10.27. 08 | IFMA’'s World Workplace Conference & Expo is an annual three-day educational and networking event showcasing the trends and new products affecting today's built environment. I attended this year's edition, which was branded the youniversal workplace event, complete with youniversal lapel pins for attendees! (Cute, right?)

10.27.08 | After last year’'s historic speech at the Catalyst Breakfast by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the environment, Southern California designers continue to thrive on passionate people and smart ideas. This year IIDA's Southern California Chapter held the Catalyst Breakfast at the Century Plaza Hyatt Regency with Wagner James Au presenting, The Making of Second Life.

 
10.20.08 | Last week we received a heartening press release, one each from the ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) and the IIDA (International Interior Design Association), noting that the respective boards of directors of these organizations had “met recently to discuss the future of the interior design profession and issues that face each organization and their members.”

10.6.08 | Industry forums and roundtable discussions often disappoint. After long weekends of wordy exchanges, a bit of occasional pontification, and finally consensus building about an issue, ideas soon evaporate without action. However, the Kimball Office Work Group was all business when it met for three days to discuss Sustaining Interior Design Education. It not only succeeded in identifying the problem and challenges, it responded with the attached report: a strategy, complete listing of recommendations and an implementation plan for the next five years.