What do you think?

 " Design is not just what it looks like, Design is how it works" - Steve Jobs.

There has been a lot of controversy over the deregulation of Interior Design. Interior Designers are licensed and required to take continuing education credits to keep up with the changing of times and technology and the growing economy. Designers are meant to protect the health safety and welfare of the public. Without the proper schooling and education many lives could be lost. So how can Interior Designers be differentiated from decorators?

I think one way to tell Interior Designers apart from decorators are credentials. Seeing as how Interior Designers go through a lot more schooling and are required to know codes, acts, and regulations they will be the ones wo will be the most knowledgable.

So what are some good ways of letting the general population know about Interior Designers and what we truely do? I think doing general marketing and spending time out on the streets asking and talking to people will help. Also, writing on blogs and forums I feel could help better educate everyone.

What is Interior Design?

What is Interior Design to me?

Interior design is more than just decorating and making a house look “pretty” and organized as everyone may think we do. Designers not only decorate, but also do a lot more such as lighting, space planning, and selecting finishes for a space. Interior Designers make interior spaces functional, safe and beautiful for almost any type of building; commercial and/or residential.  Designers are responsible for turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities that will take place in the space.

It is a career that protects lives. Interior Designers protect the health, safety and welfare of the public. Interior Designers save lives because of all the acts, regulations and codes that we are required to know. Without designers spaces would not be able to be safe for the general public.