Category: Interior Design Education
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THIS IS “INTERIOR DESIGN”…..All you need is an app and an iPad
http://www.tapglance.com/ TapGlance – Photo realistic interior design on your iPad http://prmac.com/release-id-74151.htm “No Experience Needed-TapGlance does not require any prior experience with professional CAD (Computer Aided Design) or 3D software.” ……..silly me….thinking I needed an education, years of experience and a license. The moral of this story….errr…the point of this post is that as long as…
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PAYING THE PROFESSION FORWARD
How does a profession grow and prosper? PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER has been involved recently in several discussions in which the issue of required work experience (AKA apprenticeship) and how to best earn it is the topic. All professions rely on their members to apprentice under the supervision of established professionals in order to…
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STATE OF THE INTERIOR DESIGN INDUSTRY 2014
I commend ASID for issuing their annual take on the state of the “industry”. Previously I commented on the choice of “industry” vs. “profession” but of course ASID has to cast as broad of a membership net as possible. You should know by now where I stand on this semantic twist. But of course there…
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TIME FOR A NEW SCHISM?
Okay fellow ID Professionals time for a history lesson; http://www.idlny.org/history-of-interior-design Kudos to IDLNY for posting this great information on the history of Interior Design. For those of you who took the time to follow the time line and note the various shifts in external influences affecting the evolution of the interior design profession as well…
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Pitching a New Mantra- AGAIN
Well it’s been about 2 years since I trotted out this proclamation and while there has been some positive movement toward this vision….we are still singing too many songs from too many hymnals. It’s time to re-post; ONE VOICE – ONE CREDENTIAL – ONE MISSION © 2012 PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER ONE VOICE: We need to have one…
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PITCHING A NEW INTERIOR DESIGN PARADIGM
UPDATED 4/22/2014 There are several irrefutable facts, based on my opinion, regarding our professional identity crisis that requires us (okay…me) to reconsider our current professional paradigm. 1. Interior Decoration and Interior Design will forever be entwined. The general public will always think of us as interior decorators (not that there is anything wrong with interior…
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THE FUTURE OF INTERIOR DESIGN
ACCORDING TO ASID Pretty bold title. As an interior designer, who is somewhat curious about the future of my profession, I was intrigued. If you are also interested in the future of your chosen profession – here is the publicly accessible article. READ PAGES 28-29 FIRST: http://browndigital.bpc.com/publication/?i=199326 PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER concurs- interior design regulation should be seen…
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REVISITING THE LEED A.P. & CID/RID ANALOGY
Speaking of professional domains and how they manifest themselves in organizational structure…particularly one that we are so closely related….as opposed to the whole Doctor Nurse thing. Here is an example of an out of the box profession that rose from nothing to a multi-billion dollar industry in 21 years and has influence in virtually all…
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REVISITING THE NURSE/DOCTOR-INTERIOR DESIGNER/ARCHITECT ANALOGY
Many of my previous posts have addressed the ongoing professional struggles between architects (represented in this corner by the AIA) and professional interior designers (represented in this corner by an assortment of interior design legislative coalitions and hiding behind the curtain-ASID). But is there really a struggle? Well yeah but………… When it comes to the…
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WHAT’S NEW ON THE INTERIOR DESIGN TITLE FRONT
JOIN ME FOR ANOTHER PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER INSTALLMENT OF: WHO AM I AND WHAT IS IT THAT I DO? There have been some interesting movements recently by professional and regulatory entities to clarify the “profession” of Interior Design and how it is, or should be, perceived by the general public. First and most significant is this missive…
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