5 things Andee Hess knows for sure about interior design

If you want to meet dynamic interior designers or are curious about the new Portland showroom for Ceilume, a ceiling panel and tile manufacturer, here's your chance to scope out both: Ceilume and architecture/design blog Portland Architecture are producing PDX Interior Designer Spotlight, a series of free public discussions.

Interior designer Andee Hess -- a master of orchestrating visual frisson in restaurants, hotels and homes -- launches the series on March 19.

You're familiar with her work. People standing in long lines atSalt & Straw ice cream shops are entertained by her patterns, textures and other high-level design details. For software company Panic, she executed animating spaces, like edge-lit triangles scaling a wall and alien-like landscaping on the deck.

Her Osmose Design portfolio also contains cool and calm, like the wood cove ceiling in Small Tea in Coral Gables, Florida. Closer to home, a futuristic residence has more geometry than is taught in high school plus a metal-and-glass wine shaft and sculptural custom cabinets.

Exploiting light and her inventiveness, she creates dramatic scenes for the coolest movie not yet filmed. Who wouldn't want to star in the dining room that's open to the kitchen-theater at Ava Gene's restaurant?

In 2003, Hess graduated with a degree in interior designfromMarylhurst University and worked four years atSkylab Architecture before starting Osmose Design in 2007.

She will be interview by design writer Brian Libby, founder and editor of Portland Architecture. Questions from the audience are invited.

Doors to the Ceilume's showroom, 1225 SE Grand Ave., open at 5 p.m. Hess and Libby's talk will start at 6 p.m., with networking before and after. Beer, wine and other refreshments will be provided.

Since we couldn't wait, we asked Hess to tell us five things she knows for sure about interior design:

Ceilume has 35 different thermoplastic ceiling tiles and panels that look like wood or tin. They are used to resurface or replace existing ceilings. The showroom is open to the public 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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5 things Andee Hess knows for sure about interior design