Membership Criteria
- Professional, (RDI) - has met tenure, educational and certification requirements, been subjected to peer review and vetting of professional proficiency, and has been certified by their chapter's Executive Committee.
- Life Member (RDI) - a retired Professional Member still active in the Institute, and approved by the Board of Directors.
- Fellow (FRDI) - a Professional Member who has exhibited the highest level of professional achievement in their career and made a significant contribution to RDI through a sustained period of service. A member must be nominated by other Professional, vetted by committee and then approved by the Board of Directors.
- Associate (Associate RDI) - a person on a career track to becoming a Professional member who is still fulfilling educational, tenure or certification requirements.
- Allied Members (Allied RDI) - essential members of the design team who are specialists in their own right. Visual merchandisers, graphic designers, lighting consultants, IT experts, draftsmen, detailers, marketing professionals supporting retail design and other specialists who are actively involved in the design & creation of retail space.
- Designer Educator - a department head or full time professor or instructor in store design/planning, architecture, or interior design at a college, university or technical school.
- Student Member - enrolled students in architecture, industrial and/or interior design programs who are considering a career in retail store design.
- Media Member - individual editors or writers for publication in the store design/planning field.
- Trade Affiliates - companies and individuals who derive income from the sale of goods or services to the retail design community. These may be architectural materials suppliers, fixture and/or equipment suppliers or service providers who ascribe to the aims & mission of Thre Retail Design Institute.
- Honorary Members - individuals form outside the store design profession, such as retailers or other business executives, not otherwise qualified for membership, who have made a significant contribution to the Store Design profession. These individuals are nominated by membership and approved by the Board of Directors.
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