Proving its commitment to supporting research for the design community, the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundationhas announced the recipients of its 2018 Transform Grants.
ASID Foundation Awards Transform Grants
Listen: A Conversation with Randy Fiser of ASID
The oldest professional organization for interior designers, ASID has worked for over 43 years to provide advocacy, research, and educational and professional development opportunities to interior designers.
ASID Interior Design Billings Index (IDBI) 2018 Q2 Report
Survey results at the end of the second quarter show a decline from the Q1 end-of-quarter scores. Approximately 20 percent of respondents reported billings growth.
U.S. Commercial Furniture Industry Opposes China Tariffs
Furniture manufacturers are concerned and project that an increased cost in materials will have a negative impact on market demand, likely leading to a net job loss in this sector.
UL and Center for Active Design Announce Partnership
Certification programs provide evidence-based standards that address all aspects of design, fit-out, and operations within a building.
BIFMA Releases New Standard for Occasional-Use Seating
The Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) has approved a new safety and performance standard, BIFMA X6.4-2018 Occasional Use Seating.
BIFMA Releases New Product Conformance Requirements
The Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) has approved new criteria for Product Conformance Requirements.
BIFMA Announces Election of New President and Directors
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA), representing the commercial furniture industry, announces the election of new industry leaders to their Board of Directors.
Trends come and go, Standards are forever
The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association will be front and center with outreach to their stakeholders during NeoCon 2018.
Tangram Interiors Represented in 12 Projects Nominated for Calibre Awards To Be Presented by International Interior Design Association SoCal Chapter
Tangram Interiors, a curator of highly creative commercial interior environments and workspaces, was a key member of the team on 12 major projects nominated in the 2018 Calibre Design Awards presented by the International Interior Design Association’s Southern California chapter.
These Are The Restaurants Nominated For The James Beard Best Design Award In 2018
The 2018 IIDA Industry Roundtable Report
BIFMA Releases Educational Seating Standard
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved the revised safety and performance standard: ANSI/BIFMA X6.1-2018, Educational Seating.
ASID Releases Interior Design Billings Index for Q4 2017
According to the report, an increasing number of respondents reported a pull back in business conditions since mid-2017.
ASID Releases Essential 2018 Outlook and State of the Industry Report
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) released its 2018 Outlook and State of the Industry (OSI) report, providing a scan of essential knowledge interior designers and the interior design industry require to thrive and remain competitive in 2018 and beyond.
Humanscale Sustainability Officer Appointed Vice Chair to BIFMA Sustainability Committee
BIFMA: Business + Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association has appointed Humanscale’s Sustainability Officer, Jane Abernethy, as Vice Chair of the group’s Sustainability Committee.
ASID Releases Comprehensive Research Study on the Impact of Design in the Workplace
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) completed a full spectrum of pre- and post-occupancy research on its new Washington, D.C. headquarters. The research shows how workplace design positively influences health, wellness, employee satisfaction, and work performance.
Allsteel is a Gold Sponsor of Workplace Evolutionaries, and IFMA Community of Practice
Allsteel Inc. is a Gold Sponsor of Workplace Evolutionaries (WE), a forward-thinking community of practice within the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), through 2018.
DIFFA’s Specify with Care® Returns to NeoCon East and BDNY
Charitable HIV/AIDS foundation to showcase designs from its cause-marketing program including a new collection from Obeetee.
Tough act to follow
Delegate numbers at the conference were clearly down on previous years, largely because of uncertainty about whether it could go ahead during a key booking period. And, while Houston seems a perfectly nice city, it isn’t as attractive a venue as last year’s, San Diego, while the physical evidence of the floods can be seen in huge piles of sandy sludge, dredged from the local bayous after the flooding, which cover the parks and river banks of the city.