Panel with the Pros: What You Need to Know About B Corps

Join us Tuesday, June 18 for our third "Panel with the Pros" event at the Scavolini Showroom!

By ASID New England

Date and time

Tuesday, June 18 · 6 - 8pm EDT

Location

Boston Design Center

1 Design Center Place Boston, MA 02210

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About this event

2 hours

Armadillo, the first Australian and American rug brand to become a certified B Corp, is hosting a talk on the importance of sustainable design. The thought-provoking event will feature insights from Tim Greiner of consulting firm Pure Strategies, who will explain why the movement is so important and what it takes to become certified, as well as Marisa D’Alotto from Armadillo, who will explain how the purpose-led business operates with a sense of environmental responsibility in their day-to-day.

Organized by

ASID New England

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is the oldest and largest professional organization for interior designers with the largest residential and commercial membership. With more than 30,000 members, ASID establishes a common identity for professionals and businesses in the field of interior design.

Of the Society’s 20,000 practicing interior designers, 6,500 practice primarily in the commercial field with 4,000 practicing primarily as residential designers. The remaining 9,500 work in both commercial and residential design.

ASID’s Industry Partners include more than 3,500 member firms and individual representatives, uniting the professional designer with manufacturers of design-related products and services. ASID’s membership also includes 7,500 students of interior design.

The association has 48 chapters throughout the United States and more than 450 international members. ASID was founded in 1975 with the consolidation of the American Institute of Decorators (AID) and the National Society of Interior Designers (NSID).

Professional members of ASID must pass rigorous acceptance standards: they must have a combination of accredited design education and/or full-time work experience and pass a two-day accreditation examination (National Council for Interior Design Qualification – NCIDQ).

ASID promotes professionalism in interior design services and products for the workplace and home. To keep up with the unique needs of its members, ASID conducts independent research on topics related to the practice and business of the profession.

ASID designers receive the most current information about appropriate materials, technology, building codes, government regulations, flammability standards, design psychology and product performance.

$25 – $50