Welcome to the Resources Hub
Whether you're a residential designer, specialise in commercial spaces, or are a student looking for foundational knowledge, BIID offers a wide array of resources.
Sustainable Specifying Guide
The BIID have produced an in depth tool kit to guide you through sustainable specifying
Job finding and recruitment in interior design
Where can you search for an interior design role, and how should practices find candidates to join their teams?
How to Reduce and Offset Your Practice’s Carbon Emissions
Discover how you can lower the carbon emissions of your practice, and offset them
Responding to Referrals: How best to approach it
We give top tips on how to respond to BIID client referrals for interior design projects.
Your practice’s carbon footprint – how to assess it
Find out how to calculate the carbon footprint of your design practice and the benefits it brings
Sourcing & Supplying: What You Need To Know
Are you an agent or a principal? Our guide will help you understand both.
New marketing tool for designers launched
Use our ‘Choosing A Designer’ checklist to help your pitch stand out
Should you publish fees on your site?
We take a look at the strategy of listing fees on a practice website, and if the pandemic has had an influence.
Top tips for photographing your own projects
Showcase your designs with great interior photography - What you need to know.
RIBA Plan of Work and Interior Designers
We introduce the RIBA Plan of Work and how it can be useful to interior designers.
What you need to know about the living wage
Make sure you’re clued-up about the living wage if you’re an employer. Our guide has the details
How to Design Remotely
Lockdown demanded new ways of working. We take a look at how it might be achieved