ASID (The American Society of Interior Designers) is a community of people—designers, industry representatives, educators and students—committed to interior design.
Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people’s lives. Its more than 38,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 48 chapters throughout the United States and Canada.
Join ASID
Become part of this vibrant
community of interior design professionals, students and Industry Partners!
Click on the membership categories below to find out which
ASID membership category is right for you!
Professional Members
Professional Members continue to
develop their knowledge and network in the highest level of ASID membership.
They have completed a course of accredited education and equivalent work
experience in interior design, and have successfully passed the NCIDQ
examination.
Allied Members
Allied Members receive the resources of a
professional society as they develop their interior design career. Eligible
individuals are practicing interior designers who have completed 40 semester
or 60 quarter credit hours in interior design education from an accredited
institution (university, college or technical school). Continuing education
coursework/hours do not count toward meeting the education requirement for
membership.
Former Professional or Allied Members (Reinstatement Form)
If your membership has lapsed within the last five years you may be eligible
to reinstate your membership. Send in the completed reinstatement form along
with the $150 reinstatement fee. You then pay membership dues for the first
12 months of membership. If your membership lapsed more than five years ago
you must reapply under the current membership criteria. Questions contact
the Customer Service Department at (202) 675-4456.
Educator Members
This level is for educators who are
actively engaged as department chairs or full-time instructors in a
post-secondary program of interior design education at any university or
accredited school of interior design that requires completion of 40 semester
credit hours in interior design-related courses, and who have successfully
passed the NCIDQ exam.
Student Members
Student Members prepare for their career by
joining the ASID network. Specifically for interior design students enrolled
in an interior design or architecture program that requires at least 40
credit hours or 60 quarter credit hours of interior design coursework to
graduate. Students at schools where an ASID student chapter exists may join
as a student chapter member; students at other schools may join as an
independent student member.
Student Advancement
ASID hopes your student membership has
helped you forge a personal network of professional contacts that will help
you advance your career. It's time to build on that solid foundation of
support, values and resources and advance to allied membership.
Industry Partners
Members include interior design industry
manufacturers and their representatives, related trade associations and
market centers. Industry Partners provide opportunities for interaction
between interior designers and the interior furnishings
industry that
supplies services and manufactured products.
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