Interior architecture encompasses more than just design; it embodies a mindset, a sense of responsibility, and an active contribution to social development. This makes it all the more important for representatives of the profession to provide impetus at the association’s policy level and to help shape its strategic development.

Since February 2026, Susanne Brandherm, co-founder of brandherm + krumrey interior architecture (bki), has been Vice-President of the Association of German Interior Architects (bdia). Together with bdia President Carsten Wiewiorra, Gabriela Hauser, Johann Haidn and Andrea Rausch, she will shape the association’s strategic and substantive direction in future. The aim is to further strengthen the position of interior architecture within interdisciplinary discourse and highlight its social relevance.