IIDA Names Winners of Star & Titan Awards

Chicago, IL, April 13, 2017—The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announces David B. Mourning, FIIDA, AIA, architect and founder of IA Interior Architects, as the recipient of the 2017 IIDA Star Award and Mac Stopa as the recipient of the 2017 IIDA Titan Award.

This Star award is given to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the design industry, and The Titan Award recognizes significant contributions to the Interior Design profession by an individual, company, or organization in the field.

Both awards will be presented at the IIDA Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 11, 2017, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

An architect and interior designer for more than 30 years, Mourning worked for several architectural and engineering firms before joining Environmental Planning and Research, Inc. (EPR). It was during his seven years at EPR that he developed a love for the interior design practice along with the national contacts that enabled him to found IA Interior Architects in1984. Under his direction, IA has become the world’s largest employee-owned architecture firm dedicated exclusively to workplace design, and he is among the industry pioneers credited with creating a blueprint for the modern interior design firm.

Mourning holds an NCARB certificate and is licensed to practice architecture in 27 states. He is a member of CoreNet Global, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and has served as a Commissioner on the California State Board of Architectural Examiners.

Stopa is founder of Massive Design, an architectural design firm specializing in corporate interiors for Fortune and Global 500 companies, designing public spaces, architecture, and industrial design. His clients include Google, Samsung, BMW, MasterCard, Credit Suisse, Viacom, and Bacardi-Martini, and he has designed products for Mohawk Group, Cappelini, Laminam, DuPont, and Milliken.

Mac’s designs emanate from his fascination with parametrically driven design, organic geometry, modularity, sculptural shapes, and digital art, which compels him to create modular objects for serial production that introduce innovation to the market and allow the user to interact with and adapt the objects to the required functionality or character of a space.

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