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Registration is now open for our annual conference. The conference is April 30 - May 2 in beautiful Savannah, Ga. Register early, last year our room block sold out! Click here for the conference website.
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IDS Associate Beth Krupa designs innovative Imagine Lab
The Imagine Lab is a unique facility in Stamford, Connecticut that combines elite real estate training with state-of-the-art technology and client-based hospitality education. Designed by Beth Krupa, a three-time nationally awarded interior designer, the Lab is crafted with dynamic environments for creativity, focus, and connection. It's more than just the best place to work; it is a movement towards humanizing work. Designed with a real estate office of the future in mind, the space looks to empower agents to better connect to their clients by showcasing home design concepts with education. See more about the Imagine Lab here.
 New York Chapter President Julie Schuster joins House Tipster
At the 2018 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Orlando, House Tipster had the unique opportunity to talk at length with five of the nation’s most renowned, well-revered and knowledgeable interior designers. IDS New York Chapter President Julie Schuster joined the conversation to discuss kitchen and bath trends for 2018. You can read the article here, or watch the video feature here.
 Molloy Student, Alum cash in at Swatched2017
On Oct. 10, IDS Long Island held its 2nd annual Swatched2017 event at the beautiful Zicana stone showroom in Westbury, New York. This was a fun filled evening where professional and student interior designers competed before a panel of celebrity judges to create a design board in just one hour.
  Nichole Garofalo from the Design Program at Molloy College was chosen as the student winner. This was the second consecutive year that a student from the IDS Molloy Student Chapter won in this category. A former member of the chapter, Ellen Miller, took the first prize in the designer category.
"This was an exciting evening, not only because of the winners, but because their was such a good turnout of present and former Molloy students who competed,” said Marie Byrne, Faculty Adviser, IDS Molloy Student Chapter.
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 Barbara Gilbert Interiors earns 2018 Top Choice award in Dallas
Hundreds of talented interior designers in DFW make the region one of the top design markets in the country, so it’s a particular honor that Barbara Gilbert Interiors won the prestigious Top Choice Award for 2018 as a favorite DFW interior design company. Top Choice Awards conducts an annual survey across North America asking consumers to vote for their top choice for their city in a variety of categories.
New York Chapter President Julie Schuster joins House Tipster
At the 2018 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Orlando, House Tipster had the unique opportunity to talk at length with five of the nation’s most renowned, well-revered and knowledgeable interior designers. IDS New York Chapter President Julie Schuster joined the conversation to discuss kitchen and bath trends for 2018. You can read the article here, or watch the video feature here.
 Long Island Chapter member Wendy Interiors Inc. featured in LI Home
Long Island Chapter member Wendy Interiors Inc. was recently featured in a writeup in Newsday's LI Home section, including the cover photo. The article discusses the current trend of wild, mixed patterns for spring 2018. "It's fun to create bold, unexpected moments," Wendy Lepkoff said in the article, which can be seen here.
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Learn how you can make an IMPACT in your community through our new charitable design initiative #idsIMPACT. We are pleased to have Make-A-Wish and Dwell with Dignity as collaborating organizations of this program. Click here to see IDS members who are already making an IMPACT!
Molloy Students Overhaul Chairs for 'Chairity'
Students from the IDS Molloy Student Chapter have volunteered their services
in the design of the dining room at the Edna Moran Family Shelter at the INN.
The Mary Brennan INN of Long Island is a non-profit organization that provides
food, shelter and long-term housing as well as support services to people who
seek help and has a dedicated staff and volunteers.
In order to raise money, the students had a "Chairity" fundraiser May 10. They took discarded chairs, re-purposed them and auctioned them off at the event. There were 20 chairs, and there were also baskets donated for the raffle. It was a very successful event, raising $6800.
All IDS members receive a complementary subscription to Window Fashion Vision. Click here to subscribe.
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The Interior Design Society has joined The Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC), effective Jan. 1. Click here to learn more.
Information on CEU change for IDS Associate members
As of January 1, 2017, IDS Associate members must earn a minimum of 0.4 (4 hours) approved continuing education units (CEU) each year. Please make note of the following helpful information regarding CEUs and CEU filing to maintain your Associatel level membership in IDS.
IDS bylaws and policies require Professional and Associate members to meet the continuing education requirement. The IDS continuing education requirement is separate from any mandated continuing education requirement in your local jurisdiction. Check with your state regulatory board for requirements.
Filing CEUs
IDS members must utilize the Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) registry to file CEUs. Each IDS member must create a free account through IDCEC. Once you have created your IDCEC account, you will receive a unique IDCEC number to login into the IDCEC website (your IDCEC number is different than your IDS member number). The IDCEC user registry allows you to upload and track your continuing education activity as well as store a record for you under your account. Check your IDCEC account regularly to ensure your records are up-to-date. At the end of each CEU cycle, you will be required to submit your IDCEC report to the IDS National office to verify that you have fulfilled your CEU requirement.
Special Circumstances
IDS may grant an adjustment to the requirement for individuals experiencing poor health, certified by a physician; a specific physical or mental disability, certified by an appropriate health care professional; extended duty with the armed forces; or for extreme hardship, which, in the board’s judgment, makes it impossible for the member to comply. Requests for an adjustment to the continuing education requirement must be made at least two months (by October 30) prior to the end of the current reporting period.
Noncompliance
At the end of a reporting period, members who have failed to meet the CEU requirements will be subject to a non-compliance fee ($10 per CEU). Any member who fails to comply with the continuing education requirement, including payment of the noncompliance fee, may be subject to devaluation of Professional membership.
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This unexpected palette spans the spectrum from the contemporary energy of intense color to the sensorial experiences of textural artistry with a canvas finish. Bright, dynamic and brimming with creativity, you can just feel the optimism in the room. Explore the full SurfaceSet® 2018 Collection at Formica.com/lookbook
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Tobi U offers Tobi Fairley’s signature foundational courses on the business of design in an online format! They include the best of Tobi’s tools and techniques that have transformed design businesses across the country and you can now earn up to 0.8 CEUs.
Tobi U courses are set up in 2 bundles:
- Semester One – The Essentials
Created for designers at any experience level, these 8 modules focus on the essentials for your business, including branding, niche strategy, financials, time management, selling your services, and marketing.
- Semester Two – The Solutions
Building on Semester 1's courses, the 8 modules in this semester offer next-step solutions for finding your ideal client, charging what you’re worth, building processes and systems, perfecting presentations, and getting published.
The content for each module includes videos, webinars, podcasts, and downloadable PDFs. Click here to get started today!
The Interior Design Society has announced that the exclusive IDS Buyers’ Guide
— the premier resource of relevant products and services for interior design professionals — is now
available at the IDS website at www.interiordesignsociety.org .
If your company or business has not yet taken advantage of this exceptional opportunity to highlight
your products and services in the Guide, it is not too late! To learn more about advertising your products
or services in this exclusive Guide, please email ids-advertise@svmmedia.com or click here.
Please call IDS Membership Manager, Della Swider at 336-884-4437 ext. 223 for information. If you are an active member of IDS National, join our closed Facebook group to connect with members across the country! Click here to join the group.
Concrete Decor magazine, the concrete industry's premier magazine for all things decorative concrete is offering IDS members the chance to subscribe free to their magazine. Click here to read their current issue that features an article about how decorative concrete is carving its way into the design community.
If you are interested in obtaining a membership certificate or replacement membership card, please email idsbenefits@interiordesignsociety.org or call 336-884-4437 ext. 223 (please note for all replacement membership cards, there will be a $10 fee payable in advance for each replacement card ordered).
To view benefits exclusively available to IDS members, visit the Member Benefits page on the IDS National website. Members must log in on the IDS website in order to take advantage of available discounts.
By Michael J. Berens
 Earlier speculation that the red-hot remodeling industry might begin to cool down in 2018 appears to have been premature. Despite challenges of labor shortages and rising materials costs, market conditions are generally favorable for remodelers of all stripes. A number of factors are coalescing that likely will not only continue to drive positive growth this year, but may also outpace that of recent years. Demand for remodeling services remained strong in the fourth quarter of 2017.
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Akron Beacon Journal
Bohemian chic. Functional fabrics. Mid-century modern. Bold colors. Geometric and floral prints. Look for these design elements — and more — in furniture and accessories to perk up a humdrum home interior with this year’s design trends. The trends are an eclectic mix of Influences that range from Morocco to the United States in the middle of the 20th century.
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Vogue
For centuries, the statement ceiling was the ultimate sign of luxury (think Versailles, Robert Adam’s homes in Scotland, Otto Wagner’s post office in Vienna, Grand Central Terminal). Come the war years, however, such interior extravagance was unthinkable. The practice fell out of fashion by the 1940s and became nearly obsolete in the Modernist- and Minimalist-dominated decades that followed.
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BuilderOnline
On the heels of this year’s New York Fashion Week, Pantone has announced 10 fresh "seasonal" hues and five “classic” colors the institute predicts will shape fashion, home décor, and interior design palettes for the fall/winter 2018 season.
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Mansion Global
Since opening her interior design business in 1985, Charlotte Moss has designed homes and office spaces in the U.S. and the Caribbean and has often earned a spot on the “Elle Decor A List.” We caught up with her to discuss the unappealing nature of McMansions, how to make a home feel truly personal, and more.
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Fast Company
Is wood the next advanced material? Scientists at the University of Maryland reported they’ve discovered a way to treat wood to make it 12 times stronger than natural wood and 10 times tougher. According to Liangbing Hu, one the lead researchers in the paper published in Nature, their wood is so strong and durable that it can compete with steel, titanium alloys, and even carbon fiber — but at a much lower price point.
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The Associated Press via Vail Daily
Brightening your home can definitely boost your mood, but this isn't the season for big decorating projects, said Florida-based interior designer Andrew Howard.
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Forbes
Havenly is a Denver, Colorado-based startup that connects consumers with screened and trained interior designers. How did CEO and co-founder Lee Mayer come up with the idea for Havenly?
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