Open Access[un]disciplined
Author(s) -
Joanne Cys
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
idea/idea journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-9217
pISSN - 1445-5412
DOI - 10.37113/ideaj.vi0.159
Subject(s) - accreditation , identity (music) , context (archaeology) , interior design , political science , selection (genetic algorithm) , field (mathematics) , position (finance) , sociology , engineering ethics , public administration , engineering , law , geography , civil engineering , computer science , aesthetics , business , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , finance , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics
Despite significant variation in regional approaches to interior design2 nomenclature, regulation accreditation and research, there is global agreement about the contested and problematic nature of the identity of interior design. Even the name of the discipline’s peak international body, IFI, displays the difficulties of identity offering a selection of options in its title – International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers – and struggles to represent the diverse characteristics of its regional member institutions. In recognition of this, IFI initiated a Roundtable discussion to initiate an international discussion on the identity of interior design. The paradigms presented at the Roundtable provide an opportunity to position interior design in Australia in an international context. The Roundtable discussions also provide a useful basis for analysis of interior design as a ‘field’ encompassing professional practice, education and academic theory and research in Australia at the current time.