I am IIDA

Scott is Design Director at NELSON in Minneapolis.

What is your favorite example of great design?

City Center in Las Vegas. The eclectic mix of style and materials accompanied with wonderful detailing is a pleasure to experience. 

Who is your favorite designer?

Calatrava – monumental and sweeping form

If you weren't a designer, what would you be doing?

I would be a landscape architect.

List 5 words that describe design.

Enveloping, Mood Altering, Captivating, Inspirational, Contagious

List 3 things you can't live without.

Peanut M&M’s, Magoo (my West Highland Terrier) and friends

What is your favorite quote or motto?

Something I say every day. . . Remember whose money we are spending. 

What was your first job?

Sales associate at a formal rental wear shop. . .not a good memory! 

What advice do you wish someone would have shared with you before you started your Interior Design career?

Study abroad for at least 1 year during your senior year of college. After you get your first job, feel free to move around to experience and absorb all types and formats of the Interior Design profession. Make yourself well rounded. . . you will be invincible!