Category: Interior Design Licensing
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ADVANCING THE PROFESSION OF INTERIOR DESIGN- MAKING THE CASE FOR CODE REGULATED INTERIOR DESIGN
“INTERIOR DESIGN LICENSE AND REGISTRATION PLEASE…..” AP/Rich Pedroncelli But…But Officer I’m Not a Licensed Interior Designer I suspect that there are a few egalitarian designers out there who do NOT recognize the value of job titles, professional credentials, or licensure. But reality tells us that labels are a fact of life. What we call ourselves,…
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Clarifying Interior Design Titles and Labels.
If you attended an educational program that granted you a certificate upon completion- that does NOT mean you are “certified” interior designer. If you passed the NCIDQ Examination- that does NOT mean you are a “licensed” interior designer. If you received an interior architecture degree from a CIDA accredited school- that does NOT mean you are…
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Can We Really Legislate or Define Our Way Out of This?
Kudos to Ms. Coryell for taking advantage of her right to promote her business. I don’t agree with her methods but I admire her entrepreneurial spirit. .
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HOME DEPOT OFFERS INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICE
http://www.retaildive.com/news/home-depot-launches-interior-design-service/448020/ Well why not? And we wonder why we get no respect. HOME DEPOT OFFERS RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICE Ahem…….why not? This is not a rhetorical question. If you consider that the majority of single family homes in this country are not designed/built by “Architects” but are built by contractors, builders and developers who have…
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MY C.I.D. CREDENTIAL CAN BEAT UP YOUR C.I.D.® APPELLATION
Following up on my recent post regarding California’s Certified Interior Design, or C.I.D. credential I came across this recent missive from the CCIDC regarding the legal rights to the “C.I.D.” credential. https://ccidc.org/consumer-alerts.html Seems those pesky decorators at the Certified Interior Decorators International also lay claim to the acronym C.I.D. as in Certified Interior Decorator. http://www.cidinternational.org/membership.php…
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IDCC & CCIDC Seek Input on Adding “Commercial” to California’s CID Credential
Familiarize yourself here and take the survey if it applies; http://shoutout.wix.com/so/cLrIy9Gz?cid=9ca151d3-acaa-46bf-acaa-85e558baccfe#/main So if you do not practice Interior Design in California you probably are unaware of their voluntary certification system. It is confusing….even if you do practice in California but why should we care? As the most populous state in the Union California also has…
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In Defense of Interior Decoration?
https://www.stevenstolmaninc.com/single-post/2017/07/16/In-Defense-of-Decorators On the surface the above blog post ruffled my PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER feathers….Mr. Stolman clearly blurs the line between interior decoration and Interior Design which is a particular sore point with moi……..but. While I appreciate Mr. Stolman’s impassioned plea for relevance I wonder if interior decoration just might wither away. Maybe interior decoration will become…
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LEARNING FROM NORTH CAROLINA’S EFFORT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF INTERIOR DESIGN
or What is the AIA’s Beef? The latest example of ID regulation to consider is occurring in North Carolina where H-590 is currently making its way through the NC Legislature. As of July 6th the bill has been referred to the Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate. I am uncertain if this means…
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INTERIOR DESIGN OR INTERIOR DESIGN?
Or “A Tale of Two Professions” One of which has nice fingernails and one that understands the International Building Code And we wonder why our policy makers are confused………… Sure this is just one misguided policy maker but he is standing on the floor of the capitol building in Springfield, Illinois and he has a…
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-REGULATION & THE DECORATOR vs. DESIGNER TITLE MATCH
I have spent a lot of bytes on this blog pointing out the drawbacks of relying on Uncle Sam to validate our professional status via title and practice legislation. Unfortunately we tend to lump our decorator vs. designer identity crisis in with the massive effort to gain regulation that codifies our right to work in…
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