Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) is formed.
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National Office Furnishings Association (NOFA) creates NOFA-d (NOFA designers), a professional group for Interior Designers who work for office furnishings dealers. National Society for Interior Designers (NSID) is formed as a splinter group of the New York Chapter of the AID.ĪID changes its name to the American Institute of Interior Designers (still AID).
The American Institute of Interior Decorators (AIID) is formed.ĪIID changes its name to the American Institute of Decorators (AID). In 1913 she goes on to publish the first recognized book on interior design “The House in Good Taste”ĭorothy Draper starts the “Architectural Clearing House” and is identified as the first woman interior decorator to specialize in commercial interiors. Professionalization of Interior Design Presentationįirst semi-annual furniture market (held in Grand Rapids, Michigan).įirst documented use of term “interior decoration.”įirst courses in interior decoration offered at the New York School of Applied and Fine Arts (Now Parsons).Įlsie de Wolfe obtains her first commission as an interior decorator, and is identified as being the first interior decorator. Interior design specialties are now widely accepted as part of the norm in built environments where the health, safety and welfare of the public are of foremost importance, including, but not limited to, Design for Aging in Place, Universal Design, Healthcare Design, Educational & Institutional Design, Specialty Workplace Design and more. The history of interior design continues to rapidly evolve in a world that is at once becoming ever more global and at the same time demanding the fine-focus of specialized areas of critical knowledge. It was not until 1982 that the first United States legislation supporting the fast evolving profession of interior design was passed. In the 1970’s both The Foundation for Interior Design Educational Research (FIDER) and National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) were formed to establish, maintain and govern standards for the education and examination of interior design professionals. Over the years, as the profession of interior design grew, so did the number of organizations and associations to represent the varied professional members. AID changed its name from the American Institute of Decorators to the American Institute of Interior Designers (AID) in 1936. The largest professional organization in the field at the time, AID, was founded in 1931 when a group meeting convened at a furniture show determined to create a national professional organization. When “Interior Design and Decoration” magazine resumed publication, it dropped the term “and Decoration” from its name. “Interiors” published more contract work than residential work. The term “Interior Designer” was coined in the 1930’s, by a magazine called “Interior Design and Decoration.” That magazine was not printed between 19, but a competing magazine, “Interiors,” insisted on using only the term “interior designer,” not “decorator.” At this time design schools also recognized the work not only of designers but also of architects and engineers. Elsie de Wolfe became the first Interior Decorator to be given a design “commission.” In 1913, Elsie de Wolfe published the first interior design book, “The House in Good Taste.” Dorothy Draper was the first documented commercial Interior Decorator, establishing her design firm in 1923.
Most decorators at the time had no academic credentials, but the best of them had a combination of good taste, common senses, and natural talent to interpret and address the issues, such as scale and proportion. In the early 1900’s, the term “Interior Decorator” was first used in America. In these hundred years, what began as the art of decorating, embracing form and function, has evolved by leaps and bounds into today’s world of highly specialized areas of interior design that require years of study and experience. The profession of interior design is just over 100 years old.
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