SIDA
Rooms on view: SIDA’s exhibitions, 1953-1986
From its inception, the Society of Interior Designers of Australia (SIDA) used exhibition rooms as an effective marketing and education tool. The ‘rooms’ were each designed by an individual SIDA member as an idealised space often for a named personality.
SIDA exhibitions: a full listing of designers and their display rooms
Between 1953 and 1986, the Society of Interior Designers of Australia (SIDA) staged nine exhibitions of model rooms, each room designed by an interior designer.
SIDA: advocate and caretaker for a new profession
The Society of Interior Designers of Australian (SIDA) was a local expression of an international movement. The label ‘designer’ rather than decorator was used by a professional body as early as 1936 and SIDA saw itself as advancing the new profession
![Marion Best Pty Ltd: 'A room for Mr. Peter Sculthorpe' by designers Marion Hall Best and Deirdre Broughton, [Rooms on View 1971]](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2023/02/62763ef4ccea407ab49734fd3b7795b5.jpg)
Finding aid: SIDA collection
The Society of Interior Designers of Australia (SIDA) was a professional body, founded in 1951, to represent the interests of interior designers in Australia. It promoted interior design to the general public and also set standards of practice for the profession
The Society of Interior Designers of Australia (SIDA)
An introduction to the founding, role and objectives of SIDA