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IIDA Headquarters, Chicago, IL
Designer
Ken Wilson, FIIDA, FAIA, Envision Design, Washington D.C.
Photographer
Eric Laignel
If you are an Interior Designer with a minimum of 2 years formal Interior Design education, and are not NCIDQ-certified, you qualify as an Associate Member. Your application must include:
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(Note: All applications currently reflect pro-rated dues amounts)
This Membership is available to active IIDA Student Members, who have recently graduated. A special rate is offered for the first year as an Associate Member. (A copy of official Diploma or Transcripts will be required upon applying.) Apply using this special application.
Below you will find a list of the IIDA yearly dues. All IIDA Memberships run on the Calendar year, January through December. All New Members and Members Reactivating their Memberships will have a onetime $75 Application fee added to their dues.
Associate $260
Designers who are actively engaged in the profession and meet the educational requirement for the NCIDQ, but have not yet completed all parts of the examination.
Inactive Associate $137
Must be a Member in good standing at the time of application for change in status and is unable to continue practicing in the field of interior design due to disability or illness, unemployment or relocation.
Associate II $380
Years 3-5 of membership at this level
Inactive Associate II $206
Must be a Member in good standing at the time of application for change in status and is unable to continue practicing in the field of interior design due to disability or illness, unemployment or relocation
Associate III $455
Six (6) years and above of membership at this level
Inactive Associate III $230
Must be a Member in good standing at the time of application for change in status and is unable to continue practicing in the field of interior design due to disability or illness, unemployment or relocation
Retired Associate III $189
Must be a Member in good standing at the time of application for change in status and is not practicing or intending to return to the practice of interior design

Kelly is a principal of Richärd + Bauer, LLC, a studio-based, integrated architectural and interiors practice.
IIDA introduces it's newest payment plan option. New Members can enjoy this convenient benefit.