ASID Foundation Prepares for 2008 Activities

Washington, DC, December 4, 2007--The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation is funding several projects and initiatives for next year and beyond.

Partnering with the U.S. Green Building Council, the foundation is working on a collaborative project called REGREEN to develop sustainable practice guidelines and educational resources for homeowners, residential interior design professionals, suppliers and contractors. REGREEN will raise awareness and accelerate adoption of home renovation and remodeling practices that minimize impacts on the environment and human health. A draft of the guidelines was released at GreenBuild earlier this year and the final guidelines will be unveiled at ASID’s annual conference INTERIORS 08: The ASID Conference on Design, next March in New Orleans.

Jubilation 08, the ASID Foundation’s largest event, is scheduled for Friday March 14 at INTERIORS 08 in New Orleans.

The ASID Foundation will also continue sponsorship of The Green House, New Directions in Sustainable Architecture & Design exhibition. The exhibit was on display at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., from May 2006 to June 2007. Next, the exhibition moves to the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey and will be on display beginning February 2008 through May 2008.

The foundation is also helping to support a revision of the evaluation standards for academic interior design programs. It will review trends and consider changes in practice and higher education guidelines to be implemented by CIDA in 2009.

The foundation also awards scholarships and grants. The deadline for the 2008 awards is April 30.

The Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award will recognize an outstanding undergraduate or graduate student’s interior design research or thesis project.

Mabelle Wilhelmina Boldt Scholarship is open to students who are enrolled in or have applied for admission to a graduate-level interior design program at a degree-granting institution.

Yale R. Burge Competition is open to all students in their final year of undergraduate study enrolled in at least a three-year program of interior design.

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