Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC)

Make sure your 🍎 Back-to-School checklist ✅ for the new academic year includes an IDEC Membership! Whether you’re an established professional, an emerging educator, a graduate student, or an industry affiliate, IDEC provides a platform for networking, knowledge-sharing, and growth within the dynamic field of interior design education. Join or Renew today! https://lnkd.in/e7AbhAkR #interiordesigneducation

📢 Announcement: Information for the 2025 Student Design Competition is posted! The theme is "A Place of Intergenerational Connectedness and Harmony." Read more on our website at https://lnkd.in/dQWpXdH6. Submissions open November 1. #interiordesigneducation

Registration is OPEN for our 2024 Virtual Symposium, "Unmasking, Provoking and Transforming Design." We'll explore interior design as a disguise, serving as a subversive force that challenges established norms and uniformity, nurturing spaces of inclusion, transformation, and joy. We hope you'll join us! Visit https://lnkd.in/g-prcyB4 to Register! #interiordesign #interiordesigneducation

IDEC membership offers a range of valuable opportunities such as engaging and impactful conferences, opportunities for design competitions and awards, as well as valuable networking and service opportunities to enhance your professional experience. Join or Renew today at https://lnkd.in/e7AbhAkR #interiordesigneducation

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS! Submit your abstract today for our 2025 Annual Meeting in the Windy City! Be part of our history of excellence in scholarship and design. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gYXBkenT

📢 The Call for Abstracts for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago is now open! The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) invites educators and practitioners from around the globe to submit abstracts that explore and celebrate all facets of interior design, its teaching, and scholarship, including history, theory, practice, pedagogy, interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as diversity, equity & inclusion, social & environmental stewardship, or other topic/s of current and/or continuing relevance. Visit https://lnkd.in/gYXBkenT for more info! #interiordesign

***DEADLINE EXTENDED!*** CALL for ABSTRACTS: Due by June 14. Working together, all IDEC Regions will present a Virtual Symposium this fall: October 31-November 1. We'll explore interior design as a disguise, serving as a subversive force that challenges established norms and uniformity, nurturing spaces of inclusion, transformation, and joy. We will delve into how leveraging “disguise” in design can overturn conventional expectations, paving the way for diverse and inclusive environments that reflect the complexity of human identity. For more information, or to submit an abstract, visit: https://lnkd.in/g-prcyB4

The New York School of Interior Design was presented with the IDEC 2024 Presidential Award at our Annual Meeting in NYC. Receiving the award on behalf of NYSID was Dan Harper and Ellen Fisher, a Past-President of IDEC. NYSID also served as the perfect venue and beautiful space to host part of our annual meeting, including our 2024 awards ceremony! Thank You and Congratulations! We're busy making preparations for our 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago! If you would like to learn more about our partnerships, check us out here: https://lnkd.in/gcYzHuxS

Congratulations to Leah Scolere, Ph.D., NCIDQ and Laura Malinin (not pictured) who received the Journal of Interior Design (JID) Best Article Award at our Annual Meeting in New York City! Great job!

Congratulations to Rene King and Lisa Tucker (not pictured) who were honored with the 2024 IDEC Service Award at our Annual Meeting in NYC! We are so grateful for your generosity of spirit and your commitment to service to make our communities and world a better place.