ASID met with IIDA as the press announcement of this action was released. IIDA, soon after our announcement, produced its own release congratulating ASID for its step forward. I'm sure that in 1989 the accord made sense to those who signed it. But since then, all of the parties involved have struggled with adhering to the tenants of the accord, which is all the more reason to move on. 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.
The interior design challenge also may require an architectural solution and hence the need for the collaborative effort. Let's build the trust, develop the fellowship and bring our allied professions together. Since 1983, Cama has been president and principal designer of Cama Inc. in New Haven, CT, a firm of eight designers who practice a broad range of interior design projects with a focus on health care and academic facilities for higher education.