Highlights from the 2017 IIDA Industry Roundtable

by Mallory Budy | March 20th, 2017

Last week, the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) released the report chronicling its 2017 IIDA Industry Roundtable. This year’s theme, “Design Then, Design Now, Design Next,” marked the event’s 20th anniversary and framed a focus on the future. While some areas of discussion were in line with topics already heavily covered in the news (yes, they talked about Millennials), we’re using this space to highlight in reprinted form the areas we found to be the most of-the-moment and future-forward. The Future is Now “Designers are hired to build the future: an office slated for habitation in six months, a new corporate campus that will take years to complete,” noted the roundtable report. “Given the length of time required to plan and construct a space from the ground up, designers must anticipate what the world will be like when those spaces come online, and beyond. For a workplace, that means accounting …