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In late January 2018, IDC member Nick Goddard noticed a Toronto Star column titled ‘Hire a professional to navigate building permit process’ penned by Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) President & CEO, Dave Wilkes. Taking issue with some of...

Interior designers can assist owners in determining budgets and space planning. Sooner or later, every owner of a hotel or restaurant must take a hard look at renovations – the fading paint, the tattered wall vinyl, the wearing carpet, at the slightly, or hugely...

IDS would like to engage an interior designer or architect to redesign the 2019 event’s floor plan. The goal is to create a dynamic floor plan that encourages more interaction with exhibitors, dwell time at the event and an enhanced experience for attendees. Face to...

If you are a creative professional struggling with promoting yourself and your work, you are not alone. Whether you’re a Registered graphic designer or Registered interior designer, there’s one main commonality—creativity. It can be quite the struggle being a creative...

The 2017 Impact Summit, jointly hosted by Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), was Canada’s first from a series of three thought leader conferences, bringing together senior practitioners and emerging influencers...

Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) announced a new joint initiative that will bring their individual membership magazines—D and ICON—together into one new publication with broadened perspective and reach. As the...

Starting out in a new career can be a daunting but invigorating feeling. Most of us understand that often the best way to learn is from our own experiences, but gaining that knowledge from the insight of others can help get us on the right track and career path much...

This Saturday, May 27th, designers around the globe will celebrate World Interiors Day (WID). The annual event, observed every last Saturday in May, engages professional associations, design lovers and the public to find ways of looking at their built environments...

The Interior Designers of Canada are very pleased to announce that the Association of Registered Interior Designers of New Brunswick (ARIDNB) have passed an act that defines the practice of interior design in New Brunswick. “After many years of hard work from...