American Home Furnishings Alliance
The alliance disseminates management and technical information to members and acts as the industry's advocate before elected officials and regulatory agencies. The website includes the alliance's history, details of membership and events. The site also has a link to the Young Home Furnishing Professionals.
ASID
The American Society of Interior Designers is the leading organization for interior design professionals. From corporate boardrooms to home offices, hotel suites to health care facilities, ASID designers create the places where we live, work, play, heal and worship.
High Point Market Authority
The No. 1 promoter of the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, High Point Market Authority has everything anyone needs to know about the market.
ICIAD
International Council of Interior Architects and Designers
First initiated as an independent design movement in America at the turn of the 20th century to promote the awareness of art, design and appreciation of aesthetic beauty to a rapidly growing and appreciative avant-garde art & design audience, ICIAD today officially represents the professional status quo of all art and design practitioners, including those who are not educated in art & design, but are engaged in the commercial and manufacturing sectors affiliated to this industry.
IDS - Interior Design Society
The new Interior Design Society (IDS) is an independent national organization more than 4,000 members strong. One of the country's largest design organizations dedicated to serving the residential interior design industry, the Interior Design Society offers members community, education and business support. The IDS National headquarters is located in High Point, NC, the world's home furnishings capital.
http://www.interiordesignsociety.org/
IIDA - International Interior Design Association
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is a professional networking and educational association of more than 13,000 members in 9 specialty Forums in 30 Chapters around the world committed to enhancing the quality of life through excellence in interior design and advancing interior design through knowledge.
International Home Furnishings Center
IHFC is at the center of the twice-annual International Home Furnishing Market in High Point. IHFC hosts 3 1/2 million square feet of furniture and accessories that reflect every style, every category, every price point from every corner of the globe attract an unending stream of buyers, designers and media.
NCIDQ
The National Council for Interior Design Qualification serves to identify to the public those interior designers who have met the minimum standards for professional practice by passing the NCIDQ Examination.
NCIDQ continually updates the examination to reflect expanding professional knowledge and design development techniques. NCIDQ seeks the acceptance of its examination as a universal standard by which to measure the competency of interior designers to practice as professionals.
NHFA
National Home Furnishings National Home Furnishings Association (NHFA) is the nation’s largest organization devoted specifically to the needs and interests of home furnishings retailers. NHFA’s membership comprises 2800 corporate entities representing 10,000 stores in all 50 states and several foreign countries.
NHFA’s mission and vision encompass the association’s commitment to helping home furnishings retailers operate highly profitable businesses that provide an exceptional level of service to the consumers who buy their furniture.
Young Home Furnishings Professionals
Young Home Furnishings Professionals is dedicated to promoting the home furnishings industry and attracting young professionals to enter and remain in the industry.
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