FIDM Magazine

Winners Announced for the Pasadena Magazine FIDM VisComm Competition

For the second year, FIDM Visual Communications Students were recently challenged by Pasadena Magazine to create visual displays in four Pasadena stores (Macy’s, Whole Foods, Barnes & Noble, and the Pasadena Convention Center), with the theme of “Reasons to Love Pasadena”. 

Photographs of all four teams’ designs are featured in the December 2011 issue the magazine and the winning team’s installation will be featured in the magazine in January 2012.

The members of the winning team, Sasha Lewis, Megan Sveum, and Dylan Thomas each won $500, for a total of $1,500 in cash and prizes. Their design of stacked suitcases was at the Pasadena Convention Center, celebrating travel and tourism in Pasadena. Their victory was announced at a reception at Macy’s Pasadena, where the 2012 Tournament of Roses® Rose Queen & Royal Court were the models in an Eileen Fisher fashion show.

The judging panel was comprised of Brian Dyches, International President of the Retail Design Institute; Daryn-Reid Goodall, a nine-time Emmy nominee and current Set Decorator for Disney’s Shake It Up!; and Timothy Opsomer, Vice President of Visual Merchandising and Store Planning for MGM Resorts International.

Just Accepted Interior Design Student Wants to Design Movie Sets and Homes

Mansfield, Texas native Madelaine Southerland is excited to move to Los Angeles and study Interior Design in hopes of a career designing movie sets and homes.

"My proudest accomplishment so far is getting accepted into FIDM! FIDM is right for me because it will give me an insight of how the industry actually works."

Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.

Interior Design Grad Featured in California Homes Magazine

Sean S. Hashemiam, a Graduate of the Interior Design Program, is the Principal Designer of Casa Siena, a firm working primarily in and around Los Angeles. His work was featured in the October and December issues of California Homes magazine.

Interior Design Alumnus's Work Featured on HGTV's "Celebrity Holiday Homes"

Ruben Marquez, a 2011 Graduate of FIDM's Interior Design Program, assisted designer Sandra Espinet in transforming the home of actress Alison Sweeney for a Hollywood glamour-themed Christmas for an episode of Celebrity Holiday Homes on HGTV. The new episode wll air on Sunday, December 18, 2011.

Ruben also worked on actress Eva LaRue's (pictured right, with Sandra) Santa's Workshop-themed home that aired last week and will re-run through Christmas.

Shirry Dolgin Competing on HGTV's Design Wars

Interior Design Alumna Shirry Dolgin is competing on the new HGTV show, Design Wars, where she'll battle it out against two other top designers for a chance to redesign a problem space for a family. The series debuts on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 1pm and will continue through 2012.

Interior Design Alumna Hired by Bradley Bayou

Famed designer Bradley Bayou recently hired Interior Design Alumna Avanissa Espinoza to be a Designer/Assistant for his new interior and  home products division. Bradley interviewed candidates from several schools and said he was most impressed with Graduates of FIDM.

FIDM Alumna Hosts HGTV's "Design on a Dime"

HGTV's Design on a Dime, currently airing now, is hosted by Interior Design Alumna Casey Noble. The show takes creative, accessible, and affordable design to the next level by dispelling the notion that a beautiful room has to be expensive. 

Casey has said, “I think most of my personal style is very southern California, that sort of L.A. beach thing. I live at the beach. I’m very, very tied to the beach

Read all about Casey and her show here.

Interior Design Alumna Shirry Dolgin to be Featured on HGTV

FIDM Interior Design Alumna Shirry Dolgin of A.S.D. Interiors was the designer of the home that will be featured on HGTV's Selling LA on November 3rd at 10pm. You'll get an inside look at the one-of-a-kind home she designed in Malibu.

Shirry will also appear on a the HGTV show Design Wars in late November.

Just Accepted Interior Design Student Has a Lifelong Passion

Just Accepted Interior Design Student Stacy Tran is a SoCal native who has been passionate about art and design her entire life.

"FIDM offers connections that last a lifetime. From FIDM’s experienced staff to the seemingly never-ending resources, you just don’t get any better. The fact that FIDM’s four campuses are located in California’s hottest cities is just the cherry on top. This way, not only do you learn from FIDM, but you learn from the very city that surrounds it."

Read the entire interview at FIDM's FashionClub.com Daily Blog.

Interior Design Alumna Finds Success With Eco-Friendly Toys

Interior Design Alumna Eden Yaskil is the co-owner of Manny and Simon, a collection of organic cotton apparel and eco-friendly toys for children.

Her line is sold at over 250 stores, including Neiman Marcus and Barneys. One of their plush toys has also been seen on Modern Family.