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March 8, 2010, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of two of the Association’s prestigious interior design competitions: the 37th Annual Interior Design Competition and the 18th Annual Will Ching Design Competition. Read more...

December 10, 2009, Chicago, IL – As IIDA continues its commitment to honoring design excellence, we are pleased to announce the 2010 Call for Entries for IIDA's Interior Design Competition and Will Ching Design Competition. Read more...

December 10, 2009, Chicago, IL – The Trustees of the IIDA Foundation are pleased to announce the 2009 recipient of the Kimball Office Scholarship Fund. Read more...

December 10, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announces the appointment of Michael Ancheta as Managing Director, Education Services and Programs and the promotion of Ely Padilla to Director of Continuing Education within the Education Department at IIDA Headquarters. Read more...

November 19, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2009 IIDA Booth Design Competition at NeoCon East, an annual partnership with Contract magazine.  Read more...

November 19, 2009, Chicago, IL- The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of its fourth annual Smart Environments Awards, co-sponsored by publishing partner Metropolis Magazine. Read more...

November 13, 2009, Chicago, IL – The International Interior Design Association’s (IIDA) 8th Annual Student Mentoring Week will take place February 1-5, 2010.  Read more...

September 8, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the fourth annual Smart Environments Awards, co-sponsored by publishing partner Metropolis magazine.  Read More...

September 3, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is proud to announce the next event in the 2009 IIDA Leaders Breakfast series, taking place October 21, from 7:30-10:00 a.m. at the Drake Hotel on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago.  Read More...

August 31, 2009, Chicago, IL -  The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announces the appointment of Michelle Kraker as Manager of Student Marketing and Social Media.  Read More...

August 27, 2009, Coral Springs, FL - The Art of Living with Marilu Henner has entered into a strategic partnership with the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) to expand education on the latest developments in the interior design arena through quality television programming.  Read More...

August 18, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announces the appointment of Carmen O’Donnell as Communications Manager.  Read More...

June 14, 2009, Chicago, Il - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP won the coveted Best of Competition in the 36th Annual Interior Design Competition.  Read more...

June 14, 2009, Chicago, Il - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) took the past to the future with a provocative, inspiring and pivotal program for its 15^th annual conference.  Read more...

June 14, 2009, Chicago, Il - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) inducted Derrell Parker, FIIDA as the Association’s president for the 2009-2010 term.  Read more...

June 14, 2009, Chicago, Il – The International Interior Design Association (IIDA), is pleased to announce the winners of the 14th Annual IIDA Showroom and Booth Design Competition, a partnership with Contract magazine. Read more...

June 14, 2009, Chicago, Il - The International Association of Interior Design announced the winners of the 2009 Chapter Awards during its Annual Meeting at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Read more...

June, 14, 2009, Chicago, Il - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) inducted two IIDA Members to the Association’s College of Fellows at IIDA’s Fourteenth Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 14. Read more...

April 16, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Leaders Breakfast series marks its ninth year as an international series with events across the United States and Canada.  Read more…

March 10, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 36th Annual Interior Design Competition and the 17th Annual Will Ching Design Competition. Read more...

October 27, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of the first annual IIDA Government Design Awards.  Read more…

February 19, 2009, Chicago, IL - Cheryl S. Durst, Honorary IIDA, LEED AP, Executive Vice President and CEO of the International Interior Design Association, is slated as a featured speaker at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Thursday, February 19, 2009.  Read more…

January 16, 2009, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announces the appointment of Jeanne Heller Fisher as Senior Director of Marketing and Communications.  Read more…

October 17, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the addition of the IIDA Institutional Forum and the IIDA Knowledge Forum.  Read more…

September 11, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) convened its annual Industry Roundtable for a facilitated session to discuss issues facing all partners working in the profession of interior design.  Read more…

October 30, 2007, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) allows students to experience a day they won’t forget.  Read more…

June 10, 2007, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association’s International Honors and Awards were presented at IIDA’s Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 10, 2007 by Association President, Pam Light, FIIDA.  Read more…

June 9, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce that Behnisch Architekten (Stuttgart, GERMANY) was announced as Best of Competition of the 35th Annual Interior Design Competition for their project Haus im Haus (Hamburg, GERMANY).  Read more…
 

June 10, 2007, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) inducted John Mack, FIIDA, AIA, Senior Partner and Design Director, HLW International (New York, NY) as the Association’s President for the 2007-2008 term, which begins July 1, 2007.  Read more…

June 8, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association’s International Honors and Awards were presented at IIDA’s Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 8, 2008 by Association President, John Mack, FIIDA, AIA.  Read more…

June 8, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) inducted Mitchell E. Sawasy, FIIDA, AIA, Executive Vice President and Studio/Design Principal of Rothenberg Sawasy Architects, Inc. as the Association’s President for the 2008-2009 term.  Read more…

June 10, 2007, Chicago, IL - Brian Thornton, IIDA, Vice President of Communications for the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), announces the winners of the 12th Annual IIDA Showroom & Booth Design Competition, co-sponsored with Contract Magazine.  Read more…

June 8, 2008, Chicago, IL - Vicki VanStavern, IIDA, 2007-2009 Vice President of Chapters of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), announced the winners of IIDA's Chapter Awards.  Read more…

June 10, 2007, Chicago, IL - Ruth Cline, IIDA, 2005-2007 Vice President of Chapters of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the winners of IIDA's Chapter Awards.  Read more…

June 8, 2008, Chicago, IL - Lewis Goetz, FIIDA, FAIA, College of Fellows Chair for the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), inducted three IIDA Members to the Association’s College of Fellows at IIDA’s Fourteenth Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 8.  Read more…

June 10, 2007, Chicago, IL - Marilyn Archer, FIIDA, College of Fellows Chair for the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), inducted two IIDA members to the Association’s College of Fellows at their Thirteenth Annual Meeting on Sunday, June 10.  Read More...

June 8, 2008, Chicago, IL - Brian Thornton, IIDA, AIA, Vice President of Communications for the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), is pleased to announce the winners of the 13th Annual IIDA Showroom and Booth Design Competition, a partnership with Contract magazine.  Read more…
 

May 30, 2007, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of its second annual Smart Environments Awards, co-sponsored by publishing partner Metropolis Magazine.  Read more…

May 18, 2007, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) convened with the CoreNet Global and the American Institute of Architects to present the annual Sustainability Leadership Awards for Design and Development at the CoreNet Global Summit Denver.  Read more…

May 16, 2008, Las Vegas, NV - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and Hospitality Design magazine are pleased to announce the winners of the 12th Annual IIDA/Hospitality Design Product Design Competition at the Annual Platinum Circle Awards Gala during the 2008 HD Expo, May 14-17.  Read more…

May 11, 2007, Las Vegas, NV - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and Hospitality Design Magazine announced the winners of the 11th Annual IIDA/Hospitality Design Product Design Competition at the Annual Platinum Circle Awards Gala during the 2007 HD Expo May 9-12.  Read more…

May 14, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA), in partnership with AIA and CoreNet Global, is pleased to announce the winners of the 5th Annual Sustainable Leadership Awards for Design and Development.  Read more…

May 13, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Leaders Breakfast series marked its eighth year as a series with events in New York and Boston.  Read more…

May 8, 2007, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Metropolis Magazine and Tricycle are pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Student Sustainable Design Competition.  Read more…

May 9, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and The Mohawk Group are pleased to announce the winners of the sixth annual IIDA Student Sustainable Design Competition.  Read more…

March 6, 2007, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of its prestigious 2007 interior design competitions: the 34th Annual Interior Design Competition and the 15th Annual Will Ching Design Competition.  Read more…

May 1, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of its third annual Smart Environments Awards, co-sponsored by publishing partner Metropolis Magazine.  Read more…

August 27, 2009, Coral Springs, FL – The Art of Living with Marilu Henner has entered into a strategic partnership with the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) to expand education on the latest developments in the interior design arena through quality television programming. Read more....

April 22, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and the American Library Association (ALA) are pleased to announce the winners of the second Library Interior Design Competition.  Read more…

April 4, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) IIDA and Tandus announce a collaboration to produce a comprehensive series of events for government designers in 2008.  Read more…

March 10, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of its prestigious 2008 interior design competitions: the 35th Annual Interior Design Competition and the 16th Annual Will Ching Design Competition. Awards may not be given every year.  Read more…

March 5, 2008, Chicago, IL - The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announces its designation as a LEED Gold certified space under the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI).  Read more…

January 4, 2008, Chicago, IL - The Trustees of the IIDA Foundation are pleased to announce the most recent recipient of the Kimball Office Scholarship Fund.  Read more…