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Many states (e.g. IN, NY,
CO, CA, NJ, and OH) are fighting back AGAINST the Interior
Design cartel and vetoing and/or abolishing Interior Design
regulations.
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Other states (most notably
AL & CT) have experienced successful court challenges
resulting in Interior Design regulation being rendered
unconstitutional as a restraint on a person's right of free
speech and expression since Interior Design is largely art
and subjective in nature.
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Florida's interior design
regulation, while not completely stricken down by a Federal
court case, was largely gutted, leaving ONLY Nevada and
Louisiana as states to have restrictive licensing regulation with
teeth, with Louisiana having BY FAR the most stringent
interior design regulation in the United States.
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To obtain an interior design
license in Louisiana, one must: 1) possess a 4-year
college degree focusing on Interior Design; 2) pass the
National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)
exam, the cost for which
merely to sit is $1,200; and #3) have two (2) years of interior design
experience (thus requiring a licensee to "sponsor" the
applicant).
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In more than 30 years of
advocating for regulation, the American Society of Interior
Designers (ASID) has yet to identify a SINGLE incident
resulting in harm to anyone from an unlicensed Interior
Designer.
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Verbatim ASID quote:
“In the near future, the
post-professional master’s
degree will be the accepted requirement for all entry level interior designers.”
Gee, why not go ahead and require a full-blown PhD?
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As a result of an attempt to
enact Interior Design regulation in Minnesota, many
"associate" members of ASID uncovered the fact that their
membership dues to ASID were being utilized to degrade them
as being mere "decorators" who should not be afforded the
title "Interior Designer." Accordingly, an increasing
number of "associate" ASID members is canceling membership
and joining the anti-regulation movement.
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The Louisiana Interior Design
Board is nothing more than a
trade union (in a supposed
"right-to-work" state) masquerading around as a State Board!
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Historically, the Louisiana
Interior Design Board's so-called "meetings" were nothing
more than social gatherings frequently held at
"restaurants." Such was the case, as demonstrated
below by Interior Design Board Executive Director Sandy
Edmonds in the following video:
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0:45
- 6:12 Interior Design Board Executive
Director
Sandy Edmonds explains that the Interior Design
Board
has lost the "luxury" of meeting at
restaurants due
to
videotaping of meetings by Rev. Freddie Lee Phillips
and Robert Burns. She also makes significant
additional
commentary.