Thought Leadership

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

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.

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.

SUMMER 2007 - Meeting the needs of today’s diverse communities requires a sharp eye for cultural understanding.

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

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