Category: International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers
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INTERIOR DESIGNERS ARE BORN NOT MADE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/10/signs-become-a-designer_n_3900582.html?utm_hp_ref=decor#! Well why didn’t you tell me that 35 years ago? More proof, or evidence as we design wonks are prone to call it, that our professional identity is…..well it isn’t professional and it isn’t really an identity. More of a joke……… Then why am I weeping?
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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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ATTENTION ALL PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNERS!
THE STATE OF THE INTERIOR DESIGN PROFESSION SUMMIT- 2013 PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER is forming an exploratory committee (can you have a committee of one?) to determine if there is sufficient interest in holding a STATE OF THE INTERIOR DESIGN PROFESSION summit at NEOCON 2013. This summit meeting would be a broad overview of the current state of…
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Interior Design and Interior Architecture
What is the difference between architecture, interior architecture, and interior design? Here in a nutshell is a good answer.
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Texas Interior Design Bill 2011
http://www.scribd.com/doc/50072634/HB-2142-HB02142I-Texas-Legislature-via-MyGov365-com I am not sure where this stands but somebody clearly wants to eliminate ID registration in the big state of Texas….Hmmmm!
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International Interior Day Down Under
Same misperception…just upside down. In case you missed it – World Interiors Day was celebrated last month. As part of their celebration a group of Aussie design students did an impromptu survey as explained here; http://www.ifiworld.org/#Homepage In the end the results sound eerily similar to our domestic identity crisis; From the many responses received in the…
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IT’S THE LAW….SOMEWHERE…SOMEHOW!
PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER’s version will include a revision date, and info on legislative status when possible. I will try to update it once a month or whenever critical information becomes available. I also hope to begin acknowledging Interior Design regulation efforts on a global basis.
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MYOPIC VITRIOLE OR VISIONARY EMPOWERMENT
I have been thinking about this issue way more than most sane people……..Unfortunately defining the professional domain of Interior Design is a mind numbingly complex, confusing, and completely debatable issue. I certainly understand why many of my peers avoid it like the plague. In our case (the United States) we have convinced ourselves that it…
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Oh Okay We Were Just Goofin’ With Ya!
HEY YA KNOW ALL THAT EFFORT AND ANGST WE COERCED YOU TO INVEST IN OUR PROFESSION…JUST KIDDING!!!!! From an open letter in the December 2009 ASID Newsletter ICON I have just discovered that ASID no longer supports Interior Design regulation. That’s what I get for not being a member….. “That’s why the legislative agenda…
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