ASID Charts Interior Design’s Path Beyond the Pandemic
The interior design industry’s realities, opportunities, and directions following global, pandemic-era disruption unfold in the 2021 ASID Interior Design Resiliency Report from the American Society of Interior Designers in partnership with Benjamin Moore. “The continued impact of the pandemic on the interior design industry and our professional and personal life is undeniable,” said ASID Vice President, Research and Knowledge, Susan Chung, Ph.D. At the pandemic’s beginning, ASID saw the importance of tracking interior design’s strength, significance, and resiliency and designed a multi-year research study. The just-released 2021 report represents part two of a multi-phase research study that began in 2020. The first phase of the study in 2020 focused on agility and adaptability in the face of disruption. The second phase in 2021 examines the industry and the profession’s strength during recovery. This year’s report documents an easing of concerns within the interior design community for the impacts of COVID-19 …