6. Nov-Dec 2010
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OPINION<br />
Are you a member of IDEA/SONA?<br />
To Interior Designers- The role o f IDEA is not so remarkable in present context. Do you think this<br />
explains the condition/situation of interior designers in Nepal?<br />
To Architects- How do you think the role of an architect should be to bring together architecture and<br />
interior designing?<br />
SP Yes. IDEA should make guidelines for practicing interior<br />
design and provide license to work like other associations do<br />
and should bring all designers under one roof.<br />
PS I have not yet become a member of IDEA formally, but I am a<br />
well wisher and have participated in the activities conducted<br />
by them. At present, IDEA does not seem to be so remarkable,<br />
and I think it is due to the lack of proper networking and<br />
interactions between the professionals and another thing<br />
that I noticed during the AGM is that the participation of senior<br />
designers was very low. I don’t think this truly projects the<br />
condition of interior designers in Nepal because designers<br />
are individually established on their own.<br />
US No I am not a member of IDEA.<br />
I can't tell if the role of IDEA has been able to explain the<br />
condition of interior designers in Nepal, but there are still<br />
few people who haven't exactly understood what an interior<br />
designer does. Moreover interior designing and interior<br />
decoration is taken as a similar term.<br />
AMP I’m a member of SONA only. From a layman’s point of view,<br />
the architect creates space or designs a house and an interior<br />
designer fills it with life and converts it into a home.<br />
In several of my own projects, clients hire interior designers<br />
once the structure and finishing is done, i.e., including flooring<br />
and bathroom furnishing. Then in walks the interior designer<br />
and without any consultation with us turns all the layouts<br />
upside down creating mayhem with all the wireworks and<br />
window placements. The odd part is that clients don’t seem<br />
to complain much after seeing all the 3D’s and rendered<br />
drawings. Sad part is at times they run off with all the credit.<br />
Should I say after all, this is Nepal? We should strive better to<br />
change the situation, and for clients who can afford it, better<br />
sign a deal on the entire package right from the start.<br />
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