tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-662135918781613306.post8888430785078670335..comments2024-01-19T03:47:36.217-08:00Comments on Jackie Blue Home: DESIGN EXPERT STATUS ~ Who Really Qualifies?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04276018897812515763noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-662135918781613306.post-28322115001118218262014-09-22T14:48:35.328-07:002014-09-22T14:48:35.328-07:00Interesting post. On the one hand, it's so fr...Interesting post. On the one hand, it's so frustrating that even celebrity designer Kelly Wearstler was barred from practicing interior design in Florida because she "was not certified" (according to Joni's 2008 post here: http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2008/06/asid-agency-out-of-control.html). I don't care what the State of Florida says -- if Kelly Wearstler calls herself an expert on building an interior design brand and offers a class in my area, I'm taking it! Yet on the other hand, I agree with you that there are more and more seminars and certification programs springing up all over the place that are of dubious quality. Many of these self-dubbed "experts" do seem to be brand new business ventures for designers who have not been successful in their own design businesses, or entrepreneurs with little or no experience in the industry who are looking to cash in and exploit the many practicing designers who lack the gold standard of ASID credentials, and/or those who are on an independent study track to change careers or to increase their professional knowledge, and are not in a position to go back to school to get them. Rebecca Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14801489818836195754noreply@blogger.com