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(Above Image: Emily Hatcher graduates from Auburn University 2024. Image courtesy of Emily Hatcher)
Our 2024 IIDA Student of the Year Award recipient is Emily Hatcher, Student IIDA, an interior design graduate of Auburn University and member of the IIDA Alabama Chapter. Growing up, her passion for art and creativity led her to pursue a career as an interior designer. Hatcher believes interior design is an important tool to inspire emotion. “It creates the feeling of the consumer,” Hatcher explained. Designers “can create joy, sadness, creativity, productivity, and every other emotion imaginable. Designers have one of the most powerful jobs in the world.”
Creating space for the study and celebration of design is just as important to Hatcher as the many resources offered to her through the support of IIDA. She is very active on her campus and in the IIDA community; last spring, she was elected co-president of The Societies, Auburn University’s student-led chapter of IIDA and ASID (The American Society of Interior Designers). Through this position, she has been able to serve as a leader on her campus, foster connections with design industry leaders, and learn more about the importance of mentorship in design. Mentorship, after all, is a key part of Hatcher’s career plan: “It will be my goal to create an environment of learning, inclusion, and exposure to resources within interior design,” Hatcher added.
