States with the most interior design firms (2003 data)
California 1461
Florida 1437
New York 1050
www.census.gov
Largest California interior design firms (by 2005 billings)
San Francisco
Gensler
SmithGroup
MBH
Los Angeles
Gensler
Hirsch Bedner Associates
HLW International
US interiors magazines (ranked by paid subscriptions)
Sunset 1,448,044
Architectural Digest 812,892
Metropolitan Home 600,000
Elle Décor 500,000
Dwell 300,000
Surface 96,000
Interior Design 55,420
Metropolis 47,000
Contract 30,000
http://library.cca.edu/
One of the best interiors magazines may be this one
Frame, Bis Publishers (Amsterdam)
http://library.cca.edu/
Interior design organization acronyms
ASID – American Society of Interior Designers
BIFMA – Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association
CCIDC – California Council for Interior Design Certification
CIDA – Council for Interior Design Accreditation
IDCEC – Interior Design Continuing Education Council
IDEC – Interior Design Educators Council
IDEP – Interior Design Experience Program
IDS – Interior Design Society
IFDA – International Furnishings & Design Association
IIDA – International Interior Design Association
NCIDQ – National Council for Interior Design Qualification
www.iida.org
California’s 14 CIDA Accredited Interior Design Programs
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
American Intercontinental University, Los Angeles
Brooks College, Long Beach
California College of the Arts, San Francisco
CSU Fresno
CSU Northridge
CSU Sacramento
Design Institute of San Diego
Interior Designers Institute, Newport Beach
SDSU, San Diego
UCLA Extension, Los Angeles
UC Berkeley Extension, San Francisco
West Valley College, Saratoga
Woodbury University, Burbank
www.cida.org
California architects who are both AIA and IIDA Fellows
Ed Friedrichs
Art Gensler
Richard Pollack
www.aia.org, www.iida.org
Pass rates on the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) exam
Section 1 – Programming & Design 68%
Section 2 – Contracts & Pro Practice 64%
Section 3 – Practicum 70%
www.ncidq.org
Number of interior designers nationwide who have passed the NCIDQ exam to date
20,000
www.ncidq.org
Number of Certified Interior Designers (CIDs) in California
2,702
www.ccidc.org
Three recent monographs on innovative interior designers
Broos, Francine, Francine Broos: Interior Architect. Rotterdam: Episode Publishers, 2008
Fraser, Max, Boek: Piet Hein Eek. Amsterdam: Bis Publishers, 2007
Niimi, Ryu, Tokunjin Yoshioka Design. London: Phaidon Press, 2006
www.stoutbooks.com
Two handy recent interiors reference books
Cuffaro, Dan, Process, Materials, and Measurements. Rockport, 2006
Grimley, Chris & Mimi Love, Color, Space, and Style. Rockport, 2007
www.stoutbooks.com
Originally published 4th quarter 2008, in arcCA 08.4, “Interiors + Architecture.”
