Interior Designers Association of Nigeria · Since 2007
The professional
body for interior
designers
Nigeria’s only professional association for professional interior designers. We uphold standards, support qualified practitioners and give the profession a trusted platform for recognition, connection and growth.
A unified, credible, and globally aligned interior design ecosystem in Nigeria.
To lead the growth, credibility and impact of interior design and allied professions through standards, advocacy, collaboration, education and professional development.
Our direction
From decoration to design thinking.
A space can look beautiful and still fail the people inside it. IDAN's work, and everything we publish, starts from that idea.
Change the perception
Interior design is the discipline of reading a space. It starts at the planning stage, with a close study of how the space works, where it falls short and how to resolve it.
Change the thinking
Good design answers a particular space and the people who use it. Trends and copied references don't. We design for here.
Spaces that serve the public
Interior design belongs in hospitals, schools, airports and government buildings too, where design decides how thousands of people wait, learn, heal and work.
A seat at the table
No building comes from one profession. Interior designers are one specialist voice in a larger team, in the room from the first drawing.
What we do
Structure. Advocacy. Visibility.
Interior design is a profession, not a finishing trade. IDAN sets the standard for practice, speaks for the profession, and connects qualified designers with the people who commission space.
Clear standards and pathways
Membership criteria, portfolio review, continuous professional development and a code of conduct that protect clients and practitioners.
A voice in national policy
Working with government, educators and allied professional bodies on recognition, regulation and design education.
The profession, seen
Events, media and a public directory of verified members, so homeowners and businesses can find qualified designers.
Get involved
Where would you like to start?
Designers, students, clients and partners all have a route in.
Membership
Categories, benefits and the path to becoming a verified member.
Explore membership →
Learning & CPD
Webinars, practice clinics, the CEO Roundtable and mentorship.
See learning →
Find a designer
A public directory of verified IDAN members across Nigeria.
Open the directory →
Events
The summit, World Interiors Day, Industry Night and the archive.
View events →IDAN Media
In our words, and in the press.
Everything IDAN publishes, and everything published about IDAN, in one place.
IDAN Conversations
Architects and interior designers at one table, on how spaces are designed for the people who use them.
See the episodes →Project films
Short films with members on a recently completed project: the problem, the solution and the result.
About the films →
#AskIDAN
The Executive answers the questions members ask most: membership, practice and standards.
Ask a question →National Interior Design Summit · First edition
Interiors as
Infrastructure
Saturday 24 October 2026, Lagos. One day for the people who commission space and the specialists who shape it. Free, by invitation. An initiative of IDAN in collaboration with Design Week Lagos.
From the President
“Design is not a luxury; it is infrastructure, the human interface of every national plan.”
Jacqueline AkiPresident, IDAN · African Interior Design Congress 2025
Under its sixth president, IDAN is working on three priorities: clearer membership pathways and regional support, a stronger public voice for the profession, and closer work with educators, regulators and policymakers on standards.
Recent events
The profession, in the room
Photo records of recent IDAN events. The full archive grows with every programme.
Working with
Strategic partners
IDAN works alongside the institutions shaping design in Nigeria and across Africa.
African Council of Interior Architects and Designers, co-convener of AIDC 2025.
International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers.
In the news
IDAN in the press
Coverage of IDAN's work from Nigerian media.
Connect. Grow. Be recognised.
Join Nigeria's professional body for interior designers, and practise as part of a community that holds itself to a standard.