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The interior planning profession became competent after World War II. From the 1950s onwards, investing in the home increased. Interior design courses were established, requiring the publication of textbooks and reference sources. Historical accounts of interior designers and firms distinct from your decorative arts specialists were offered. Organisations to education, qualifications, standards and practices, etc. were established with the profession.[18]

Interior design was once seen as playing a second role to architecture. It also has lots of connections with other design disciplines, between work of architects, industrial designers, engineers, builders, craftsmen, etc. For these reasons, the us govenment of home design standards and qualifications was often utilized in other professional organisations that involved design.[18] Organisations for example the Chartered Society of Designers, established in the UK in 1986, along with the American Designers Institute, founded in 1938, governed various parts of design.

It hasn't been until later that specific representation to the interior design profession was made. The US National Society of Interior Designers was established in 1957, within the UK the Interior Decorators and Designers Association was established in 1966. Across Europe, other organisations such as The Finnish Association of Interior Architects (1949) were being established along with 1994 the International Interior Design Association was founded.[18]

Ellen Mazur Thomson, author of Origins of Graphic Design in America (1997), determined that professional status is achieved through education, self-imposed standards and professional gate-keeping organizations.[18] Having achieved this, decor became an established profession.