The Interior Design Association of Australia (IDAA)
Perhaps inspired by the Victorian chapter of the ASDI, in 1948, Melbourne Institute of Technology students formed the Interior Design Association of Australia (IDAA). [In the first year of its establishment, the IDAA gained a membership of some 32 members: 24 from Vic., 3 from NSW, 3 from the ACT and 2 from SA.]. Jack Crow was its first president and Ron Opie as treasurer. They wrote letters to schools promoting the new discipline. Early members of the IDAA included Keera and Bill Le Lievre, D. H. Bill, J. L. Delbridge, W. Hardacre, and Joan Stewart, secretary. Jack Crow was a member of both SDI (Society of Designers for Industry) and IDAA.
Bill Le Lievre’s SIDA-sponsored interview noted, “During the Olympic Games [in 1956], the IDAA had [student] rooms in Bourke Street […]. We started the Australian Interior Designers Association (IDAA) before we amalgamated with the Society of Industrial Designers or the [Society of] Designers for Industry. Now the DIA [Design Institute of Australia] covers all designers.” […]
- Writers:
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Michael Bogle
- Date written:
- 2018
- Last updated:
- 2023
