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California Designers Against Legislation

CADAL

WHITE PAPERS

Designing Cartels: How Industry Insiders Cut Out Competition

Dick Carpenter, Ph.D., The Institute for Justice

Interior Design Protection Council, May 2008

National Kitchen & Bath Association, February 29, 2008

Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design, October, 2004

National Association of Schools of Art and Design, March, 2003

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

International Furnishings and Design Association, 2003

Interior Design Society and National Home Furnishings Association

The Coalition for Interior Design Accountability, September 16, 2003

Goldwater Institute, December 8, 2003

ARTICLES & EDITORIALS

Wallpapering with Red Tape, George F. Will, Washington Post, March 2007

Watch Out for That Pillow, Clark Neily, The Wall Street Journal, April 2008

Hospitals and Homes: What Qualifications are Right for Interior Designers?  

Patti Morrow, Jennifer Perkins, Letters to the Editor, Wall Street Journal,April 2008

 , Patti Morrow, Lansing State Journal, February 2, 2008

The Running Dogs of Interior Design, Radley Balko, The Agitator, March 25, 2008

Grand Rapids Press, March 25, 2008

Fighting The Interior Design Cartel, Chip Mellor, Liberty & Law, December 2008

Consumer Protection Often Isn't, December 13, 2007, Michigan Live

Interior Designers Fight New Law, Jenn McDowell, Hooksett Banner, October 11, 2007

Do You Need a License to Earn a Living?  Alan Krueger, NY Times, March 2, 2006

The Right to Practice, Lynne Viccaro, Kitchen & Bath Design News, May, 2007

Interior Design Shouldn’t Be an Exclusive Field of Knowledge

Anders Nereim, Metropolis Magazine, June 1, 2005

Legislation Should be a Last Resort, Janice Costa, Kitchen & Bath Design News, May, 2007

Interior Design Lobby:  Losing Momentum? The Angle, AIA, March 9, 2006

Interior Designers Step Up Practice Bill Pursuit, The Angle, AIA, May 12, 2005 

They design interiors -- but can they tell customers that? Austin Business Journal, May 10, 2007

Lawsuit falls on same day House hears designer bill

Melanie Spencer, American-Statesman, June 1, 2005 

RESOURCES

Getting Grassroots Galvanized (available to grassroots leaders), Patti Morrow, 2007

THE Survival Guide: Home Remodeling, Diane Plesset, Available through Amazon

Interior Designers Disagree on Licensing

Don't Regulate Interior Designers

Rebuttal to ASID Message Guide