Web-Based Interior Design Resources

Associations | Employment | Furniture/Furnishings | General | Images | Interior Designers | Journals Online | Lighting | Metasites | Textiles

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Associations:

The following are websites for well-known professional associations and organizations.

• American Society of Interior Designers: Commercial and Home
• Foundation for Design Integrity
• IFDA International Furnishings and Design Association
• International Interior Design Association
• Interior Design Educators Council
• Interior Design Society
• National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)

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Employment:

The following links provide employment information, specifically for the area of interior design.

• Interior Design Jobs-current job and resume postings for the interior design industry

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Furniture/Furnishings:

• International Home Furnishings Center
  "Your complete guide to the High Point Furniture Market!"
• Knoll: Museum-Exhibits
  Includes various furniture exhibits.

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General:

• About.com: Interior Decorating
  Contains links, information on accessories, interior design subjects, etc.
• Bad Taste Unlimited - A Tribute To Kitsch
  A site dedicated to pointing out bad interior design ideas.
• BUBL LINK / 5:15 Internet Resources: Interior design
  A "catalog of Internet Resources" that contains links related to interior design.
• The Center for Universal Design
  Includes information on housing/built environments, projects and services, resources, publications and more.
• DesignIntuit
  Includes information on products, trends, sources, etc.
• SDSU Briggs Library, Guide to Interior Design Research
  "Selected broad subject headings for interior design resources followed by general call numbers" that can be used in the Architecture Library.

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Images:

• Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955
  "Comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures."
• Bauhaus-Archiv Museum of Design
  Provides information on the Berlin museum's collections, news, information, etc.
• Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum
  Includes information on exhibitions, collections, education, special events and more.
• DesignMuseum
  Includes information on visiting, exhibitions, location, education, and the digital design museum.
• THE IDE VIRTUAL DESIGN MUSEUM designers archives
  Provides archives of designers, companies, new items, etc.
• Le Garde-meuble: A Smithsonian Institution Libraries Digital Edition
  A digital collection of French furniture.
• NGA - Index of American Design
  An "index of American Design consists of approximately 18,000 watercolor renderings of American decorative arts objects from the colonial period through the nineteenth century."

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Interior Designers:

• Home Improvement Decorating: Famous Designers
  Provides short biographies of selected designers.
• Knoll: Museum - Designers
  Provides a list and short biography of selected designers.

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Journals Online:

The following are websites for well-known scholarly journals.

• Abitare
• Design Intelligence
• Design Magazine: Design Boom
• Furniture News and Views: weekly updates on the furniture industry and markets
• House of Design
• Interior Design
• Interiors and Sources Magazine
• Metropolis Magazine

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Lighting:

• CharterSills, Lighting Design
  A design lighting company website providing information about the company in addition to offering project services to support the architectural lighting design process.
• Lighting Research Center
  Includes information on "Hot Topics," lighting technologies, educational opportunities, using lighting, links, and more.
• Lightsearch.com: The Source for Lighting Specifiers and Buyers from inter.Light, Inc.
  Includes products that can be searched by category, classifieds, a resource center, and more.

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Metasites:

• Aedo-to.com
  A portal site providing information on competitions, news, museums, galleries, new materials, research, designer of the week/month/year, etc.
• ARCAT includes 10,500 manufacturer listings by alpha or CSI section, 6200 BIM obects/systems, 900 specs all in the CSI 3 part format, 300 SpecWizards for automated spec writing and 7,000 CAD Details.
• DesignAddict
  Includes a forum, calendar, news, virtual exhibitions, producers, information on new and vintage design, resources, and more.
• Dezine Cafe The site says it is: "The first and oldest international Design Community on the World Wide Web, established in 1993! Dezine Cafe, after a long respite, has been re-established."
• Interior Design Directory- The Interior Design And Feng Shui Megasite!
  Provides a directory of designers (by state), "the designer finder," links, feng shui consultants, calendars of events, and more.
• ReSources.Com
  A gateway to various topics such as office furnishings, dealers, architects, designers, showrooms, etc.
• Startpage Interior Design & Modern Furniture
  Contains links to designers, photo galleries, tools, manufacturers, news, product design, art, etc.

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Product Information:

• Dal-Tile Corporation
  Provides information and images of tiles.
• Tiles On The Web: The website for handmade and historic tiles
  A comprehensive site dedicated to tiles that include news, images, organizations, etc.

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