The Response from the ASID Organizatioin

I thought it was pretty funny...


Role of interior design professionals trivialized, ASID executive director writes.
In a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal (4/8, A18) Michael Alin, Hon. FASID, executive director of the American Society of Interior Designers, wrote that Clark Neily's op-ed Watch Out for That Pillow "trivializes the role of interior design professionals." In his op-ed, "Mr. Neily refers to interior designers as people who 'offer advice about throw pillows and paint colors,'" but "[c]learly, if that is his idea of interior design, he doesn't understand the profession." Alin asserted that Neily "is operating under an antiquated notion of decorators as designers. They are not the same," he wrote. "It's insulting to imply that the very people who are designing the command centers for our national defense, the nursing homes that care for the frail elderly, and the day-care facilities that protect our children, are only concerned with paint color.
From ASID
DEAR ASID MEMBER,
As you may be aware, ASID and our advocacy efforts have been the subject of recent negative media coverage. ASID leadership is quickly and aggressively responding to the articles and working to correct the misinformation that is being spread about our organization and our profession. Should you be contacted by any media professionals, please forward those individuals directly to Korenna Cline, public relations manager at ASID headquarters. (kcline@asid.org, 202-675-4441)" So the ASID is on the defense of its industry- I feel that are really full of themsleves and are not open to new talent that may provide the next generation of trends, furnitune, accessories...just watch... this should be REALLY interesting.... jeanine naviaux... www,ontheinsidedesign.com