IIDA
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is a professional networking and educational association of more than 10,000 Members in 8 specialty Forums, 9 Regions, and more than 30 Chapters around the world committed to enhancing the quality of life through excellence in interior design and advancing interior design through knowledge.
Website iida.org
Category Interior Design Organizations
Phone (312) 467-1950
111 E. Wacker Drive
Suite 222
Chicago, IL 60601
United States
News About IIDA
IIDA Healthcare Design Awards 2021
IIDA Healthcare Design Awards honor excellence and originality in healthcare interior design that is exemplary of extraordinary innovations in design concepts across 14 categories.
IIDA Announces 2020 Member, Student, and Educator of the Year
IIDA has announced the 2020 recipients of the annual Of the Year Awards. The Awards recognize IIDA members who have demonstrated outstanding commitment, passion, professionalism, and dedication to IIDA and to the design community.
Designers and Architects Talk 2020: A Series About Design and Its Impact on Client Success
IIDA and AIA Chicago have announced the 'Designers and Architects Talk: A Series About Design and Its Impact on Client Success' will return in spring 2020 after a highly successful inaugural series.
IIDA NY Residential Forum: Afghan Artisan Rug Pop-up Private Preview
Today, IIDA NY is hosting an event about artistry and women's economic empowerment, featuring Rob Leahy, Project Director of Kabul Carpet Export Center, and Najlla Habibyar, Chief of Party at Kabul Carpet Export Center. The panel will discuss the history of the centuries-old tradition of Afghan rug artisanship.
IIDA Global Excellence Awards 2019
Submissions are now open for IIDA's 10th Global Excellence Design Awards. The Awards honor and celebrate outstanding originality and excellence in the creation of international Interior Design/ Interior Architecture projects in 15 categories.
IIDA Announces Winners of the 2019 Annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards
IIDA has announced the recipients of the 2019 Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards. This competition seeks to recognize and honor the highest level of creativity and design excellence in interior design/interior architecture projects throughout the Asia Pacific region.
IIDA NY's 10th Annual Sustainable Quilt Auction
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA NY) has teamed up with Free Arts NYC for the 11th Annual Sustainable Quilt Auction. The event brings together the creative minds of New York's design community to bid on extravagant quilts created using discarded fabric samples.
IIDA Releases What Clients Want Vol. 4
IIDA has released its newest edition of What Clients Want, a series of books dedicated to essential conversations about the value of design and the relationships between designer and client. The fourth installment of the series, What Clients Want, Volume 4, examines shifting workstyle needs and how 20…
7th Annual IIDA Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards
Submission to IIDA's 7th Annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards is now open through September 12th. The competition recognizes and honors the highest level of creativity and design excellence in interior design/interior architecture projects in the Asia Pacific region. Up to 30 winners across 15 categories…
IIDA Announces Winners of 7th Annual Latin America Design Awards
IIDA has announced the winners of 2019 IIDA Latin America Design Awards. This competition was created to recognize, honor, and celebrate outstanding interior design/interior architecture projects that represent the highest level of creativity, originality, and design excellence in the Latin America and…
IIDA Releases 2019 Interior Design Compensation Report
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has released the 2019 Interior Design Compensation Report, an analysis of salary and benefit information aimed at arming designers and A&D professionals with the most current metrics and data available to the industry.
46th Annual Interior Design Competition and 27th Annual Will Ching Design Competition
The deadline for the 46th Annual Interior Design Competition and the 27th Annual Will Ching Design Competition has been extended to Tuesday, February 19.
IIDA and AIA Chicago Launch Panel Discussion Series on the Impact of Design
IIDA and AIA Chicago have announced 'Designers and Architects Talk: A Series About Design and its Impact on Client Success.' The three-session panel discussion series, to be held at IIDA Headquarters in Chicago in spring 2019, will address commercial interior architecture and design.
IIDA Announces Matrix Design as 2018 Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards Best of Competition Winner
IIDA has named Matrix Design as the Best of Competition winner of the 2018 Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards for the Dongguan Timesgroup Tianjing Club in Dongguan, China.
IIDA Announces the Winners of the 9th Annual Global Excellence Awards
IIDA, in collaboration with Designworks, has announced the winners of the 2018 Global Excellence Awards.
IIDA Launches First-of-its-Kind Indicator of Industry's Economic Health
IIDA has released its inaugural IIDA Index, an analysis of economic health for the commercial design industry. The Index, developed with Designer Pages, was created to enable commercial design and architecture firms to assess competitive positions, identify market trends, and analyze new business opportunities…
IIDA Reveals 7th Annual Healthcare Design Awards Winners
IIDA has announced the winners of the 2018 Healthcare Design Awards. The Awards honors and celebrates outstanding originality and excellence in the design and furnishings of healthcare interior spaces.
IIDA 2018 Global Excellence Awards
Submissions are now open for the 9th annual IIDA Global Excellence Awards. The competition honors and celebrates outstanding originality and excellence in the creation of international Interior Design/ Interior Architecture projects in 15 categories.
IA Interior Architects' Diversity in Design Scholarship Fund: Call for Applications
The IIDA Foundation and IA Interior Architects (IA) has announced IA Interior Architects' Diversity in Design Scholarship Fund, created to support diverse design communities by providing educational scholarships.
IIDA 2018 Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is now accepting submissions for the 6th Annual Best of Asia Pacific Design Awards.
2018 ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Award Winners Announced
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and the American Library Association (ALA) have revealed the winners of the 2018 Library Interior Design Awards.
IIDA Latin America Design Awards 2018
The International Interior Design Association Latin America Design Awards, previously referred to as IIDA Best Interiors of Latin America & the Caribbean Competition, is now open for submissions. This year's award program has an expanded list of categories, recognizing interior design projects that reflect…
Interior Design Compensation Report Indicates a Bright Future for Interior Design Professionals
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has released its Interior Design Compensation Report, an analysis of salary and benefit information that enables leaders in design to monitor the health of the industry, inform strategic business and hiring decisions, and recruit and retain top talent.
Contract Magazine Names International Interior Design Association Headquarters 'Best Small Office'
Contract Magazine has named the International Interior Design Association's (IIDA) headquarters as the sole winner in the Small Office category (under 25,000 square feet) at the 39th Annual Interiors Awards.
IIDA Student Booth Design Competition at Orgatec 2018
Presented by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and sponsored by Vitra, the IIDA Student Booth Design Competition at Orgatec 2018 gives students the opportunity to design and transform a trade show booth and gain exposure by having their design concept executed at a prominent global…
IIDA Announces Winners of 2017 EDspaces Innovation Awards
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced the winners of the 2017 EDspaces Innovation Awards. This competition recognizes manufacturers for excellence in product design for the learning environment.
IIDA Announces Winners of 2017 Healthcare Interior Design Competition
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced the winners of the 2017 Healthcare Interior Design Competition.
IIDA Now Accepting Applications for Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Education Fund Award
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Foundation is now accepting applications for the Anna Hernandez/Luna Textiles Education Fund Award. This award honors the memory of Anna Hernandez, the renowned founder and president of Luna Textiles, by advancing and celebrating the work of women…
Design Connext Student Social
Design Connext is a free student social, taking place on October 5th at the Steelcase Showroom. Organized by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA NY), in partnership with ASID and the AIA NY, Design Connext was created to kick off each school year as a way for students to connect with…
2nd Annual IIDA Foundation Diversity Award
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Foundation, in partnership with the Interior Design Educators Council Foundation, has announced a call for applications for the 2nd annual IIDA Foundation Diversity Award. This award recognizes and celebrates an educator who is actively advancing diversity…
Interior Designer Advocates Defeat Proposed Sales Tax in Ohio Budget
A proposed sales tax in Ohio, introduced in the state budget bill (HB49) in January 2017, sought to tax interior design and decoration services.
IIDA NY Celebrates Creative Legacies at Annual Leaders Breakfast
On Thursday, May 18th, the New York Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA NY) hosted its annual Leaders Breakfast with keynote speaker Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita, of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
The Emancipation of Everything: IIDA NY Lecture to Analyze Impact of Societal Trends on Design
On Monday, May 8th, the New York Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA NY) will host Pioneering Design: The Emancipation of Everything, a lecture that will analyze the consumer attitudes, lifestyles, and economic trends of 2017 impacting design.
IIDA NY Explores Virtual Reality at Pioneering Design Event
On Monday, April 3rd, the New York Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA NY) hosted its 19th annual "Pioneering Design" lecture series, led by Caitlin Burns, a transmedia producer and the Vice Chair of the Producers' Guild of America.
IIDA NY Lecture Series to Explore Virtual and Augmented Realities
On Monday, April 3rd, attendees at the New York Chapter of the International Interior Design Association's (IIDA NY) 19th annual "Pioneering Design" lecture series will get to engage in one of today's hot topics: virtual reality.
Designing the Glass Ceiling
Race, culture, and gender are influencing the makers of the design community and the International Interior Design Association's (IIDA) New York Chapter, wants to shatter the status quo at the upcoming Residential Forum: Designing The Glass Ceiling panel discussion.
What Clients Want: Volume 3 Explores Retail Design and the Consumer Experience
What Clients Want: Essential Conversations about Retail Design, the third in the acclaimed series focused on the unique relationship between clients and designers, is now available.
IIDA 2017 Interior Design Competition and Will Ching Design Competition Now Open
Submissions are now open for the International Interior Design Association's (IIDA) 44th annual Interior Design Competition and the 25th annual Will Ching Design Competition.
IIDA Announces 5th Annual Healthcare Interior Design Best of Competition Winner
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced Stantec as the Best of Competition winner of the 2016 Healthcare Interior Design Competition for the project Florida Hospital for Women, in Orlando, Florida.
Design Leveraged Confirms Link Between Workplace Design and Employee Satisfaction
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) have released Design Leveraged, Volume II, the second in a three-part series, which makes the case that good design makes a meaningful impact on employee satisfaction and…
Bridging the Design Industry's Generation Gap
As more designers enter the workforce, it becomes apparent that their expectations and needs vary from those in previous generations. And so how do you satisfy everyone and effectively bridge the gap within an office environment?
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Wins ALA/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and the American Library Association have announced Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as the Best of Competition winner of the 2016 Library Interior Design Awards for the project Chicago Public Library, Chinatown Branch.
IIDA Announces Winners of 20th Annual IIDA/HD Product Design Competition
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the winners of the 20th annual IIDA/HD Product Design Competition.
IIDA Announces Winners of the 2016 GlobalShop Product Design Competition
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has announced the winners of its 2016 GlobalShop Product Design Competition.
IIDA Forms Interior Design Diversity Council
The 19th International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Industry Roundtable tackled the topic of diversity and inclusion in the Interior Design industry. IIDA Executive Vice President and CEO Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP, moderated a lively, engaging, and useful discussion that culminated with…
IIDA 11th Annual Student Design Competition
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is calling for submissions for its 11th annual Student Design Competition. The Competition celebrates original design and rewards individuals and/or teams whose projects demonstrate innovative and functional design solutions that have a positive environmental…
IIDA 2016 Interior Design Competition and Will Ching Design Competition
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) launched the 43rd annual Interior Design Competition and the 24th annual Will Ching Design Competition.
IIDA Announces Winners of the 3rd Annual EDspaces Innovation Awards
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the winners of its 3rd Annual EDspaces Innovation Awards.
2015 IIDA Student Design Competition
The 2015 IIDA Student Design Competition is now open for entries. The competition celebrates original design and rewards individuals and/or teams whose projects demonstrate innovative, functional design solutions that have a positive environmental and human impact, while allowing emerging professionals…
IIDA Advocacy Symposium
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) will hold its first Advocacy Symposium in Austin, Texas, on September 11 - 13, 2015.
Mentions of IIDA
IIDA Announces JKMM Architects as 47th Annual Interior Design Awards Best of Competition Winner
IIDA has announced JKMM Architects as the Best of Competition winner for the 2020 Interior Design Competition for their project Amos Rex.
IIDA Named Merit Winner in HOW In-House Design Awards
HOW magazine recently honored IIDA with an In-House Design Award for its NeoCon50 campaign, the IIDA Design Manifesto.
TRIAD's Hanergy Exhibition Center Among 2016 IIDA Award Winners
The Hanergy Renewable Energy Exhibition Center won IIDA's 43rd Interior Design Competition.
Merit Awards for Studio O+A at IIDA Northern California Gala
The San Francisco design firm Studio O+A picked up Merit Awards in two categories at IIDA Northern California Honor Awards ceremonies at Oakland's Fox Theatre.
Florida Senate Votes to Protect Registered Interior Designers
Late in the evening on Friday, May 6 the Florida Senate defeated H.B. 5005, the "Deregulating of Professions and Occupations" bill, by a vote of 32-6.
ASID and IIDA Urge Lawmakers to Remove Measures Impacting Registered Interior Designers from HB 5005
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and International Interior Design Association (IIDA) today urged lawmakers to remove a provision from House Bill (HB) 5005 that would impact registered interior designers.
Perkins+Will Named Winner of the 5th Sustainabile Leadership Award
Perkins+Will, a global integrated design firm, will receive the 5th Annual CoreNet Global, AIA, and IIDA Sustainable Leadership Award for Sustainable Development at the CoreNet summit meeting on May 6, 2008, in San Diego.