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2nd Tuesday™Series Provides Designer Education

Media and Community Relations:
The Great Equalizers
Tuesday, April 11, 10 a.m.
Hosted by: Interior Crafts, Suite 614
Cindy Kurman and Lee Barrie, Kurman Communications, Inc.

Smaller businesses such as design firms are often surprised at how quickly an advertising budget is spent, with little result to show. Cindy Kurman and Lee Barrie, Kurman Communications, Inc., will show you how to develop a well-coordinated media relations program, understand the key steps a PR agency performs and build an effective community relations strategy. CEU 0.1
Kurman Communications, Inc. is a Chicago based full-service marketing and public relations firm. Established in 1983 by President and CEO Cindy Kurman Barrie, the agency has served a wide variety of local, regional, national and international clients representing a wide cross-section of business and industry.

Designing Your Professional Image
Tuesday, May 9, 10 a.m.
Hosted by: Ebanista, Suite 1677
Jill Bremer, Bremer Communications

You know how to create the perfect look for your client’s home. Is your own image conveying the look you need to succeed? Image development can help ensure that YOU are making as much of a lasting impression as the designs you create for others. Certified Image Professional, Jill Bremer, will share wardrobe and business etiquette strategies that will help you match yourself with your brand. CEU 0.1

Jill Bremer, AICI, CIP, has been helping organizations and individuals create the look and sound of success since 1986. A Certified Image Professional, Bremer has appeared on the “Today” show and CNBC and is frequently quoted in major publications and on national radio. She is the co-author of It’s Your Move: Dealing Yourself the Best Cards in Life and Work, and was a contributing author for Rude Awakenings: Overcoming the Civility Crisis in the Workplace.

R.S.V.P. for the presentation to 312.527.7866. Breakfast will be served. Arrive by 10 a.m. for validation at MartParc Wells.

Fine Design Residential Home Furnishing Show Brings NeoCon into the Home

June 12–14, 2006
Be inspired at Fine Design. Enjoy special events and hear insightful, industry leaders speaking about topics that matter to you. Visit The Merchandise Mart Design Center and LuxeHome™ during NeoCon® for entertaining events, design inspiration, hospitality, networking and product debuts.

Keynote Presentation: Design by Travel [KE3]
Wednesday, June 14, 11 a.m.
2nd floor, Merchandise Mart Conference Center

Known as the “white knight” in the world of contemporary design, Vicente Wolf, has been at the top for 28 years. He visits Fine Design at NeoCon to share his insider view on the direction of the design industry, his latest projects and the challenges of living with art. Registration is required at www.merchandisemart.com/neocon. Sponsored by Caminiti & Associates and Kravet. For evidence of Vicente Wolf’s intuitive sense of the world’s cultures and colors, one need look no farther than his collection of fabrics for Kravet. Following the presentation, Kravet will welcome Vicente to its showroom, Suite 6-128, for a reception where he will sign copies of his book, Design by Travel.

Elegance, Beauty and Luxe
Tuesday, June 13, at 1 p.m., renowned designer Charlotte Moss will present “Elegance, Beauty and Luxe” [T241] as part of the Fine Design Seminar Series.

See the column below for registration details. Immediately following, Brunschwig & Fils invites you to a reception in its showroom, Suite 6-121, where you can meet Charlotte and view her new collection, inspired by the women she admires. Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. to 312.329.0178.

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