Category: North American Professional Interior Designers
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The Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architect’s Analysis of Interior Design Legislation
NOTE TO THE AIA. We do not want your jobs! But we do want to do ours.
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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER has previously posted about Architecture’s image problems. Because Architecture is, for better or worse, our bastard step-father (metaphor stretch for amusement only) we need to be mindful that not all is comfy cozy in their professional house. Indirectly there are lessons to be learned and in this case I believe there is a big…
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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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INTERIOR DESIGN REGULATION- NOT TOO POLITICAL, COMPLICATED OR ABSTRACT
“…..Yet when it comes to taking action to advance the practice, many designers feel overwhelmed. The entire topic can seem too complicated, too political, too abstract. It doesn’t have to be.” Hmmmm….now you tell me. Guess it depends on how you define “too”. http://www.iida.org/resources/content/8/0/7/8/documents/AdvocateIIDA_Brochure_Final_SmallSize.pdf Props to IIDA and the IIDA Northern Pacific Chapter for trying…
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LEAN IN PUSH FORWARD DESPITE THE CONFUSING DIRECTIONS
Great article by Lisa Whited PLEASE READ and comment following her article. http://www.interiorsandsources.com/article-details/articleid/16534/title/leaning-in-and-pushing-forward.aspx
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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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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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ASID, IIDA, IDC, RID, CID, & or NCIDQ- Where To From Here?
Now that the new NCIDQ credential is official the phone has been ringing off of PROFESSIONALINTERIORDESIGNER’s hook…”What does it all mean?”, “Why Should I Care?”, “Which One Do I Display First?”, “How much does it cost?”, “Should I Get The Alphabet Soup or the Acronym Stew?”………………………… Well one can look at the latest entrant in…
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PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR DESIGNER HAS MOVED!
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