Double ASID award winner is inspired by nature and internships
Rising senior at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) Adam Wold ’27 received two awards in May from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). The Interior Architecture and Design (IAD) major won the Silver Award in the Commercial category and the Bronze Award in the Residential category.
“My Residential submission was inspired by the growing need to incorporate landscape design into the interior,” Wold says. “I wanted to play with different elevations, so the user is able to feel the effect of travel, even though the space is small. The Commercial submission was inspired by stone, lichen and moss, refined as places of rest within nature.”
Residential project, Adam Wold.
Residential project, Adam Wold.
Wold is currently a full-time interior design intern at DCI Marketing and has had internships at West Elm and SILVA ARCHITECTS, LTD.
“These were all paid internships,” explains Wold. “Many of the positions I’ve worked have been through word of mouth and IAD faculty, but many have just been clients directly cold emailing. If you want to take your creative work seriously, you need to market it as such, putting yourself out there, even if you think no one is watching.”
Wold transferred to MIAD “because I thought it would offer me more creative freedom and exploration in my education. In such a fast-paced industry, it’s difficult to curate the curriculum around tools and skills that might be rendered obsolete with new techniques. MIAD’s IAD department has worked relentlessly to stay on top of this chase, updating the courses with each year.”
Commercial project by Wold and Budnowski.
Commercial project by Wold and Budnowski.
Wold is also grateful to Paul Budnowski ‘27, a group member on one of the projects and another award-winning IAD major. “Without Paul the project wouldn’t have been possible,” he says.
“It was also a great honor to hear the testimony of the skilled designers who drove the other named projects at the awards gala, and I look forward to pushing my designs further for next year.”
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