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Share Your Perspectives on Interior
Design
The International Interior
Design Association is looking for interior design
experts to share their knowledge and further the
Profession by contributing papers to Perspective
Journal.
Are you a leader in identifying
and addressing the challenges facing design practitioners,
their firms, and the design and manufacturing
community at large? Are you on the forefront of
cutting-edge thought and the newest design solutions?
Perspective seeks submissions that will
help advance design careers and the Profession.
Articles should be written in a conversational
style and from an objective, research-oriented
point-of-view. Specifics and facts to back up
claims are a must, as well as a compelling story.
Before you get started,
please see the Author Guidelines.
Ready to write? Contact Michelle Bowles (mbowles@imaginepub.com), Senior Editor,
or Jocelyn Pysarchuk (jpysarchuk@iida.org),
IIDA Managing Director, Communications and Marketing,
with your proposal. We'll offer you direction
and help you put together an insightful piece.
Thanks for helping
make Perspective the premier journal of
the interior design industry!
Perspective
Journal Author Guidelines
Perspective advances the state of the art
of the interior design practice by providing cutting-edge
information to professionals in the field. Perspective,
which is published by the International Interior
Design Association (IIDA) as an added value to
its Members, seeks to publish original, useful
articles in interior design, focusing on thought
leadership, emerging trends and issues facing
the profession.
Read by more than 10,000
professional interior designers in IIDA's membership
and select industry affiliations, Perspective
welcomes and appreciates contributions from the
general interior design community, including experts/advocates,
industry gurus and manufacturing specialists.
Perspective articles cover best practices,
lessons learned, state-of-the-art tools, commentary
on the state of the industry, and emerging design
theory. Perspective also contains letters
to the editor, resources and IIDA news to keep
the reader informed of new developments in the
design field.
Opinions/knowledge must
be presented in a manner that is:
- Substantive
- Provocative
- Inspirational
- Critical or "constructively
challenging."
Perspective neither
approves nor disapproves, nor does it guarantee
the validity or accuracy of any data, claim, opinion,
or conclusion presented in either editorial content
or advertisements.
The editor and editorial team review submissions.
Accepted manuscripts are subject to editorial
changes. The author is solely responsible for
all statements made in his or her work, including
changes made. Submitted manuscripts are not returned
to the author.
Authors must submit articles
in electronic format, as a Microsoft Word document.
Manuscripts must be in English. Foreign-language
articles are welcome, but an exact English translation
of all text and figures must accompany the document.
Overall, authors should:
- Keep article length to
approximately 1,500-2,500 words
- Retain a professional
tone; avoid first person
- Directed content to interior
design practitioners
- Substantiate factual
statements with references, and, if your article
is based on a research project, be sure to credit
any sponsors.
Direct all editorial queries
to Michelle Bowles, Senior Editor with Imagination Publishing, at 312.887.1000,
ext. 105. Send all completed manuscripts to Imagination
Publishing, 600 W. Fulton St., Ste. 600, Chicago, IL 60661 or e-mail electronic copies
to mbowles@imaginepub.com.
Artwork, including hard copy or electronic pictures
scanned to 300 dpi (minimum), graphs and tables,
is strongly encouraged. Electronic images should
be either JPEG, TIF or EPS format. Color pictures
should be taken by a professional photographer,
when possible, and should reflect optimum framing,
clarity and depth of field. Close-ups and action
shots are desirable.
All sources of information
(artwork or otherwise) including full name, title
(if applicable), address and phone number/Web
page must be listed separately.
PLEASE NOTE: As we are concerned
about the integrity of graphics and preserving
the design standards of the publication, we cannot
guarantee photos, slides or diagrams will be incorporated.
The entire editorial staff at Perspective
will do its best to produce your article in the
manner submitted. However, we do retain the right
to final editorial approval over all written and
graphic materials.
Clearances
Each author is responsible for clearance from
his/her organization as well as permission to
reproduce any figure, table and text previously
published by others. By submitting a manuscript,
the author certifies that it is not under simultaneous
consideration by any other publication; that neither
the manuscript nor any portion of it is copyrighted;
and that it has not been published elsewhere.
Exceptions must be noted at the time of submission.
The order of contents in a submission is title;
deck/teaser; byline; main body with introduction
and discussion points; author bio; sidebars (with
headlines); graph or table information; and captions
for suggested pictures.
Title-The title should
be brief, explicit and descriptive. It should
allow the reader to grasp the general nature of
the work.
Deck/Teaser-The deck/teaser
is a one-sentence article summary that entices
the reader by offering insights to be gained in
the article.
Byline-The byline
includes the author's full name, with middle initial.
Designations such as Dr., Mr., etc. will be removed.
Appellations are permissable, with IIDA listed
first in the series of affiliations.
Main Body-Paragraphs
should clearly state an individual concept as
concisely as possible. Use plain language when
possible, avoiding technical terms. Sections or
paragraphs should use subheadings when needed,
for easy reference. When long lists are required
to explain a concept, bullets are preferred. All
direct quotes must be referenced by speaker, company
and location. Commercialism and subjective claims
will be removed.
Author Biography-The
author bio must contain the author's full name,
company, location and credentials related to the
information presented.
Sidebars-Up to two
Sidebars of 700 words or less may be used to illuminate
another side of the main concept or tangential
information that explains the "big picture."
Graphs, Tables and Charts-This
information must be typed into the electronic
document. Data on the same line should be separated
by tabs. Returns should be used to separate lines.
A headline explaining the graphic must be included,
and all graphs, tables and charts should be numbered
consecutively. A key may be used to explain the
symbols/colors used. A picture or line drawing
of the completed artwork must accompany the electronic
version.
Captions-All artwork
must be accompanied by a brief caption that concisely
explains the concept presented in the picture,
table, chart or graph without reference to the
text.
Sources-Authors are
required to provide a list of their sources (name,
company, location, telephone number or Web site)
for editorial fact checking.
Style
The manuscript must be free of wordiness, irrelevant
material, incorrect spelling and repetition.
Perspective reserves the right to edit manuscripts
for style, and articles will NOT be made
available for review before publication, unless
prior arrangement has been made. Manuscripts must
be prepared in accordance with The Associated
Press Stylebook and Libel Manual and
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Style specific to Perspective
and Imagination Publishing:
. Appelation: IIDA always
comes first in listings of multiple appelations:
Richard Pollack, FIIDA, AIA, Kendall P. Wilson,
IIDA, AIA. List all subsequent appelations
in alphabetical order.
. Apostrophes: PLURAL
NOUNS NOT ENDING IN S: Add 's: the alumni's
contributions, women's rights. PLURAL NOUNS
ENDING IN S: Add only an apostrophe: the legion
of Bauhaus' followers, the VIPs' entrance.
. Capitalization: Always
capital "A" when referring to IIDA as
the Association. Always capitalize "M"
when referring to IIDA Members (membership is
not capitalized). Always capitalize Chapters,
Forums and Regions when used in reference to IIDA.
. Commas: IN A SERIES:
Use commas to separate elements in a series, but
do not put a comma before the conjunction in a
simple series: The flag is red, white and blue.
He would nominate Tom, Dick or Harry. Put
a comma before the concluding conjunction in a
series, however, if an integral element of the
series require a conjunction: I had orange
juice, toast, and ham and eggs for breakfast.
. Dashes: ABRUPT CHANGE:
Use dashes to denote an abrupt change in thought
in a sentence or an emphatic pause: We will
fly to Paris in June-if I get a raise. Smith offered
a plan-it was unprecedented-to raise revenues.
SERIES WITHIN A PHRASE: When a phrase that otherwise
would be set off by commas contains a series of
words that must be separated by commas, use dashes
to set off the full phrase: He listed the qualities-intelligence,
humor, conservatism, independence-that he like
in an executive.
. Footnotes: Incorporate
sources within the text. If this is not possible,
cite sources in a reference list at the end of
the article and incorporate parenthetical information
within the main body of the article.
. Hyphens: Hyphens are
joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form
a single idea from two or more words. Some guidelines:
AVOID AMBIGUITY: use a hyphen whenever ambiguity
would result if it were omitted: The president
will speak to small-business men. (Businessmen
normally is one word. But the president will
speak to small businessmen is unclear.)
COMPOUND MODIFIERS: When a compound modifier -
two or more words that express a single concept
- precedes a noun, use hyphens to link all the
words in the compound except the adverb very and
all adverbs that end in -ly: a first-quarter
touchdown, a bluish-green dress, a full-time job,
a very good time, an easily remembered rule.
. Interior Design: Capitalize
when used as a noun. Lowercase when used as an
adjective.
. Internet: Always has
a capital I.
. Journals: When referencing
a Journal, the publication's name is always italicized
with first letters capped, followed by the unitalicized
word, "Journal," always with the letter
M capped, i.e., Newsweek Journal,
U.S. & World News Report Journal.
. Numbers: Spell out
one through ten, 11 and up are written numerically
except for the case in which a number begins a
sentence: Nineteen people attended. And
except for the case of dates: October 21, 2001.
. Percentages: Do not
use % symbol, rather spell out: 25 percent.
. Pull Quotes: All pull
quotes must appear on the page where mentioned.
. Quotation: FOR DIRECT
QUOTATIONS: To surround the exact words of a speaker
marks or writer when reported in a story: "I
have no intention of staying," he replied.
"I do not object, " he said. "to
the tenor of the report." Franklin said,
"A penny saved is a penny earned." On
a first reference of a name attribution to a quotation,
use the individual's full name, title and company
name: "The Environment Group will establish
a green design initiative," said Cary Johnson,
President of The Environments Group. On a
second reference to that same individual, use
the last name only: "We have worked hard
to that end," asserted Johnson. References
are in past tense: said Johnson, asserted Pollack.
. Time: Use figures except
for noon and midnight. Use a colon to separate
hours from minutes: 11 a.m.,
1 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
. Titles: Capitalize
all titles: Chip Degrace, Creative Strategist.
. Trademark: For names
requiring a trademark or register mark, include
the applicable register mark in the headline and
first body copy reference.
. U.S.: Spell out when
used as a noun: The United States is the home
of Greenpeace. Use U.S. (no space) only as
an adjective: The U.S. Green Building Council.
. Web site: Capital "W"
in web, then a space before site, which has a
lower case "s": Web site.
. Years: Use an s without
an apostrophe to indicate spans of decades or
centuries: the 1890s, the 1800s
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