May 1, 2006—The Interior Design Profession’s Body of Knowledge, 2005 Edition is now available to the interior design community, announces the professional interior design organizations the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), Council for Interior Design Accreditation (formerly FIDER), Interior Designers of Canada (IDC), Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), International Interior Design Association (IIDA), and the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)
According to the organizations, the overarching goal of the study is to continue to define and document the interior design profession’s body of knowledge—the abstract knowledge needed by practitioners to perform the profession’s work—and to initiate and sustain a dialogue among educators and interior designers to document changes over time.
This edition of the professional practice paper represents a “snapshot” of where the interior design Profession’s body of knowledge is today. For the first time, this edition weights 96 knowledge areas to determine their levels of importance to the practice of interior design. The knowledge areas are divided into six major categories: Human Environment Needs; Interior Construction, Codes, and Regulations; Design; Products and Materials; Professional Practice; and Communication.
A PDF file of the Body of Knowledge is available for download on the jointly sponsored Careers in Interior Design Web site. The sponsors of this project make no claim that this study represents the definitive and final word on the interior design profession’s body of knowledge—indeed, they welcome and appreciate all feedback.
