The ASID board felt it necessary to no longer postpone this topic, but to finally deal with what had become a festering issue. The original intent of the accord had since been lost. This ASID board action states our need to move on. We have contacted national AIA leadership with the hopes that open communications for a positive approach to raising the bar for our interior design practitioners will be achieved. We all recognize that interior design is not a subset of architecture.
Interior design is about improving the behavior which takes place in an interior environment.
Rather, it is ASID's intent to bridge communications to all allied professionals on how best to improve the market for favorable practices. In years past we have collectively spent millions of dollars on legislative related activities. If carefully and strategically planned, I'm sure we could agree on a place for all design professions to practice collaboratively. More importantly, with the same, if not less, effort we could develop marketing plans to inform the consumer on the value of working with a team of professional design consultants. Most of our practices include the collaborative effort of architects and interior designers.