The Foundation invests and administers funds to further the aims of the interior design and decoration professions.
Aims & Objectives
The scope of its activities include students, design educators and practicing professionals and include the development of knowledge and techniques.
- To develop the knowledge, skills and ethics of interior designers and decorators
- To encourage the study, training and development of future practitioners
- To encourage the research and development of new techniques, methods and practices of interior design and decoration, in particular in residential design
- To advance standards and promote education within the profession
- To promote the teaching of interior design and decoration by the improvement of facilities in educational institutions
- To promote and assist in advanced training for practitioners
- To encourage and assist in bringing practitioners from abroad to share their experience with Australian interior designers and decorators
- To encourage and assist in sending local designers abroad for study or work experience purposes
- To bring together practitioners and students from Australia and abroad for sharing of knowledge and skills
- To provide monetary assistance for and establish scholarships or donations to students, interior designers and decorators for study purposes
