Category: IIDA
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Turning Up the Heat on Registered Interior Designers in Texas
Texas Sunset ADVISORY Commission stands behind deregulating Registered Interior Designers despite overwhelming opposition. PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER is trying to stay on top of the effort to deregulate interior design in Texas….which from the middle of Kansas is easier said than done. If I get any of this wrong please let me know. Here is the latest update…
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Interior Designers for Legislation New York Promote ID Regulation Correctly
http://www.editoratlarge.com/articles/2877/idlny-president-discusses-interior-design-law Great interview with IDLNY President Benjamin Huntington. Now if we could just get the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the Washington Post to publish this interview we might be gettin’ somewhere.
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RETHINKING THE BUILDING PERFORMANCE PARADIGM
Over the past 20 years there has been a remarkable shift in how we design and build buildings. In response to a rising concern over the impact buildings have on our environment those who have even the most minute stake in creating the built environment are now aware, if not directly influenced by, the effort…
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Texas Interior Design Sunset Update
See page #20a for updated TBAE board comments and public comments. http://www.sunset.state.tx.us/83rd/eng/eng_hm.pdf Kudos to Kathy Hendricks. The Texas ID profession owes her big time. PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER is not sure how, or when, this issue will be resolved but it is clear that if ID legislation in Texas is deregulated it will be against the will of…
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Hearing on Sunsetting Registered Interior Design Regulation in Texas
From a LinkedIn discussion on the same topic; There is a hearing in Austin on Nov.13th. The agenda is available here: http://www.sunset.state.tx.us/83rd/Agendas/Nov_13.pdf. Donna Vining (Exec. Director of Texas Association for Interior Design) wrote the following: “Obviously, anyone who wants to testify, may do so. PLEASE be aware the Sunset commission will not appreciate a lot…
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More on Deregulation of Interior Design in Texas
The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission October 12th Staff Report recommending deregulation of Texas’ Registered Interior Design title act is a classic example of the he said/she said contentions that haunt professional interior designers ability to establish and maintain regulatory parity with other licensed/regulated design professionals. PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER offers the following analysis of key points on both…
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PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER Ranks 26th on Hollywood Reporters List of 25 Most Influential Interior Designers!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/hollywood-reporters-25-mo_n_2018837.html Dang! Maybe next year.
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Establishing Interior Design Professionalism in the Philippines
The interior design news wires often include items from the Philippines. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/exam-results/10/23/12/interior-design-licensure-examination-results Evidently professions in the Philippines are highly regulated- including interior design. Now I get that this is a small country and the political/legal climate is far different than the U.S. but PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER admires the apparent transparency of the Filipino Professional Regulation Commission and…
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Interior Design Dabble Psycho Babble
Grrrr. We have to figure out a way to separate the professionals from those who merely dabble. I have students paying dearly for the right to practice as “interior designers”. This is an insult to them, current practicing professionals and it continues to taint the future of the profession. Cue “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC…
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