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The ASID Appellation and Membership Designations

Under ASID Bylaws, Professional membership in ASID recognizes an interior designer as having completed a course of accredited education, and/or equivalent work experience in interior design and successfully completed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) examination. These members have achieved the highest levels of accomplishment and knowledge in their field. The consumer, the public, other designers and affiliated professionals acknowledge the "ASID" appellation after an interior designer's name as the hallmark of professionalism.

A Professional member of ASID is the only member entitled to use the appellation without stating his or her qualifying membership classification.

Professional Member: John/Jane Doe, ASID (FASID if a fellow of the Society).

ASID members in other membership categories are permitted to use the following designations:

Allied Member (Practitioner): John/Jane Doe, Allied Member ASID

Allied Member (Education): John/Jane Doe, Allied Member ASID

Allied Member (International Corresponding): John/Jane Doe, Allied Member ASID

Affiliate Member: John/Jane Doe, Affiliate Member ASID

Student Chapter Member: John/Jane Doe, Student Member ASID

Independent Student Member: John/Jane Doe, Independent Student Member ASID

Industry Partner Member: ABC Company, Industry Partner, ASID

Retail Partner Member: AB&C Company, Store #52, Anywhere USA Retail Partner Member of ASID

The membership designations must be spelled out completely. (Note: "of the American Society of Interior Designers" may be substituted for "ASID"). No modification or deviation is permitted.

The appellation for professional members and the designations for other members may be used only in conjunction with the member's own name. Members may not utilize any form of the name of the Society or the ASID appellation in conjunction with a firm name, even where the member's name is encompassed in the name of the firm. A member may in no way imply, through advertising or other means, that employees of his or her staff or firm are members of ASID unless that is in fact the case, and then they may be identified only by the appellations or designations consistent with their status in ASID.

In addition, a member may not use ASID's official logo in any manner.