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Carolyn Robbins
www.upworld.com/carolynrobbins
San Francisco, CA
Design > Interior Designer
Construction > Project Manager

Carolyn Robbins Site Design
owner
Privately-held
Carolyn Robbins Site Design is a commercial and residential interior design agency serving local and international clients with creative, resourceful and sustainable construction expertise.
  
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WORK EXPERIENCE
 
Company
Title:owner
Company Name:Carolyn Robbins Site Design
Start Date:May 1981
End Date:Jan 2009
Company Size:0-5
Company Type:Privately-held
 
We are a small interior design agency specializing in restaurant design. Having completed over thirty restaurants, three hotels and numerous residential and retail projects, we are particularly sensitive to individual expression and the prosperity of our clients.
 
 
Experience Level
 
Expertise: Green Design and Resource Consultation for over twenty years.
Personal and Business Assessment prior to the designing.
Currently in training for a 'Build-it-Green Certification'

 
Skills: Innovative approaches for difficult space planning situations.
Many years of experience studying and applying what the customer looks for in a hospitality experience.
Long standing reputation in selling, specifying and practicing with sustainable materials.
 
CREDENTIALS
 
Awards
 
Title:Designer of the Year 82,84,91,2002,2004
Awarded By:Florida Design Magazine, Interior Design Magazine, Restauarant Management Magazine
Date:Sep 2005
Description:Carolyn Robbins has accepted numerous awards in South Florida, for her participation in a series of Designer Salons where high school students were gifted scholarships to design furniture and manufacture the top award designs,

Her most recent award is from the County of Marin for maintaining "promoting sustainable use of materials in her interior design practice" and for being a' Green Business'.
 
EDUCATION
 
School:Chico State University
Degree:BA
Description:Currently Carolyn Robbins is attending both College of Marin and Chico State University in Northern California to complete preliminary courses for a Masters Degree in Sustainable Construction for the Interior Design Industry. She will be attending college through the University Extension UC Berkeley and Sonoma State University for her Masters Program.
 
GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
 
Group:Sustainable Marin
Start Date:Feb 2004
Description:A community action organization to encourage green construction. Just recently due to the support of this organization, the city of San Rafael is one of the first 'Green Point' cities in the county and is a model for future cities.
 
GOALS AND INTERESTS
 
Career Goals: To teach interior design using green practices.
To design successful ecologically safe projects.
To work with communities implementing green point programs and other environmentally sound practices.
 
Personal Interests: Bonsai trees, color theory, photography, natural capitalism as described by Paul Hawken, jazz lover, cooking with fresh ingredients.