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Body of Knowledge Studies
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The Interior Design Profession’s Body of Knowledge and its Relationship to People’s Health Safety and Welfare (2010)
The purpose of this study was to update the interior design profession’s body of knowledge and document its relationship to health, safety, and welfare. [ Download Executive Summary] [ Download full report] |
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The Interior Design Profession's Body of Knowledge, 2005 Edition
The purpose of this study was to continue to define and document the interior design
profession’s body of knowledge. 96 knowledge areas were identified and placed into six
categories, weighted to determine the level of importance
each knowledge area has to the practice of interior design. [ Download]
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The Interior Design Profession's Body of Knowledge: Its Definition and
Documentation (2001)
Funded by the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario
(ARIDO), this study identified 81 knowledge areas that were placed into
seven descriptive categories, which were then defined as the interior design profession’s body of
knowledge.
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Findings from the 2010 Body of Knowledge Study |
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New definitions of health, safety and welfare were developed based on analysis of the literature. Interior design practitioners rated 65 knowledge areas on how they contribute to health, safety and welfare.  Learn more |
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Action Steps from the 2010 Body of Knowledge Study |
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Progress occurs only when knowledge is linked to action.
In a series of twelve recommendations, the report offes a roadmap for moving the profession forward, including a forceful call to practitioners and industry leaders to identify, document and measure health, safety and welfare performance standards, thus providing clients with meaningful benchmarks. Learn more
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