Lord Mayor of Melbourne Robert Doyle has signed the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designs (IFI) Interiors Declaration.
The adoption of the declaration means that Melbourne joins 114 global cities, including Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and New York, in recognizing the significance of interior environments as an integral part of architecture and urban life.
The IFI Interiors Declaration is a historic document that sets out basic pillars of the interior design profession. As the declaration states, “great spaces are indispensable for creative cultures. They encourage connections between people, ideas and entire fields of thought. As design professionals our knowledge enables us to form spaces that respond to human needs.”
The declaration was an outcome of a global symposium held in New York in 2011, in which 100 invited delegates from 30 countries met to reach a consensus on the definition of the interior architecture/design profession.
The declaration is being disseminated around the world and provides the basis from which design policies can be formed as well as identifying initiatives and opportunities for interior design professionals.
A proclamation confirming the adoption of the declaration was signed in a ceremony attended by IFI representative Joanne Cys and leaders of the Design Institute of Australia including Julie Hobbs (president), James Harper (immediate past president) and Pru Sanderson (CEO).
