10.27.08 | Is it interesting to anyone else that while commercial interior designers are begging for respect from the architectural community, they simultaneously shun equally qualified residential interior designers…and highly knowledgeable manufacturer’s reps for that matter? 

10.13.08 | On September 18, 2008, Qdesign introduced its Intellectual Partners; a team of independent, forward thinking and creative professionals from the furniture industry. Six months ago the firm invited these select professionals to work collectively to provide a comprehensive package of advanced product development, design, and service.

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.

9.15.08 | Why would a practicing interior designer get a Ph.D. in architecture to teach interior design at the college level? This was the question posed to me recently while discussing the critical shortage of interior design educators and the urgent need to increase the pool of qualified educators.

9.1.08 | This is Part II of the panel presentation and discussion, the first part of which was run in the 8.25.08 issue.

“9.1.08 | Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University has developed a simple philosophy describing the education of our students,” said Dr. Oliver Evans, President of Kendall. “We prepare them for professional lives as artists and designers, and we offer academic programs that meet the needs of business, industry, and education.”With this as his premise, Dr. Evans invited students and alumni to participate in the school’s social science course and tour of China.