15 January 2015 – The International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI) and our global community will celebrate World Interiors Day 2015 on Saturday, May 30, 2015.

World Interiors Day is an annual event spearheaded by IFI and designed to spotlight Interior Architecture/Design. The event actively engages professionals, national organizations, design enthusiasts and the general public to explore creativity, imagination, vision and passion in relation to the role of Interiors in society, culture and our future built environments.

As the IFI Interiors Declaration states, “It is after all, for humanity, our ultimate client that we design. We shape spaces that shape the human experience”. This year’s theme “Design For all” aims to bring the IFI Interiors Declaration to reality and imbed the words – value, relevance and responsibility by applying good design into culture, business and knowledge for the purpose of improving lives and creating more inclusive environments. Design solutions are reaching a much wider remit within health, ageing communities and wellbeing. Design can change lives and create better places to live, work and play, bringing communities together.

The month of May plays host to events highlighting the merits of the Interiors profession and the impact on the quality of life and the built environment. Events are planned by individuals and hosted all over the world, linked by a common theme chosen each year by the IFI membership to reflect the values of not only IFI but the industry as a whole.

Past events range from smaller round table discussions to larger city-wide events varying in type, size, and location. Individuals may work together with local and/or national organizations to link small scale activities together to form a city-wide, province-wide, state-wide or country-wide event.

Types of activities can include:

Work with your Local Government to proclaim the last Saturday in May as World Interiors Day. At the same time, have your city adopt the IFI Interiors Declaration to honor this important day. With the issuance of these proclamations, it is also an opportunity to showcase the progressive approach to design and economic development that your city government takes through the concurrent adoption/proclamation of the IFI Interiors Declaration.

Open door programs allow Interior Architects/Designers to showcase interiors usually not open to the public. Walking tours can be created by combining several of these open door programs.

Open your practice and invite the public into a professional space to see how Interior Architects/Designers work and the environments in which they design.

Free student practice day provides students the opportunity to work in design studios for a day and learn the practice of interior design.

Exhibitions and art events in cooperation with local museums and institutions to curate and relate to this year’s theme or interior design in general.

Lectures, talks, discussions by interior architects/designers at schools, public libraries or other institutions will focus on the importance of our living environment.

Kid’s activities for the next generation! Work with educators to engage children in a range of creative, practical or fun experiences that raise their awareness of people and the spaces that surround them.

IFI is interested to know how you are celebrating this important day around the world! Send your topics, events, posters, and especially pictures to secretary@ifiworld.org.

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