Call for IDEC Exchange Submissions: Spring 2025 Issue

Future Focus: AI in Interior Design Pedagogy and Practice

The next issue of the IDEC Exchange is intended to build on conversations started at the 2024 annual conference held in New York City. At conference, attendees had opportunities to learn about artificial intelligence (AI) and to hear from presenters on a range of topics related to AI and interior design education and practice.

For the Spring 2025 issue, the Exchange seeks submissions which will address how artificial intelligence has, or will, change both interior design pedagogy and practice. Given the potential implication of artificial intelligence, submissions can address any number of particulars related to AI from teaching and learning to policy and regulation. Submissions should consider the potential of artificial intelligence in advancing interior design education and practice.

Submission Questions

Submissions might respond to questions such as:
  • How has AI changed your approach to teaching and learning?
  • How have students embraced or rejected AI?
  • How is the use of AI being regulated, or should it be?
  • What discourse on interior design education and practice has AI inspired?

Submission Types

The IDEC Exchange seeks innovative and critically focused statements, design, and research that engage these questions through rich and rigorous investigation.

Submissions may be:
  • Letters responding to previous IDEC Exchange content or highlighting a timely and engaging topic;
  • Original essays addressing the issue theme;
  • Original images addressing the issue theme;
  • Interviews addressing the issue theme or a timely and engaging topic; or
  • Another format discussed in advance with the Editor-in-Chief.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions must follow the guidelines below. Submissions that do not follow the guidelines will not be considered for publication.

Requirements
  • Letters may be up to 350 words maximum without images.
  • Other submissions may be up to 550 words maximum with one image OR 350 words maximum with three or more images.
  • Use the following file naming guidelines: lastname_title.doc (if more than one author please use one name only for the file).
  • Submissions should be in Word (.doc, .docx) format.
  • PDFs will not be accepted.
Images
  • 5×7, 220dpi, jpg format
  • Each image should be accompanied by a caption (including reference; original work should indicate creator credit).
  • Captions should be provided in a separate document.
  • Use the following naming guidelines: lastname_01.jpg, lastname_02.jpg, etc. Images should be in .jpg format.
  • PDFs will not be accepted.
  • Authors are responsible for securing copyright clearance from image creators.
Please email your submissions to info@idec.org

Submissions for the Spring 2025 issue must be received by Monday, January 20, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Pacific

Questions should be directed to:

Dan Harper

Editor, IDEC Exchange

Associate Dean

New York School of Interior Design

daniel.harper@nysid.edu

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