June 18 2025 Join IIDA NorCal at SF Pride 2025! Celebrate community, creativity, and inclusivity as we march together in one of San Francisco’s most vibrant and meaningful events—SF Pride, June 29. Let’s make this year louder, prouder, and more unforgettable than ever. Get the details to join the parade! Get ready—IIDA NorCal will be […]
June 2025 Guiding Principles for Licensure for Commercial Interior Designers in California Licensure for commercial interior designers is essential in California. Licensure brings commercial interior design into alignment with other regulated building professions, closing a gap in industry participation and reinforcing a system built on layered trust, safety, and legal responsibility. 1. Protection of the public’s […]
May 2025 How IIDA NC’s Climate Action Committee is Leading Change Mobilizing the design community for bold, collective climate action. In 2021, a group of designers from our IIDA Northern California Chapter came together to form the IIDA NC Climate Action Committee, with a shared goal: to take real, actionable steps toward addressing climate change […]
May 2025 Nitya Sanjana Reddy Cheruku Named Student of the Year IIDA is proud to recognize Nitya Sanjana Reddy Cheruku, Student IIDA, of the Northern California Chapter, as the 2025 IIDA Student of the Year—an award that honors a student member who exemplifies exceptional leadership, academic excellence, and a deep commitment to advancing the future […]
May 15 2025 Event Recap Pioneers in Design – Jill Dineen SF Jazz, San Francisco Read about all the details of the 2025 Pioneers in Design event! On May 15, the Northern California design community gathered once again at SF Jazz to celebrate innovation, leadership, and the power of creativity at the 2025 Pioneers in […]
April 2025 2025 IIDA Northern California Student Design Charette Event Recap Student Affairs On Saturday, April 26, the IIDA Northern California Chapter proudly hosted its annual Student Design Charette at Gensler’s San Francisco office. This high-energy event brought together 27 interior design students from across the region for a one-day collaborative design challenge that pushed […]
March 20, 2025 Event Recap 2025 Honor Awards Masonic Auditorium, San Francisco Read about all the winners and finalists of the 2025 Honor Awards event! A Tribute to Leadership: Honoring Sascha Wagner This year’s Leadership Award was presented to Sascha Wagner, President & CEO of Huntsman Architectural Group. A respected voice in the industry and […]
January 29, 202 Event Recap 2024 StEP Part 3 Student Affairs On January 29, 2025, IIDA Northern California hosted StEP Part 3: Student Empowerment Program in San Francisco, bringing together aspiring interior designers and industry professionals for an evening of mentorship, career development, and networking. A Night of Professional Growth The event kicked off […]
January 2025 Event Recap January Climate Crawl HOK Bio-based Building: an introduction with HOK SF’s Sustainability Experts Sustainability is so rich. Not only has her partnership with the building industry led to earth-friendly advances in design products. But as we get to know her better, we realize the wealth of her contributions toward design thinking. […]
November 18, 2024 Senator Angelique V. Ashby honored as IIDA California’s 2024 Legislator of the Year The IIDA Northern and Southern California Chapters of the International Interior Design Association are happy to announce State Senator Angelique V. Ashby as the recipient of our 2024 Legislator of the Year Award. Senator Ashby is the fourth annual […]