professional. ASID will be an
organization generating and curating
knowledge for all designers and
stakeholders who touch the interior
environment. ASID leaders will be
at board tables in a wide array of
organizations beyond traditional
built environment organizations such
as CIDQ, CIDA, AIA, USGBC, and
the like. Our point of view as design
thinkers and our contributions as
problem solvers will be required
at corporations, in government,
and within nongovernmental
organizations to develop holistic
policy and strategy.
lisa Henry, fasid, is Ceo of the greenway
group, one of the nation’s leading business
management consulting firms to the a&d
professions, and a past president of asid. she
is an advisor to ICON.
BETH HARMON-VAUGHAN
In the future, interior design will be
recognized as the profession with
command of a body of knowledge and
research that uniquely prepares us to
lead in the design of interior space.
The profession will be informed by an
evolving knowledge of environmental
psychology and an understanding of
how interior design influences human
behavior. As future generations make
decisions about the design of their
interior spaces, they will embrace a
material culture that values quality over
quantity, with greater consideration for
use of resources and wastefulness.
Beth Harmon-Vaughan is managing director,
principal of gensler’s Phoenix office. a
recognized leader in design, she is known for
her synthesis of practice, research, education,
and public service.
RACHELLE SCHOESSLER LYNN,
FASID
By 2055, we will have successfully
learned how to design for mitigation
of climate change through implementation of the 2030 Challenge principles.
With more than 9 billion people living
on Earth at that time, designers will
have responded to many needs — from
food to energy to water access to interior
space that is comforting and connected
to nature. Product manufacturing will
be designed for minimal impact on the
environment, taking into consideration
waste, water, energy, raw material
extraction, and so on.
The design of neighborhoods and
communities will be more coordinated
to ensure that all people have the
services needed to live, work, maintain
health, and play within walking
distance, and transit options will be
readily available for the longer trips.
The health of the people who use
interior space will be continuously
“As future
generations
make decisions
about the design
of their interior
spaces, they
will embrace
a material
culture that
values quality
over quantity,
with greater
consideration
for use of
resources and
wastefulness.”
Beth Harmon-Vaughan
