Chicago, IL, May 12, 2006--The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has said Fast Company magazine will be awarded the 2006 IIDA Star Award at the IIDA 12th Annual Meeting to be held on Sunday, June 11, 2006 in Chicago.
This prestigious award recognizes outstanding contributions to the interior design profession, and only one award is presented each year.
Fast Company magazine was launched in November 1995 by Alan Webber and Bill Taylor, two former Harvard Business Review editors. The magazine was founded on a single premise: A global revolution was changing business, and business was changing the world.
Fast Company set out to chronicle how a new breed of companies create and compete, to highlight new business practices, and to showcase the teams and individuals who are reinventing business. Today, the business world continues to change, and Fast Company continues to evolve as well, with focused editorial on major topics affecting business today, including the world of design.
Fast Company was selected from among many outstanding candidates for their design leadership in reinforcing the intrinsic connection between design, branding, culture and business and in publicizing the significance of design as fundamental to business success and the bottom line.
"Fast Company is America's most innovative business publication, and since its founding has championed good design as integral to business processes and success,” stated Eric Engstrom, FIIDA, IIDA president. “IIDA recognizes and enthusiastically supports Fast Company's commitment to design excellence in both the workplace and product design."
Further information about IIDA’s Annual Meeting and other NeoCon activities is available at www.iida.org.
