Interior Design and it's influence is amazingly important in Columbus Ohio. Recently rated in the top ten of the best big cities to live in, Columbus is home to many noteworthy interior design projects and firms.
A city of it's size is usually dominated by large architectural firms with subsets of interior design. That is not really the case here in Columbus. Interior Designers that are members of ASID are clearly the most influencial and educated. They make up the majority of larger firms all star cast. Small single firms are populated by designers that have hung out a shingle with a particular interest or craft. This happens routinely in a state with no licensing in it's legislature for interior design. It can become a problem if the public sees all designers as equal, in spite of education, experience, and vitae. CEU's have alot to do with keeping designers current in their industry. ASID offers many CEU courses all throughout the year. It was mentioned at the first meeting for ASID in January, that you could obtain all of your required CEU credits within the first four months of 2010 by just attending our regular meetings. A nice part of belonging and qualifying as a professional member, is the high standard that you are held too as a professional.
I enjoy the ying and yang of living in Columbus Ohio as a designer. Typically a larger city will house many reps that travel the area to other firms. This is particularly true of Columbus. Most of the major reps live here and travel to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo and all the surrounding areas. Since they nest here, we get supported by them routinely, which is really nice.
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