This revolutionary project would not be possible without financial support. As you engage in evidence-based design applying knowledge gained from using InformeDesign, be sure to thank the entities responsible for making this concept a reality. Also, please consider making a tax deductible gift to the University of Minnesota Foundation in support of InformeDesign. If you are a firm or business that is interested in becoming a Siver, Gold or Platinum Sponsor of InformeDesign, please contact Contact Denise Guerin, Coordinator, for further sponsor information dguerin@umn.edu or 612 626-1257.
Sponsors via
Gifts to the University of Minnesota Foundation:
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Gold Sponsor
The mission of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. USGBC strongly believes that research plays a critical role in evolving the building industry. USGBC regularly advocates for increased research funding and activity, and understands that research is mostly ineffective unless the results are distilled into practical information to put in the hands of professionals for application in the field. With this sponsorship the USGBC is supporting the growth of InformeDesign, whose unique services are of significant value to USGBC fulfilling its own goals of integrating research into practice. Information on select USGBC research program offerings is available via www.usgbc.org/research.
ARIDO, Silver Sponsor
As the profession of interior design expands into the competitive, global marketplace, ARIDO is excited to join the team of supporters of InformeDesign. InformeDesign allows our membership to engage in evidence-based design, so that they can inspire and educate their clients. This collective pool of information is a crucial tool to successful design firms, and clients will be the ultimate benefactors of this venture. ARIDO places a high value on the importance of evidence-based and well-documented research. InformeDesign provides a collaborative forum of the latest research, theories, trends, and technology in all areas of design. In a profession that relies on continuous learning, ARIDO is proud to support the many researchers and authors who dedicate themselves to generating new knowledge for designers around the world. ARIDO represents over 1,800 registered and intern interior designers practicing corporate, residential, retail, hospitality and healthcare design. Their work increases the efficiency, productivity, value, and safety of spaces across Ontario. More information about ARIDO can be found at www.arido.ca
Interior Design Magazine, Silver Sponsor
Interior Design magazine is pleased to support InformeDesign in their mission to offer the design community vital research that helps designers do better business. "The way to move the industry forward is to continually upgrade its knowledge base," said Publisher/Vice President Mark Strauss, “and partnering with InformeDesign, whose wealth of information provides an immense service to our audience, is a natural fit for us.” Interior Design is the leading industry publication and brand serving the interior design and architectural community. Carrying full-color presentations on the best in interiors and products, in print and online, Interior Design also covers news about people, events, and activities of key market interest. More information about Interior Design magazine is available at www.interiordesign.net.
Humanscale, Silver Sponsor
Humanscale is proud to support the important work of InformeDesign to make relevant and objective research readily available to the architecture and design communities. As a company that owes its success, in large part, to the extensive ergonomic research that goes into every one of its product designs, Humanscale understands the power of research and the potential it has to improve the process and outcome of a design effort. By making decades of meaningful academic research accessible, easily understood and readily available to design practitioners, InformeDesign is doing a tremendous service to the design community and their clients. Designers who make use of this research will be better able to account for the human element in their designs and will therefore be able to design interior workspaces and workstations that are optimally conducive to productivity, comfort and long-term health. We believe that it is these elements of the client “experience” that will ultimately determine the design’s success and the client’s satisfaction. More information about Humanscale is available at http://www.humanscale.com
Officeinsight, Silver Sponsor Officeinsight is pleased to sponsor InformeDesign as we celebrate their long-term impact on design and the advancement of the design professions. InformeDesign provides evidence-based design to all designers who are interested in achieving greater success in their projects by basing their solutions on research. As reporters and commentators on events in the design business world, we recognize many fine contributions made by individuals, organizations, products, and businesses to the global society. We know that InformeDesign is providing an unending accretion of quantifiable data and theoretical knowledge so design can take its place among the areas of study and practice that are necessary for the advancement of civilization and the health, safety, and welfare of the human population. www.officeinsight.com
Steelcase, Silver Sponsor At Steelcase we are passionate about understanding work, workers and the workplace-not only through our own research but by partnering with organizations whom focus on design research. We are excited to support InformeDesign and their mission to provide practitioners with evidence-based design research that informs their design decisions impacting people's behaviors and their environments. Steelcase understands how important accessible research is for practitioners in supporting design solutions for their clients. We believe InformeDesign is a valuable resource for the design community. More information about Steelcase is available at www.steelcase.com
Founding Sponsor:
American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), Platinum Sponsor
ASID is the Founding Sponsor of InformeDesign since 2001 with its contributions totaling over $1.5 million in grants to the University of Minnesota, combined with its public relations and marketing support of the project. ASID has long recognized the contribution of research to advancing the profession of interior design. In fact, research is a major component of the Society's purpose. The ASID mission statement reads: "ASID advances the interior design profession through knowledge generation and sharing, advocacy of interior designers' right to practice, professional and public education and expansion of interior design markets." For that reason, ASID is proud to serve as the founding sponsor of InformeDesign and to promote its use to members of the design community and beyond. More information about ASID is available at www.asid.org
Additional Support by the University of Minnesota:
College of Design, Platinum Sponsor The College of Design engages in multidisciplinary research, creative production, teaching, and public engagement in a wide variety of design-related fields. InformeDesign is an invaluable resource in meeting the outreach mission of the University by presenting research from around the globe in a manner that is easily understood and applied in the design process. The College is pleased to support the work of InformeDesign and provide design practitioners, scholars, educators and students with access to evidence-based design criteria. More information about the College of Design is available at http://www.cdes.umn.edu