Membership
Requirements and Designations
To
encourage involvement from all sectors of
the interior design community, ASID offers
a range of membership categories. For a
description, click on the category title
below or scroll down the page.
Eligibility
Professional
Member
Allied Member
Affiliate Membership
Industry
Partner
Student Membership
Dues and Fees
Eligibility
Membership in the American Society of Interior
Designers is open to persons in the interior
design profession and related fields who
have fulfilled certain education, experience
and examination requirements.
The appellation for Professional Member
and designations for other Members may be
used only with the member's own name. A
member may in no way imply, through advertising
of other means, that employees of his of
her staff are members of ASID unless that
is in fact the case, and then may be identified
only by the appellations or designations
consistent with their status in ASID.
Applicants may not use the ASID appellation
in any form until notified of acceptance
in writing by ASID National Headquarters.
Applicants found misusing the appellation
risk chances of being approved for membership.
Professional Members
Professional Members of ASID satisfy rigorous
acceptance standards. They must have a combination
of accredited design education and/or full-time
work experience, and pass the two-day National
Council for Interior Design Qualification
(NCIDQ) examination. Professional membership
in ARIDO (Canada) or CODDI (Puerto Rico)
is transferable to ASID upon proof of said
membership.
Download
a Professional Membership application.
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Allied Members
Allied members practice interior design but
have not yet completed the requirements for
ASID professional membership. Applicants must
fulfill any one of the following requirements:
- Four-
or five-year Bachelor's degree with major
in interior design or architecture
- Two
or three-year degree or certificate in
interior design
- A
minimum of six years of full-time work
in interior design or architecture.
Successful
completion of the NCIDQ exam entitles practitioner
members to advance to professional membership.
Download
an Allied Membership application.
Allied membership (Education) requires active
engagement as department chair or full-time
instructor in a post-secondary program of
interior design education at any university
or accredited school of interior design that
requires completion of 45 semester credit
hours in interior design-related courses.
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Affiliate Membership
Affiliate Membership is a category for individuals
engaged in related design activities and for
members of the press. Applicants for affiliate
membership cannot participate in the practice
of interior design or decorating.
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Industry Partner
Industry
Partner members include interior design
industry manufacturers and their representatives,
related trade associations and market centers.
Industry Partners provide opportunities for
interaction between interior designers and
the interior furnishings industry that supplies
services and manufactured products.
Download an Industry Partner Membership
Application
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Student Chapter
Student
Chapter membership is available to
students enrolled in an interior design program
where an ASID student chapter exists. Click
here to view the current schools with ASID
chapters.
Independent Student Member membership is available
to students in interior design programs in
an area not served by an ASID student chapter.
Download
a Student Membership Application
Advancement
to Allied Membership is available
to student members who have graduated and
are eligible for Allied Member status.
Download
a Student Advancement Application
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Dues and Fees
All applicants, except members of the press
applying for affiliate membership, are required
to pay a non-refundable filing fee of $25.
Upon admittance, members are responsible
for payment of an entrance fee and annual
dues. Current
Entrance Fees and Annual Dues schedule
ASID
supports allied members (practitioner) taking
the NCIDQ exam. The first time a member
submits NCIDQ test results to headquarters,
a $100 credit will be issued toward the
following year's dues.
For more information, send email to membership@asidillinois.com
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