Interior Design

"Why should I, as a practitioner care about research methods?"

"What is the common vocabulary in research-based practice and academic research?"

"What methods might serve as core methods for the design process in your firm, as well as help you understand the quality of a research method that produced new knowledge that you might use in designing places?"

The only journal specializing in built spaces, the Journal of Interior Design is a scholarly, refereed publication dedicated to issues related to the design of the interior environment. Scholarly inquiry representing the entire spectrum of interior design theory, research, education and practice is covered. Published authors include educators, designers, anthropologists, architects, historians, psychologists, sociologists, or others interested in interior design.

A portal of selected web sites created by a team of subject specialists from a consortium of seven universities.

Research and Continuing Education

"The Lighting Research Center is the world's leading university-based research and education organization devoted to lighting - from technologies to applications and energy use, from design to health and vision."

"the Design Futures Council’s bi-monthly report on the future, delivering original research, insightful commentary, and instructive best practices."

Access the most product information, manufacturers and intelligence quickly and easily; Search, select and specify more effectively and accurately; Fast-track design, specifications and document creation with downloadable, insertable product information; Explore the latest green products, trends, innovations and new developments

The WBDG is the only web-based portal providing government and industry practitioners with one-stop access to up-to-date information on a wide range of building-related guidance, criteria and technology from a 'whole buildings' perspective. Currently organized into three major categories—Design Guidance, Project Management and Operations & Maintenance—at the heart of the WBDG are Resource Pages, reductive summaries on particular topics.

the Georgia chapter of ASID

Set standards, evaluates, and accredits postsecondary interior design education programs.

" advances and disseminates behavior and design research toward improving understanding of the relationships between people and their environments."

"GAIDP (Georgia Alliance of Interior Design Professionals) is the legislative voice for the interior designers in Georgia."

the Georgia Chapter of the International Interior Design Association

"IDEC's mission is the advancement of interior design education and scholarship."

"The core purpose of NCIDQ is to protect the health, life safety and welfare of the public by establishing standards of competence in the practice of interior design."