Design Research by ASID
ASID research projects focus on the business, impact, and practice of design. They span design career stages, space types, and topic areas.
DESIGN INDUSTRY & PROFESSION
2024 ASID State of Interior Design Outlook Report
The 2024 ASID State of Interior Design Outlook report looks at the current state of the industry and profession and finds that over the last decade, the interior design community has seen considerable growth and has found advances in diversity within the profession. The report also positions the interior design industry within the U.S. economy, highlighting the overall outlook of the industry’s job market that includes a slowing economy and a decline in construction.
ASID 2024 Talent Acquisition Report
The ASID 2024 Talent Acquisition Report will explore challenges and present strategies design firms can use to help leaders tailor and update their talent acquisition strategies. Regardless of the number of employees, firms of different sizes are impacted by the same demographic shifts and can customize many of these strategies and ideas to fit their culture and resource constraints.
ASID 2024 Compensation & Benefits Report
ASID 2024 Compensation & Benefits Report, which draws on data collected as part of the ASID Member Census conducted in 2023, provides interior design employees and employers with current data on labor market trends, salaries, benefits, and drivers of job satisfaction. With this information, employees can better assess their current job situation and make informed decisions about their future career choices, and employers can have a better understanding of the factors that most influence employees’ hiring decisions, performance, and retention.
ASID 2023 Economic Outlook
The ASID 2023 Economic Outlook Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the economy's current state and its impact on the interior design industry. Following the challenges posed by the pandemic and subsequent recession, the report showcases the resilience and adaptability of designers. This third installment of the Outlook research series equips interior designers with vital economic data and predictions to navigate their businesses through the year.
2024 ASID Trends Outlook Report
American Society of Interior Designers is cataloging the latest ways we live, work, play, and heal – and the corresponding trends impacting interior design. A comprehensive literature review, this year’s 2024 ASID Trends Outlook report, sponsored by Sherwin-Williams, explores four overarching trends that will impact the design practice in transformative ways: consumers’ desire for connection, the allure of quiet luxury, blurred lines between live-work-and-play, and the blending of sustainability and wellness.
2023 ASID State of Interior Design
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) 2023 Trends Outlook report presents the latest changes in our world that are impacting interior design—including shifts in population, economy, society, lifestyles, methods of work, new technologies, and the natural environment.
2023 ASID State of Interior Design
The ASID 2023 State of Interior Design Report provides an overview of the current state of interior design broken into three segments focusing on People, Firms, and Services. The state of the interior design industry is robust, and the industry saw the creation of more than 1,000 new interior design firms and 4,500 jobs in 2022.