The British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) is a

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for commercial and residential

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s in Britain. The current president of the institute is Lester Bennett.

Establishment

Founded in 1965 as the Interior Decorators and Designers Association, it merged in 2002 with the UK chapter of the

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becoming the British Interior Design Association. In 2009 the Secretary of State awarded it

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status, and became the British Institute of Interior Design. In 2013 it subsumed the Interior Design Association, a business association representing interior designers working in the commercial sector.

Conduct

The BIID aims to promote professionalism in interior design and to this end has published jointly with the

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the standard form of designer's appointment, ''ID/05'' (updated as ''ID/10''). The Institute has also sponsored the publication of ''The BIID Interior Design Job Book'' (also with the RIBA), the first book to set out the procedures for managing an interior design project.

Associations

The BIID is the only interior design body which is a member of the

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the

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for professional organisations in the

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. It is also a

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(UKTI) Design Partner, the

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promoting British services abroad and a member of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers, the umbrella body for interior designers worldwide. It is also a member of The

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element.

References

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