Association of Professional Interior Designers (APID)

Fortune favours the bold, said the Roman slave come playwright, Publius Terentius Afero. In a big white house in Washington, where the 44th president of the USA is just settling in, they would probably agree. It takes great great boldness to convert a ‘no, you can't, because nobody ever has' into a ‘yes, we can'.

Peter Zec, president of red dot, talks about the value of ideas and the place of quality in design.

Travel can be a luxury experience, or at least it can be if the environment is designed in the right way. In a market dominated by low-cost flights and stripped down economy-class travel, there is a reaction brewing and it's being led by the design industry.

After the success of the Commercial Interior Design Awards earlier this month, regional interior designers are gearing up once again to enjoy an evening of networking with the inaugural APID (Association of Professional Interior Designers) annual gala dinner to be held on the 29th November.

Every industry seems to have an Association - a neutral body whose primary purpose is to protect the industry from reputation-sapping imposters and create a community where members can share ideas, raise potential concerns and be a forum for powering the industry forward.

Expectations are high for Domotex Middle East as demand for flooring increases.