Membership Information
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 passing 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, e.g., John/Jane Doe, ASID (FASID if a fellow of the Society).
Professional Member Qualifications: Proof of passage of the NCIDQ examination. Professional membership in ARIDO (Canada) and CODDI (Puerto Rico) is transferable to ASID upon proof of said membership. Individuals applying for professional membership are not required to provide a transcript, but must submit their NCIDQ proof of passage.
ASID members in other membership categories are permitted to use the following designations:
Allied Member (Practitioner/ Educator/ International): John/Jane Doe, Allied Member ASID
Allied Member Qualifications: Eligible individuals are practicing interior designers who have completed 40 semester or 60 quarter credit hours in interior design education from an accredited institution (university, college or technical school). Architects or individuals are also eligible upon completion of 40 semester/60-quarter hours of architectural education from an institution accredited by the appropriate regional or national institutional accrediting body.
Student Member: John/Jane Doe, Student Member ASID
Student Member Qualifications: Membership is available to students currently enrolled in an interior design at least 40 credit hours or 60 quarter credit hours of interior design coursework to graduate. Students at schools where an ASID student chapter exists may join as a student chapter member; students at other schools may join as an independent student member.
Industry Partner Member (Company): ABC Company, Industry Partner of ASID
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.
Industry Partner Representative (Individual): John/Jane Doe, Industry Partner Representative for ABC Company
Industry Partner Qualifications: 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.
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.
Only professional members may use the ASID logo in any manner. For usage guidelines, click here.
