Tracy Burns and Matthew Edmonds are professionals in residence in the LSU Department of Interior Design and the principals of Commercial Design Interiors, a Louisiana-registered interior design firm based in Baton Rouge, which has recently won a bevy of national and regional awards.
Commercial Design Interiors was honored with four awards by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Delta Regional Chapter. Awards were presented at the IDEA Gala at the Loews Hotel ballroom in New Orleans on August 17, 2013.
The firm received two IIDA Delta Regional Chapter awards of excellence: one for the Saints Operation Facility in Metairie, Louisiana, which won an Interior Design Excellence Award (IDEA) in the Corporate Small Design category and the other for the Newborn & Infant Intensive Care Unit at the Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, which received an IDEA in the Healthcare Large Design category. The Newborn & Infant Intensive Care Unit also received the 2013 People’s Choice Award, and the Woman’s Hospital project in Baton Rouge received an award of recognition in Healthcare Large Design.
Commercial Design Interiors received an IIDA Interior Design Excellence Award for their design of the Saints Operation Facility in Metairie, Louisiana.
Commercial Design Interiors received an Interior Design Excellence Award and a People’s Choice Award for their design of the Newborn & Infant Intensive Care Unit.
On top of the IIDA awards, Burns and Edmonds received recognition at the National ASI Innovations show. Partnered with the New Orleans–based ASI facility, Commercial Design Interior’s “environmental wayfaring” design of the Woman’s Hospital won Best Design-Build Solution of 2012 for both interior and exterior design.
Signage Designs by Commercial Design Interiors for the Woman’s Hospital
Woman’s Hospital
And, over the past 16 months, Commercial Design Interiors’ work has been published in three design books by Judy Shepard: Retail Spaces: Cafes, Markets & Eateries (RSD Publishing, 2011), Retail Spaces: Small Stores Under 250 m2 (Innovative Logistics LLC, 2011), and The Office Idea Book: Creative Solutions That Work (RSD Publishing, 2012).
Edmonds and Burns were involved in all of the winning projects, and several LSU interior design alumni contributed to some or all of the projects. The firm currently employs alumni Mandy Tebbutt (BID 2000) and Stefania Himpler (BID ’09) and has employed more than 18 LSU alumni as interns since 2003.
Burns and Edmonds have another awards show to attend in September for ASID. With any luck, Commercial Design Interiors will have more good news to share!
About Tracy Burns
Tracy Burns received a bachelor of interior design from LSU and is a registered interior designer in Louisiana. Before she co-founded Commercial Design Interiors with Matthew Edmonds, she was an interior designer at The Mathes Group in New Orleans and at Chenevert-Songy-Rodi-Soderberg and LaMoyne Design Associates in Baton Rouge. She is a registered member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and has served as the president of the ASID chapter in Baton Rouge. Burns has been a part-time instructor at the LSU Department of Interior Design since 2006.
About Matthew Edmonds
Matthew Edmonds received a bachelor of interior design from LSU and is a registered interior designer in Louisiana and Texas. Before co-founding Commercial Design Interiors with Tracy Burns, Edmonds was a senior store designer at Gap, Inc. Edmonds is a member of ASID and IIDA and a LEED accredited professional. He has been a professional in residence at the LSU Department of Interior Design since 2003.
About IIDA Delta Regional Chapter
The IIDA Delta Regional Chapter is a member-focused organization of interior designers and industry partners in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The chapter’s mission is to provide programs and networking opportunities to educate, inform, and advocate the interior design profession. The chapter is committed to providing educational opportunities for members to improve their interior design skills and knowledge. The chapter empowers members to promote the value of interior design and advocates to ensure the legal right of qualified professionals to practice interior design, thereby ensuring the public’s health, safety, and welfare. For more information, visit iida-delta.org.
About LSU Department of Interior Design
The LSU Department of Interior Design program emphasizes creative problem solving, research and analysis, and graphic skills. Student activities are supported in the design studios, which form the core of the educational experience. Liberal arts, business, communication, and technical courses are required and complement the program’s strong emphasis on design. For more information, visit interiordesign.lsu.edu.
Contact
Angela Harwood
Communications Coordinator
LSU College of Art + Design
102 Design Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(225) 578-9041
aharwood@lsu.edu