FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 3, 2010
CONTACT:
Michelle Neidiger, PR Chair
Interior Design Collaborative Oregon
(503) 200-5996
Email: info@idc-oregon.org
www.idc-oregon.org
INTERIOR DESIGN COLLABORATIVE-OREGON ANNOUNCES NEW WEBSITE AND MEMBER RESOURCES
IDC-Oregon has launched a new website to provide up to date information on the passing of an Interior Design Practice Act in Oregon. The new website is a resource to inform practicing and emerging interior designers in the state how this legislation will have a positive impact on the future of the profession as well as on consumer protection. This website will also help to allay any concerns designers may have about the proposed bill.
"Our optimism is this new website will inform the public, as well as professionals, of the unique skills and knowledge we possess to design healthy and safe interior spaces", says President Alicia-Snyder Carlson. She continues, "Our organization offers professionals an alternative forum to collaborate within a budding but fragmented design community by recognizing each specialty practice area and encourages supporting our growth as an single profession."
With the climbing increase of interest in DIY home improvement as the "standard" of how the public views interior design, the interior design profession is one of the fastest growing careers across the United States. Although many homeowners might not be concerned about a Registered Interior Design distinction in Oregon, IDC-Oregon is concerned about healthy and safe interior design practice standards in places like hotels, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and anywhere the public might be assembling in a large crowd where fire and egress safety are important.
Today in Oregon, anyone can practice as an interior designer. The proposed Practice Act sets minimum standards for education, work experience hours, and requires passage of a 16-hour exam that tests competency in life safety and welfare in the interior built environment. This new practice of Registered Interior Design will ensure consumers are hiring competent interior designers for public spaces.
Supporters of IDC-Oregon include those in the architectural and construction fields that understand interior designers make important decisions within the design process, which directly affects the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Oregon. Their growing membership base includes designers who practice in the residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, retail, hospitality, and sustainability fields.
Visit their new website at www.idc-oregon.org to see how you can get involved or contact Alicia Snyder-Carlson, President, at president@idc-oregon.org to schedule a face-to-face brown bag lunch session to discuss the Practice Act in detail.
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