The International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI)—the sole international federating body for interior architecture and design organizations that acts as an international forum for the exchange of ideas in interior design education, research, and practice around the world—recently hosted a major symposium to define the relevance, responsibility, identity, and value of interior design from a global perspective.

IFI Design Frontiers: The Interiors Entity (DFIE) Global Symposium—co-sponsored by the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and supported by the Museum of Arts and Design—was held in New York on February 17-18 and culminated in the signing of the first IFI Interiors Declaration. The gathering and declaration are considered to be an historic event by the IFI executive board, including Constance Ann (Singapore), Shashi Caan (United States), Ronnie Choong (Malaysia), Iria Degen (Switzerland), Iris Dunbar (United Kingdom), Luz Maria Duran (Mexico), Suzan Globus (United States), Farida Kamber (United Arab Emirates), Joo Yun Kim (Korea), and Joe Pettipas (Canada), and past president and special advisor to the board, Madeline Lester (Australia).

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