Phyllis Harbinger, FASID, NCIDQ, CID

Founder
Phyllis Harbinger-Design and Business Consulting

Phyllis Harbinger, FASID, CID, is a professional interior designer, author, speaker, and educator.  Since 1993, she has successfully run her award-winning firm, Design Concepts/Interiors, LLC, which services both commercial and residential clients worldwide.

Phyllis is NCIDQ certified, NYS Certified, and a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers, serving as president of the ASID NY Metro Chapter in 2014-15 and in leadership roles on the national level as chair of the ASID Chapter Support Team from 2016-17, and two task force committees since 2018. She has also been a member of the Decorators Club since 2012, and a CIDQ ambassador since 2017. She is a mentor and a tenured adjunct assistant professor of Interior Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), her alma mater, where she has taught Design Studio and Professional Practice for the past twenty years.

In 2014, Harbinger embarked on an editorial journey with Wiley Publishing and launched an exciting book, “The Interior Design Productivity Toolbox,” which streamlines the processes and systems for interior designers, students, and the design/build community. As a direct result of the success of the book, Phyllis and her team launched her business strategy and coaching business to further her work with designers, architects, and the design/build community, providing a unique set of tools with which her clients can grow and manage their roles in the corporate world or as principals of their own firms.

Phyllis has been a resident guest host of The Chaise Lounge and The Student Lounge, critically acclaimed and globally recognized podcasts serving the design community, and speaks on a wide variety of topics.