The IIDA Oregon Chapter is comprised of over 275 members and provides a full calendar of diverse programs and events. The IIDA Oregon Chapter helps promote and enhance the profession of Interior Design with the following events:
- Advocacy Golf Scramble
- Annual Celebration and Fundraiser
- Design Crawl (Hosted every other year)
- Design Excellence Awards
- Educational Forums / CEUs
- Fall Kickoff Student Events
- Socials (for both members and non-members!)
- NCIDQ Roundtables
- NEXT Keynote Breakfast – Speaker Series (Hosted every other year)
- Professional Development Forums
- Student Design Charette Competition
Our chapter has an active voice in the community, maintaining communication with our membership through our website, blog, social media, and digital correspondence. The chapter also reaches out to prospective members, industry partners, and members of other design associations. This collaboration enables the IIDA Oregon Chapter to increase interest and participation in chapter events while providing our members with additional opportunities to get involved in their community.
IIDA (International Interior Design Association) Vision Statement
Our vision is to support culture, enhance business value, solve problems, and positively impact the health and well-being of people’s lives through a greater understanding of interior design.
IIDA Oregon Chapter Mission Statement
Connecting our design community • Amplifying our impact • Elevating the profession
The IIDA Oregon Chapter strengthens the interior design community by fostering connection, cultivating belonging, and advancing professional recognition and career growth. We champion the vital role of interior design in shaping the built environment and its positive impact on the health, safety, and well-being of individuals and communities.
Why IIDA?
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is a professional non-profit association with members holding the highest qualifications in the profession and representing all specialties of interior design. The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) works to enhance the value of the Interior Design profession and its practitioners as well as to cultivate leadership within the profession. IIDA has more than 13,000 members in 10 specialty forums, 9 regions, and 33 Chapters around the world committed to enhancing the quality of life through excellence in interior design and to advance interior design through knowledge.
IIDA stands to Nurture a rapidly developing knowledge center as a resource; Advocate for design excellence; Maintain educational standards; Respond to trends in business and design; Provide superior information about interior design and related issues, using its own rapidly developing body of knowledge as a resource; and Celebrate the profession.
Read more about the IIDA Story here. View the Value Manifesto here.
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The History of IIDA
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) was founded in 1994 as a result of the merger between the Institute of Business Designers (IBD), the International Society of Interior Designers, and the Council of Federal Interior Designers (CFID). IIDA embodies the merger’s goal to create an international association with a united mission which represents interior designers worldwide and speaks on their behalf with a single voice.
Contact Us
International Interior Design Association Oregon Chapter
PO Box 28249
Portland, OR 97228
info@iida-or.org
International Interior Design Association International Headquarters
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Suite 567
Chicago, IL 60654-1103
(312) 467 1950 phone
(888) 799 4432 phone
(312) 467 0779 fax
http://www.iida.org
iidahq@iida.org