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.

Susanne Brandherm brings with her many years of practical experience from national and international projects, as well as perspectives from teaching and professional policy. Her aim is to clearly articulate the quality and ethos of interior architecture, to promote sustainable planning approaches, and to further sharpen the profession’s sense of responsibility with regard to resources, the built environment and social spaces. She views interior architecture as a connecting element between function, identity and cultural context.

By expanding its Executive Committee, the bdia is sending a clear signal in favour of forward-looking association work and the ongoing development of the profession. The new structure crreates opportunities for fresh impetus and a nuanced engagement with the industry’s current challenges.

brandherm + krumrey interior architecture congratulates Susanne Brandherm on her new role and looks forward to the opportunity it brings to actively shape the discussion on quality, sustainability and social responsibility in interior design.