Eckenhoff Saunders
Nikki Manno is an accomplished interior designer currently employed at Eckenhoff Saunders since December 2018. Prior to this role, Nikki completed a design externship at SmithGroup in March 2018, where collaboration with the interior design team involved selecting preliminary finishes for a significant project. Additionally, experience includes a design internship at Childs/Dreyfus Group from June to August 2017, during which Nikki utilized AutoCAD and Adobe Photoshop to create renderings for various spaces and reviewed items within an FF&E package. Earlier, Nikki participated in another design externship with The Childs Dreyfus Group in March 2017, focusing on finish samples for a project. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Applied Science in Interior Design from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, earned between 2014 and 2018, along with earlier studies at Benedictine University and Marian Catholic High School.
Eckenhoff Saunders
Eckenhoff Saunders is a 50-person, Chicago-based architecture, planning, and interior design firm. Our work involves innovative problem-solving, client-centered service, technical expertise, and pragmatic experience. We collaborate with diverse organizations in the healthcare, hospitality, commercial+workplace, k-12 education, and higher education markets to develop meaningful design solutions that enhance the lives of those who experience our buildings. IT'S ABOUT BALANCE We believe architecture is about more than designing a structure; it's about balance. Between form and function, requirements and vision, innovation and tradition. Between the building, the environment, and the community it serves. We enhance these relationships with compelling design solutions. DESIGNING FOR OUR CLIENTS, NOT OUR PORTFOLIO Every phase of the design process is a collaborative effort between our clients and the Eckenhoff Saunders team from a project's inception through its completion and beyond.