Susan Wintersteen
Ten years after launching the nonprofit Savvy Giving by Design, designer Susan Winstersteen and her team are rolling out the Savvy Giving Design Coalition, a new national initiative for interior designers, architects and brands.
Savvy Giving by Design™ is excited to announce the launch of its latest philanthropic endeavor, the Go to Your Room Box™. This initiative aims to provide children facing medical crises across the country with design-centric comfort items.
The CEO, principal and creative director of Savvy Interiors in San Diego, hadn’t worked on a space that met guidelines emanating from the Americans with Disabilities Act. So, she did what she always does when faced with a new challenge: She read everything she could, reached out to medical experts, consulted with design colleagues who’d worked on such spaces and, of course, talked to the teen and his parents about his unique situation.
I’m looking for designers that really want to make this part of their giving-back philanthropy. It’s a commitment, and you need to have a good support system because you can’t (do these projects) in isolation. You need a support system of colleagues and resources you can tap,” she says. “I really love collaborating with local designers here in San Diego that have businesses similar to mine — that we get to work together on these volunteer projects, toward a common goal.”