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Here are key industry associations and links in the interior design & decorating field:

• AAA: The Alberta Association of Architects
• ACD: The American Center for Design is a national organization of design professionals, educators and students serving as a center for the accumulation and dissemination of information regarding design and its role in our culture and economy.
• AIA: American Institute of Architects
• AIBC: The Architectural Institute of British Columbia
• ANSI: American National Standards Institute - promotes and facilitates voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems and their integrity.
• ASID: American Society of Interior Designers
• ASLA: American Society of Lanscape Architects
• Archaid Sweden: Web resources of SIR, the interior architects society in Sweden and information from Scandinavian based manufacturers and distributors for the contract market.
• BOMA: Building Owners and Managers Association, International
• BSA: Boston Society of Architects
• The Chartered Society of Designers: Represents the interests of designers in the United Kingdom. Its function is to promote high standards of design, to foster professionalism and to emphasise designers' responsibility to society, to the client and to each other.
• Building Concerns: Diminishing the negative impacts building and development have on the earth and on human health.

• CAPFA: Council of Asia Pacific Furniture Associations
• The Center for Health Design: Includes discussion, case studies, competition information, and links to related sites, the Ęsclepius newsletter and other publications and information about the annual Symposium on Healthcare Design including previous presentations.
• Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design - Dedicated to the Art of Design in all areas of the discipline: architecture, industrial, and product design, graphics, and urban planning.
• Code Check: Help with building codes

• The Dezine Cafe: Conversation, inspiration and food for thought.
• Design Council: Effective use of design means competitive business; everyone knows that - or they should. That's what the Design Council is all about - getting people to realise that design makes the difference.
• DESIGNERinfoLINK: Internet Directory For Canadian Designers
• FIDER: Foundation for Interior Design Education Research - promotes excellence in interior design education through research and the accreditation of academic programs which prepare interior designers to create interior environments for improving the quality of human experience.

• IDEC: Interior Design Educators Council - dedicated to the advancement of education and research in interior design.
• IESNA: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America - To advance knowledge and to disseminate information for the improvement of the lighted environment to the benefit of society.
• IFMA: International Facility Management Association
• NCIDQ: National Council for Interior Design Qualification - an independent, not-for-profit organization that establishes standards for the design profession.
• NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
• Oikos: information on green building products and materials along with techniques for sustainable design and construction.
• Organization of Black Designers: National professional association dedicated to promoting the visibility, education, empowerment and interaction of its membership and the understanding and value that diverse design perspectives contribute to world culture and commerce.

• Design Site A website for architecture and design related information, products and services
• Electronic Resource Network of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction:
• Envirosense Consortium:

• Interior Internet: Online service for sourcing products and services for use in the interiors industry.
• IIDA: International Interior Design Association
• Totem: European Internet forum and directory of architecture, design and the building industry.

• USGBC: U.S. Green Buildings Council - Promotes the understanding, development and accelerated implementation of "Green Building" policies, programs, technologies, standards and design practices.