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.