Thesis
Interior design magazine's hall of fame award: what does the hall of fame tell us about the interior design profession?
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103754
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate what the Hall of Fame tells us about Interior Design profession. This assessment will be done by a thorough evaluation of Hall of Fame membership. The media, and especially the Interior Design magazine, has had a powerful influence on interior design as a profession and has shaped the perception of interior design in the United States for nearly eighty years. The magazine began featuring the Hall of Fame award in 1985; the evaluation of this award will inform our understanding of how public perception is created about the interior design profession. The following four characteristics of the interior design profession will be used as a framework to evaluate the Hall of Fame: ethics, education, examination, and professional association. Only two of these four characteristics are also found in the biographical content of the Hall of Fame membership. Data reveal that the award is a social rather than a professional event, that the interior design professional characteristics are minimally represented, and that the interior designers comprise 18 percent of the membership. Overall, the Award impacts negatively on the development of the interior design profession, even though the Interior Design magazine considers the Hall of Fame to be the highest honor in interior design.
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Details
- Title
- Interior design magazine's hall of fame award
- Creators
- Kristi Marian
- Contributors
- Nancy H. Blossom (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Design and Construction, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525087801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis