An Interview with Elsie St. Léger
In July 2021, designer Elsie St. Léger began her one-year term as President of the International Interior Design Association’s New York Chapter. An assistant project manager for NYU Langone Health’s Interiors Department, she is also a co-founder of Equity Council, a consortium of industry professionals developed in 2020 to address diversity and inclusion issues in architecture and interior design. St. Léger recently discussed with us these initiatives, and her plans for her presidency. Troy Segal (TS): What exactly do we mean by achieving diversity in design? Elsie St. Léger (ES): “Diversity in design” is not quite the right term. It’s very amorphous—can mean anything. What we should be talking about is equity in design. Equity in design is about ensuring we have a diverse set of voices. It’s not just the traditional white male making decisions through his prism but bringing in the voices of women and more voices of …
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