Thought Leadership

Perspective - Winter 2010

Interior design competitions are far more than mere beauty pageants — they involve a complex system of entry and judgment and lead to much more than an award in name for all those involved. So why is this myth so prevalent?

Perspective - Winter 2010

The restaurant, hotel and healthcare design industries are showing that they all influence each other — and the result is a more welcoming, uniquely designed service.

Perspective - Fall 2009

Four experienced residential designers discuss the evolution of the profession, from the recession to the popularization of interior design to the oversaturation of the marketplace — and ponder what lies ahead.

Perspective - Summer 2009

Interior designers ensure public health, safety and welfare through steadfast attention to air quality, accessibility, fire safety and ergonomics.

Perspective - Summer 2009

Times are tough. As an interior designer, you’re likely feeling the pinch of the recession, both professionally and personally.

Perspective - Summer 2008

SUMMER 2008 - Interior designers across the United States continue to be the leading voices for their profession by spearheading regulatory legislation.

Perspective - Summer 2008

SUMMER 2008 - In a world of 400 million obese and 1.6 billion overweight adults, interior designers - perhaps as much as nutritionists or doctors - can encourage physical activity and, in turn, healthy lifestyles.

Perspective - Summer 2008

SUMMER 2008 - A host of design television shows and consumer magazines may portray Interior Design as one-dimensional, but has the increased media attention also raised awareness?

Perspective - Winter 2008

WINTER 2007 - IIDA’s 2007 Industry Roundtable brought together interior design experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented as design goes international.

Perspective - Spring 2007

SPRING 2007 - Design is fulfilling a greater role through humanitarian work across the globe.

Perspective - Spring 2007

SPRING 2007 - Collaboration among interior designers and architects is growing by leaps and bounds. A panel of IIDA and AIA leaders weigh in on what designers stand to learn from architects, and what the interior design profession can offer architecture.

Perspective - Summer 2006

SUMMER 2006 - Designers can use their knowledge and talents to service the most basic needs of human beings across the globe.

Perspective - Winter 2006

WINTER 2006 - The interesting and urgent questions raised by the Interior Design Body of Knowledge.

Perspective - Winter 2006

WINTER 2006 - The once grassroots movement for interior design protection actshas found its way to mainstream acceptance.

Perspective - Summer 2005

Glimpse all that is interior design in a three-day show.

Perspective - Winter 2005

WINTER 2005 - Technology is changing the face of interior design. But rather than exerting its power through one killer app, it’s flexing influence in a much more sophisticated way.

Perspective - Fall 2004

Multidisciplinary researchers lead to design breakthroughs, shaping the quality of life.

Perspective - Fall 2004

As the International Interior Design Association celebrates its 10-year anniversary, leading global designers contemplate the future of the design profession.

Perspective - Fall 2004

The interior design profession deserves respect, a symbiosis with its fellow professions and true recognition from the end user.

Perspective - Summer 2004

Designers focus on sustainable design — the renewable, the reusable and the reimagined.

Perspective - Summer 2003

Despite a sluggish economy, design professionals press forward in imaginative ways, reinventing the old and rethinking space, color and materials.

Perspective - Summer 2003

NeoCon Chicago keynote speaker Richard Florida discusses the impact of the "creative class" on work, play, the economy and popular culture.