicum to provide her students with this once-in -a-lifetime opportunity. As had her counterpart at the Johns Hopkins Unive rsity Carey Business School and Bloomberg CityLab\, Dr. Lindsay Thompson\, who guided multiple MBA consulting teams to assist in the projects develo pment.\n\nServing as the students Partners-in-Design\, participating showr ooms at the Washington Design Center\, provided the stage setting and prod ucts enabling the students to make their debut as professional designers. The epicenter for high end design in the Nation’s Capital\, the center a nd it’s visionary showroom owners and managers have long nurtured the em erging designers and makers. And with its base in Washington\, the center has played a key role in advancing the American design aesthetic globally. \nThe students will be prominently featured throughout the run of the “S how\,” opening Monday\, June 22ns and concluding on Friday July 17\, 202 6.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][/v c_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]Following is a list of the Partners-in-Design at the Design Center who have helped guide and shape the project:\n\n WASHINGTON DESIGN CENTER: Partners-in-Design\n Am erican Eye: Ken Berry\, Owner / Liz Allner\, Associate\n Baker Furniture\ ; Michelle Kellogg\, Manager\n Century Furniture: Lauren Davis\, Manager and WDC project Liaison\n Hines &\; Company: Myra Hines Yang\, Owner\, Kitty DeZwart\, Manager\, Brian Croft\, Design Coordinator\n Holly Hunt: Howard Barshow\, Manager\n John Rosselli: Madeleine Mitchell\, Manager a nd MIA Liaison\n Michael Cleary: Todd English\, Manager\, Kimbereley Nick lin\n Quadrille: Megan Dominish\, Manager\n Rue IV: Janine Guerin/Jay Gu erin\, Owners\, Callie Bullock\, Associate\n\nThe MADE: In America Nationa l Advisory Council:\nFollowing is a list of subject matter experts who gen erously volunteer their invaluable time and expertise\, who without their support and guidance\, the students would not have this once-in-a-lifetime educational and career enhancing opportunity.\n\n August Atencio\, Publi c Policy Consultant\n Iantha Carley\, Iantha Carely Interiors\n Love Che ry\, LIC Holdings\n Tony Cohn\, Basel Project\n Catie Edmondson\, New Yo rk Times Reporter\n Theresia Erb\, Ph.D (ret. Library of Congress)\n Ada m Golinski\, Blue Point Hospitality\n Susan Hellman\, Historic Preservati on/Urban Planning Consultant\n Madeleine Mitchell\, Manager\, John Rossel li and Assoc. DC\n Shirley-Victory Nwajei\, Health Care Executive\n Laur ie Ossman\, Ph.D\, Historic &\; Conservation Assoc.\n Rayner Wharton\, Professor\, and Interior Architect\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_r ow] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/designcenterdc.com/wp-content/ uploads/2026/06/eventphoto-placeholder.webp?fit=1200%2C1500&ssl=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR