On 18 June 2015 the British Institute of Interior Design (BIID) awarded the well-known CEO of the campaigning organisation Anti-Copying In Design (ACID) Dids Macdonald OBEwith a Fellowship. This was in recognition of her untiring work on behalf of the design industry over many years. Dids started out as an interior designer before moving on to product design.Interesting though that factoid is, I barely gave it a thought at the time. Not until I came across a recent query about copyright and interior design posted on a forum, did I start to ponder the question: how exactly is interior design protected?Copyright We all know that architectural plans and works of architecture are explicitly covered by copyright, but that definition surely cannot be extended to include soft furnishings or wall coverings, which in no way constitute the fabric of the building in which they are installed. Admittedly, the patterns on fabrics and wall coverings (Designers Guild comes to mind) may well…
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