Category: Interior Architecture
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What’s in a Name?
Say you are asked by a stranger on a two story elevator ride- “Kind sir/madam can you explain the difference between an interior architect and an interior designer?” OK I am sure that happens a lot so here is my response;
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The Rule of Thumb……..
If we don’t define our role and our value to society somebody else will- and they are doing it all over the place.
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ATTENTION INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENTS!
So this is how I, an interior design educator (not an angry disenfranchised decorator), justify the “indoctrination of interior design students” process and its real value to a civilized and constantly evolving global society.
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For Every ID Regulation Action;
Furthermore this focus on limited permitting rights opens up a larger can of professional liability worms that PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER believes that the entire professional domain does not fully understand, and if they do, they may not fully support the effort. It seems like an awful lot of effort to eeek out a very small scope of business that will benefit only those that care to practice commercial interior design independent of, and at the alienation of, our allied design professions.
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ANOTHER OPEN LETTER TO THE BUILDING DESIGN PROFESSIONS
IT IS TIME TO COME OUT OF OUR INTELLECTUAL SILOS AND OUR PROFESSIONAL BUNKERS. THE WORLD IS CHANGING- WE ARE NOT. Some call me a dreamer- but I’m not the only one.
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Is it Interior Architecture or is it Memorex?
Finally let’s give props to a firm that avoids the three partner last name moniker……20 Below Studios….in Minneapolis….PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER gives this firm 2 thumbs way up!