The Professional Lighting Designers' Association PLDA was originally founded as the European Lighting Designers' Association ELDA+, and is a voluntary federation of lighting designers and lighting consultants who are active on an international scale, their purpose being to increase the reputation of the profession and to establish the profession as such in its own right. Membership is centred around the professional architectural lighting designer.
An architectural lighting designer is a person who possesses the knowledge and expertise to carry out all the work required to design light for interior and exterior architectural projects in such a way that the design can be implemented, become an integral part of the project and establish an efficient, enjoyable, healthy, safe, sustainable and well accepted environment for the people who live, work and relax in it.
With a view to advancement of the Interior Design Profession in India, the Institute of Indian Interior Designers was founded in 1972 to establish good professional and trade practices and ethics among its members, to highlight and enhance the image of the Interior Design Profession and exchange know-how with similar organizations in other countries. Today it comprises of over 3 thousand members spread around the country having nineteen chapters and four centres.
The IIID is a full member of the IFI-International Federation of Interior Architects / Interior Designers and the APSDA Asia Pacific Designers Association and an associate of the JDF Japan Design Foundation.
All vital information can be accessed through its website.
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