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I AM JUST GOING TO LEAVE THIS HERE….
While I could not agree more with Mr. Corbett’s take on the importance of Interior Design in the success of a building it is interesting to note that even in 1938 (yes our image crisis has long teeth) the Architects owned our messaging. And thus began the battle of the pillow tossers and interior architects…..
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Once a Warehouse, Always a Warehouse
I do not post much about design on this blog but Mr. D’Alessandro was so insightful in his rant about Industrial Chic that I had to share it with my legions of readers. I am so exhausted by the endless image stream of office workplaces where desks and tables are scattered about in a stripped…
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“I’M LIKE MY OWN LITTLE INTERIOR DESIGNER”
Stand facing a solid wall. Place forehead against said wall. Move head back and forth in a forward rocking motion such that forehead stops when it impacts the wall. Repeat several times until pain exceeds ability to continue rocking motion.
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IS THIS REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR?
When I saw this article in my copy of the Sunday New York Times (yes I still read the “news paper”) I told myself…….“Self you need to not take this seriously….calm down…don’t let this ruin your morning”. So full disclosure I DID NOT EVEN READ THE ARTICLE. The title was enough to get my blood…
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What Does an Interior Designer Do?
So this article from the Greenwich Connecticut Free Press came across my screen this morning. https://greenwichfreepress.com/news/business/what-does-an-interior-designer-do-essential-questions-to-ask-when-interviewing-a-designer-201063/ Now the Greenwich Free Press is not a global design forum but Greenwich/Darien is a fairly densely populated and well-to-do location. I am sure there are numerous homeowners that can afford to hire an assortment of design professionals for…
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I STAND CORRECTED
If Ai represents all human knowledge to date then it should be able to take over my job here right? So just for grins I had a brief conversation with Chat GPT regarding this rather narrow topic. To wit; My son is 15 years old and is addicted to home remodeling shows on HGTV and…
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WHAT WENT AROUND COMES AROUND
Not particularly on topic but I was scanning through some old Better Homes & Gardens magazines (pulp based social media) at a local estate sale and saw this ad for Westinghouse Light Bulbs from 1956. Most of us are now aware of LED based Human Centric or Bio-Centric lighting technology so I was struck by…
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MAYBE ASID/IIDA/IDEC/CIDA AND CIDQ SHOULD LOBBY FOR THE BIDEN’S TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNER
Seems like a good opportunity to promote the value of certification and professionalism in interior design to me. But what do I know? https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/home-decor/a35716081/biden-white-house-interior-design/
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“Registered” Interior Designers Gaining Momentum. Can The Golden State Be Next?
Congratulations to the Consortium for Interior Designers and their efforts to pass meaningful practice rights regulations for Registered Interior Designers in the State of Nebraska. For you legal nerds out there here is the Nebraska Bill I hear through the grapevine…well the winter wheat fields, that Missouri may be the next jurisdiction to pass a…
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Well….I’ll Take It
For the past 15 years I have subscribed to daily Google Alerts based on the term “Interior Design”. Every day I get a list of web published articles that focus on the practice of “Interior Design”. Day in, day out, I scan my daily my list of articles for anything that accurately describes what Interior…
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THE JOINT CONSORTIUM FOR INTERIOR DESIGN
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), the Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ), and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) are recommitting to collaborative advocacy efforts for legal recognition and reasonable regulation of the interior design profession through the formation of the joint Consortium for Interior Design. ASID, CIDQ, and IIDA…
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Interior Design in the Metaverse….Will We Need a License?
Can VR creators design buildings without an Architecture License? Can they call themselves Architects? Does Health Safety and Wellbeing apply in the virtual realm? Will self-proclaimed Interior Designers with a flair for C++ have an advantage in the design of virtual spaces over Licensed and Registered Interior Designers who do not? Should we care? Lift…