Join ASID
Become part of this vibrant community of interior design professionals, students and Industry Partners! Download an application or apply online. (IMPORTANT: Industry Partner applications are not yet available online.)
Click on the membership categories below to read about requirements and to find out which ASID membership category is right for you!
Professional Members
The highest level of ASID membership is reserved for practitioners who have completed a course of accredited education and equivalent work experience in interior design, and have successfully passed the NCIDQ examination.
Allied Members
Practicing interior designers who have completed 40 semester or 60 quarter credit hours in interior design education from an accredited institution (university, college or technical school) are eligible. Continuing education coursework/hours do not count toward meeting the education requirement for membership.
Educator Members
This level is for educators who are actively engaged as department chairs or full-time instructors in a post-secondary program of interior design education at any university or accredited school of interior design that requires completion of 40 semester credit hours in interior design-related courses, and who have successfully passed the NCIDQ exam.
Student Members
Membership is available to students currently enrolled in an interior design at least 40 credit hours or 60 quarter credit hours of interior design coursework to graduate. Students at schools where an ASID student chapter exists may join as a student chapter member; students at other schools may join as an independent student member.
Student Advancement
ASID hopes your student membership has helped you forge a personal network of professional contacts that will help you advance your career. It's time to build on that solid foundation of support, values and resources and advance to allied membership.
Industry Partners
Members include interior design industry manufacturers and their representatives, related trade associations and market centers. Industry Partners provide opportunities for interaction between interior designers and the interior furnishings industry that supplies services and manufactured products.
