Interior designers have always been on the vanguard of the green building movement when it comes to creating healthier environments for building occupants. I know this from first-hand experience because for the past 12 years I’ve led the Healthy Building Network (HBN), an organization whose mission is to advocate for healthier… Read More →
The Environments for Aging (EFA) Conference, which took place in New Orleans last week, brings together designers, architects, builders, owners and healthcare practitioners for three days of education and networking in order to share innovative ideas and best practices. The conference’s education sessions offer something for each of its diverse… Read More →
Join ASID as we take a prominent place at High Point Spring Market, the largest home furnishing trade show in the world, beginning this weekend April 20 –25. We will be leading orientation seminars, holding the Designer Viewpoint series, hosting a Society Social and blogging live! For those attending High… Read More →
We would like to extend a sincere thank you for your support of the ASID community outreach Style Your Sole event at NeoCon! In three days, we styled 200 pairs of TOMS shoes and on the last day of the conference, ASID staff members distributed the shoes to a group… Read More →
This year’s ASID@NeoCon theme is all about COMMUNITY: the community of designers, student, educators, industry partners and innovators working together to advance INTERIOR DESIGN! In this spirit, we have some great things planned for NeoCon 2012 including a joint ASID/IIDA Fellows Roundtable, the ASID/IIDA Student Destination Passport, our annual CELEBRATION… Read More →
More and more, the hospitality industry is finding that the cost of sustainability is a good investment. By Jenny Rebholz Schrank, Allied ASID The hospitality market is not so different from other specialties when it comes to embracing LEED® certification and sustainable initiatives. In fact, green is likely here to… Read More →
Psychologist Dr. Judith Heerwagen, well known for her research on environmental aesthetics, applied the term “bio-inspired design” to interiors in a 2003 paper that examined a number of studies of how the forms and sensory attributes of nature affect us instinctively and emotionally: Understanding what it is about nature that… Read More →
Hotels Go Green More and more, the hospitality industry is finding that the cost of sustainability is a good investment. learn more>
Formaldehyde: Fact & Fiction Formaldehyde use in wood products can have significant effects on IAQ and our health . learn more>