Category: Interior Design Protection Council
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AN OPEN LETTER TO INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENTS IN THE GOOD ‘OLE U.S. of A.
So this article from the Louisiana State University Reveille came across my screen yesterday; https://www.lsureveille.com/news/some-lsu-interior-design-students-want-to-change-degree-name/article_05974fc2-01f5-11ea-9f21-170a20137f86.html First I commend the LSU ID students and faculty for taking on this issue. Since I somewhat follow this topic I took a moment to understand what the students were actually considering. Well duh! They want respect. Plain and simple…
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DING DONG THE IDPC IS DEAD!
https://www.facebook.com/Interior-Design-Protection-Council-324844676913/info/?tab=page_info http://www.idpcinfo.org/ PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER will miss Miss Morrow and her Institute for Justice funded campaign to deregulate the profession of Interior Design….NOT.
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UTAH PASSES COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE BILL!
Utah Senate Bill 0117 which allows state certified Commercial Interior Designers to submit signed and sealed drawings (within limited scope) in order to obtain building permits in that state was approved today. Yay! This is the first substantial piece of ID legislation to be approved in several years. Kudos to IDEAL Utah and their lobbyist…
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Leading Interior Design Company Declares 11% Increase in Cash Dividend
OR WWEAD- (What Would Ethan Allen Do?) Offer free interior design service of course. PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER saw this article on Ethan Allen’s success (the furniture chain, not the statesman) I had to comment; Ethan Allen Declares 11% Increase in Cash Dividend DANBURY, Conn. — Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (“Ethan Allen” or the “Company”) (NYSE:ETH) announced today…
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PROUD TO DISPLAY THE NEW NCIDQ CREDENTIAL
Introducing New Benefit For Active Certificate Holders On July 15, 2013 the appellation “NCIDQ” and a unique mark will be available for use as an additional benefit for active certificate holders. After completing the terms and conditions on their MyNCIDQ online account, active NCIDQ Certificate holders will have the option to sign their names “First…
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CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS UNDER ATTACK….OR ARE THEY?
I’m back. Okay follow this missive from the CCIDC regarding California Senate Bill 308 and its language that the CCIDC says is detrimental to the profession: http://ccidc.org/eNews/sb308-2nd-bulletin.html Okay now read this web post by the Interior Design Coalition of California claiming that there is no need for concern: http://www.idc-ca.org/idcc-news/templates/featured.aspx?articleid=210&zoneid=22 I find the IDCC claim regarding…
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YET ANOTHER SHOT OVER THE BOW OF THE GOOD SHIP INTERIOR DESIGN
PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER has highlighted the efforts of the Institute for Justice, The Reason Institute and the CATO Institute to use Interior Design regulation as the prime example why government regulation is bad for the economy. Now the Goldwater Institute has issued this “Policy Report” in which the regulation of interior design is cited as one of…
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And There Was This One Time at Design Camp……………..
http://designcamp.com/ PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER has poked fun at the Design Camp folks before. I do admire their marketing and self promotion moxey and they are certainly free to promote their little business venture. Unfortunately when they make statements such as; “The curriculum at Design Camp is on par with course work from any top interior design school.…
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ASID & IIDA Ponder Collaboration Efforts
ASID – IIDA Joint Fellows Roundtable with Susan S. Szenasy @ NeoCon 2012 from neoconwtf on Vimeo. P.S. June 5th 2012- Ms. Szenasy does not advocate for an IIDA ASID merger. Seems like a missed opportunity to PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER. How can two seemingly similar yet very disparate organizations that both claim to represent the “profession” of…
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TIS THE SEASON- COULD IT BE MORE THAN SEASONAL?
In his current editorial Contract Magazine Editor John Czarnecki notes that he is heartened by what he sees as an upturn in cross discipline and cross organizational dialogue. Read the editorial here; https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5o2FEjMaZF8Wi1MS2FfTERJREU/edit Read the entire issue here; http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/contract_201206/index.php?startid=Cover1&WidgetId=null&BookId=b146858744c82ca55d5ac1394856080a Kudos to Mr. Czarnecki for broaching such a sensitive (in my mind anyway) subject. PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER will…
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