:: IDEC Position Statements
:: Discussions with Regard to Interior Design, Interior Architecture, and Architecture
:: Fellows Forum
:: Best in Show and Creative Scholarship Winners
:: Creative Scholarship White Paper
:: This is IDEC!
:: 2008 Conference Proceedings
:: CIDA needs your input!

  
  

During the Annual Business Meeting at the IDEC Annual Conference in Montreal, the membership passed two motions that support the development of IDEC position statements that 1) embrace interior design as a distinctive profession, and 2) identifies CIDA as the accrediting agency for interior design programs.  The IDEC Board of Directors will be meeting via conference call on April 4th to discuss proposed position statement(s).  Shortly thereafter, the proposed statements will be posted on the IDEC web site and members will have the opportunity to provide feedback through blogging features.  Based upon the members’ comments, position statement(s) will be adopted.  Members will be notified as to when the proposed position statements are posted.

As you may be aware, discussions regarding varying definitions and directions of programs offering architecture, interior design, and interior architecture programs have occurred by various organizations.  As a result, Ted Landsmark, former president of ACSA and current president of Boston Architectural College and Michaele Pride of The University of Cincinnati will convene a group of educators and other representatives to have a dialogue regarding the distinctive characteristics (as well as related aspects) pertaining to interior design, interior architecture and architecture.  As past-president of IDEC, I will be in attendance at this dialogue to be held in Cincinnati May 4th and 5th, 2008.  Dave Harrison, IDEC Director of Development, and Shari Park-Gates, IDEC Director of Membership & Communications will also be in attendance.  

The Fellows Forum was an exciting and informative session on Graduate Education in Interior Design.  The panelists and moderator Joy Dohr have created a Power Point Presentation that provides a summary of this very important topic.  Please click here to view the presentation.  

The IDEC Annual Conference in Montreal had over 200 presentations on pedagogy, history and theory, design practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, case studies, qualitative, and quantitative research. Click here. Additionally, 16 individuals presented their creative scholarship. Congratulations to all who presented! Of particular note are the following winners of Members Choice Best Presentation and the Creative Scholarship Best in Show.

The IDEC Award of Excellence-
Member's Choice Best Presentation
Moving to the Next Dimension:  Using Film as a Vehicle for Concept Development 
Pamela Evans
Kent State University

Creative Scholarship Best In Show
Breezecatcher House
Rab McClure
Virginia Commonwealth University

The creative scholarship task force worked diligently this past year to craft a position statement on the importance of creative scholarship in the tenure/promotion process.  Click here to read the Creative Scholarship White Paper.  IDEC members are encouraged to utilize the blogging feature to provide feed back to the task force. 

Thanks to the work of Mark Nelson, Wei Dong (both of University of Wisconsin) and Pamela Evans, Kent State University, This is IDEC video is an exciting compilation of photos representing the work of our members and students.  It is a fabulous portrayal of who we are as educators and an organization.  Click here to view the video. 

Click here to view the expanded abstracts of the presentations held at IDEC in Montreal as well as the Creative Scholarship entries!

The Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) needs to hear your opinion about proposed quality standards for professional-level interior design education. Please click here to provide your expert guidance on quality education for tomorrow’s interior designers. Finalized CIDA Standards are scheduled for adoption in May 2008, with a proposed effective date of July 1, 2009.