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{{Short description|International organisation}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers
| logo = International Federation of Interior Architects Designers logo.svg
| logo_size = 180px
| headquarters = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| board_of_directors =
| abbreviation = IFI
| formation = {{start date and age|1963|09|20}}
| founding_location = Denmark
| website = {{URL|https://ifiworld.org/}}
}}
The '''International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers''' ('''IFI''') represents professional [[interior architecture|interior architects]] and [[interior design]]ers. Founded in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark on September 20, 1963 as a not-for-profit, limited liability company to unite the profession and act as a forum for interior design issues,{{r|hardenberg}}{{r|AssociationsStaff2010}} IFI is an associations' association, serving on the global level a membership of some thirty national organizations, and representing by 2015, 270,000 designers, educators and industrialists in 110 countries.{{r|BrookerWeinthal2013}}{{rp|90}}{{r|ThompsonBlossom2015}}{{r|Woodham2016}}{{r|Marsh1999}}

During the 1980s, IFI worked with the [[International Council of Societies of Industrial Design]] (ICSID) and the [[International Council of Graphic Design Associations]] (ICOGRADA) particularly to design furniture and packaging for rural health clinics in less developed parts of the world.{{r|Ind Rev World Hist}}{{r|III2014}} Since 2008, IFI has been a member of the International Design Alliance (IDA) together with ICSID and ICOGRADA and hold joint meetings biannually.{{r|Ind Rev World Hist}}{{r|OFbKC}} This alliance focuses on opportunities to further the design discipline based on multidisciplinary collaboration.{{r|III2014}}{{r|Hinchman2014}}

On February 17–18, 2011, IFI held a symposium in [[New York City|New York]], USA, as part of their Design Frontiers: The Interiors Entity initiative.{{r|BrookerWeinthal2013}}{{rp|108}} On this occasion, the world's first 'Interiors Declaration' was developed and signed by a delegation of 100 interior architecture/design professionals, educators, heads of design associations, manufacturers and related stakeholders.{{r|Kopec2017}}{{r|SMH2017}} The Declaration has been adopted by 114 cities around the world including New York, [[Singapore]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Montreal]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]], and [[Gwangju]].{{r|4wtTv}}{{r|Ntick}}{{r|30kdn}}

IFI held its 28th international congress at the [[Eko Hotels and Suites|Eko Convention Centre]] on [[Victoria Island, Lagos]] in November 2017, hosted by the [[Interior Designers Association of Nigeria]].{{r|XWh5e}}{{r|fM0fP}}

The IFI secretariat has previously been located in [[Amsterdam]],{{r|WassermanMcLean1982}} [[Johannesburg]],{{r|CramerYankopolus2005}} [[Seoul]],{{r|CramerYankopolus2006}} and [[Singapore]],{{r|Lim2015}} and is now located in [[New York City]].

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="30kdn">{{cite web |url=https://officeinsight.com/officenewswire/ifi-interiors-declaration-adoption-in-gwangju/ |title=IFI Interiors Declaration Adoption in Gwangju - officeinsight |access-date=December 13, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="4wtTv">{{cite web |url=https://www.dexigner.com/news/27979 |title=City of Melbourne Adopts IFI Interiors Declaration |date=May 22, 2015 |access-date=December 13, 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="AssociationsStaff2010">Hardenberg, L. ‘IFI 1963–1993: A Personal View’, Avonwold Publishing (A Division of Times Media Limited), 1998</ref>
<ref name="BrookerWeinthal2013">{{cite book |author1=Graeme Brooker |author2=Lois Weinthal |title=The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xW5jAgAAQBAJ |date=October 24, 2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4725-3902-1}}</ref>
<ref name="CramerYankopolus2005">{{cite book |author1=James P. Cramer |author2=Jennifer Evans Yankopolus |title=Almanac of Architecture & Design, 2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1j_KxJeqpsUC&pg=PA614 |year=2005 |publisher=Greenway Communications |isbn=978-0-9675477-9-4 |pages=614–}}</ref>
<ref name="CramerYankopolus2006">{{cite book |author1=James P. Cramer |author2=Jennifer Evans Yankopolus |title=Almanac of Architecture & Design 2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jh7ecV24_uAC&pg=PA581 |year=2006 |publisher=Greenway Communications |isbn=978-0-9755654-2-1 |pages=581–}}</ref>
<ref name="fM0fP">{{cite news |url=https://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/11/art-collecting-intersection-design-art/ |title=The Art of Collecting: Intersection between design, art |date=November 18, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005235746/https://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/11/art-collecting-intersection-design-art/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="hardenberg">{{cite book |author=Dak Kopec |title=Health and Well-being for Interior Architecture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gYqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA163 |date=June 26, 2017 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-315-46440-4 |pages=163–}}</ref>
<ref name="Hinchman2014">{{cite book |author=Mark Hinchman |title=The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Interior Design |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X3FjAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA253 |date=January 2, 2014 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-60901-534-3 |pages=253–}}</ref>
<ref name="III2014">{{cite book |author=Kenneth E. Hendrickson III |title=The Encyclopedia of the Industrial Revolution in World History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EdwsCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA475 |date=November 25, 2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |isbn=978-0-8108-8888-3 |pages=475–}}</ref>
<ref name="Ind Rev World Hist">{{cite book |author=Jonathan Woodham |title=A Dictionary of Modern Design |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFExDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT358 |date=May 19, 2016 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-251853-8 |pages=358–}}</ref>
<ref name="Kopec2017">{{cite book |author1=Union of International Associations |author2=Union of International Associations Staff |title=Yearbook of International Organizations 2010/2011: Guide to Global and Civil Society Networks: Organization Descriptions and Cross-Reference |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wpd7ndx0AEQC |date=August 13, 2010 |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-023031-4 |pages=1762–}}</ref>
<ref name="Lim2015">{{cite book |author=Lorraine Lim |title=Cultural Policy in East Asia: Contemporary Issues and Trends |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJC9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT38 |date=October 14, 2015 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-317-68161-8 |pages=38–}}</ref>
<ref name="Marsh1999">{{cite book |author=James H. Marsh |title=The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wR_-aSFyvuYC&pg=PA1177 |year=1999 |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |isbn=978-0-7710-2099-5 |pages=1177–}}</ref>
<ref name="Ntick">{{cite web |url=http://www.iidprofessions.org.za/ifi-announces-adoption-ifi-interiors-declaration-city-kuala-lumpur/ |title=IFI Announces Adoption of the IFI Interiors Declaration By The City Of Kuala Lumpur - IID - The African Institute of the Interior Design Professions |date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=December 13, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
<ref name="OFbKC">{{cite web |url=https://www.dexigner.com/news/15876 |title=International Federation of Interior Architects / Designers |date=September 26, 2008 |access-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-date=July 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731084038/http://www.dexigner.com/news/15876 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="SMH2017">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/interior-designer-gave-the-profession-outstanding-leadership-20170606-gwlbkl.html |title=Interior designer gave the profession outstanding leadership |date=June 6, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2017 |via=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
<ref name="ThompsonBlossom2015">{{cite book |author1=Jo Ann Asher Thompson |author2=Nancy Blossom |title=The Handbook of Interior Design |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RKueBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA548 |date=February 9, 2015 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-1-118-53238-6 |pages=512–}}</ref>
<ref name="WassermanMcLean1982">{{cite book |author1=Paul Wasserman |author2=Janice W. McLean |title=Awards, Honors and Prizes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJXAAAAMAAJ |year=1982 |publisher=Gale Research Company |isbn=978-0-8103-0664-6 |pages=404–}}</ref>
<ref name="Woodham2016">Busch, J. ''‘The Interiors Entity (DFIE) Global Symposium Declaration’'', Contract Magazine, March 14, 2011</ref>
<ref name="XWh5e">{{cite news |url=http://venturesafrica.com/nigeria-hosts-the-28th-international-federation-of-interior-architects-congress-and-general-assembly/ |title=Nigeria hosts the 28th International Federation of Interior Architects Congress and General Assembly - Ventures Africa |date=November 22, 2017 |access-date=December 13, 2017}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
*{{Official website|https://ifiworld.org/}}

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