book More Clients, & reach ethical consumers

earn a vegan, Cruelty-Free Design Specialty

 

Welcome

Vegan Design 101 Course

Ready to set yourself apart and get certified as a Vegan & Cruelty-Free Designer?

Inside our signature course, you’ll learn about the environmental impact of animal agriculture, hear from industry experts about the processes of manufacturing skins, hides, and furs, and become fully prepared to offer vegan design services as a part of your business model.

This training is the only one of its kind recognized by major design organizations including ASID, IIDA, IDCEC, and NCIDQ,

 

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Wait, but what if I’m not vegan?

That’s okay! You don’t have to be vegan to take this course

 

It’s a specialty to add to your existing services like LEED, home staging, or a color consultation specialty. It is an additional skill.

 

  • "There is so much to learn from the vegan design 101 course... not only how to find cruelty-free alternatives, but also how to market your business as one that offers vegan design"

    Brittany Mallard, Interior Designer

 

So Let Me Guess,

You’re here because…

  • You’re tired of blending in with other designers and want something to set yourself apart

  • You’re conflicted about whether your business’ values and your personal values fully align

  • You’re overwhelmed with the amount of research needed to find vegan, cruelty-free, and sustainable options

  • You’re frustrated that you’re not attracting your ideal clients

  • You’re angry about the unnecessary suffering of animals for the use of furniture and textiles in the design industry, and want to do something about it

Introducing

Vegan Design 101

This Cruelty-Free Training Accelerator is a "step by step" online course. It will show you how to add cruelty-free, healthy design to your existing services and become educated about the skins and hides manufacturing process. The course is accredited for 7.5 CEU's ensuring you are well-educated in this area of interior design.

 

What You’ll Learn

 Just Imagine

The Results You’re Going To Get

  • Standing out as a certified vegan, cruelty-free designer

  • offering additional services to your business

  • attracting the ethical consumer

  • marketing yourself as a sustainable and health-focused designer

  • aligning your business with your personal values

 

what are you waiting for?

How Does It Work?

  • Watch The Videos

    Each lesson consists of a 25-45 minute video packed with engaging content, informational interviews, and hidden camera footage of these horrific industry practices

  • Take The Quiz

    Each lesson includes a short quiz to test your comprehension of the video content

  • Complete the assignment

    Lastly, each lesson has a short research assignment to ensure you apply what you’ve just learned in a hands-on way

  • Get certified

    After completing each lesson, you will be sent an email certifying your completion of the course. Congrats!

  • Raquel Pompa, San Diego California

    “I couldn’t thank Deborah DiMare enough for making this course available to interior design professionals like myself and in business in general.”

  • Johanna Erkers, Stockholm Sweden

    “Everyone should take this course. Not only as business owners or interior designers but as human beings.”

  • Marisol Hernandez, Miami Florida

    “The cruelty free market is the future. New generations are more socially conscious. Our business has grown tremendously & offering cruelty-free alternatives in addition to our regular services. I highly recommend the course.”

  • Robert Wright, San Diego, California

    “By taking this course you will become aware of the truly cruel and inhumane practices that occur just to get product...that we could easily live without. In today's interior design product offerings, there are tons of fantastic cruelty-free alternatives.”

  • Tennille Wood, Westminster Colorado

    “VeganDesign.org is an excellent resource to learn about the issues of animal cruelty in the textiles industry and to learn about high quality animal-free alternative products.”

  • Chloe Bullock, Brighton United Kingdom

    “VeganDesign.org is a wonderful organization that focuses on highlighting and educating us about the animal suffering involved in the interior and fashion industries. The course also provides cruelty free alternative resources that can be bought instead.”

  • Alexis Hubbard, Harrisburg North Carolina

    “I am so glad I chose the VeganDesign.org Certification course. I think it is important for anyone who has the power to choose products for themselves or others to know the truth behind where each product is from and how many other options are so easily available. It is our responsibility as designers to make these right decisions and educate our clients about these choices.”

  • Lana Mciver, British Columbia Canada

    “The Vegan Design 101 Class enlightened me. All of the items covered were very real. The program brought more awareness on the process, to own animal products produced by companies for financial gain. Animals suffer around the clock for companies and individuals to profit. You can’t sleep at night knowing this is happening. It has to STOP and we all have to wake up and make change.”

  • Laurie Seubert, Warwick Rhode Island

    “The course is an eye-opening experience in more ways than one: first, as an informational and educational guide to the treatment of animals in the leather, fur, and other industries; and second, as a resource to let designers and others know that there are alternatives to furs and skins available that can accomplish design goals without endangering the animals who cannot speak for themselves. ”

Meet Your Instructor

Deborah DiMare is an accomplished cruelty-free design expert & trainer & has educated industry professionals about wellness & humane design globally. She has been the principal of DiMare Design, an ultra luxury compassionate design consulting firm for nearly 20 years. She is an author, TV personality, educational speaker, and global influencer for the vegan & wellness design movement.  

Deborah is showing the world that no living creature, human & non, need suffer or die for beautiful furniture. She has demonstrated how less toxic, healthier, durable and luxurious faux alternatives can easily replace wool, fur, leather & other animal derived materials.  

Deborah and her design expertise & training have been featured on the Today Show, NBC, TLC and in the pages of The Huffington Post, The Hollywood Reporter, Dezeen, Live Kindly & VegNews.

  • "Deborah DiMare is an experienced, intelligent, successful, design consultant who has the capability to guide everyone."

    LuAnn Nigara, A Well Designed Business Podcast Host

What You’ll Walk Away With

 

7.5 CEU’S

Apply 7.5 certified education units towards your professional organization membership requirements

Networking Opportunities

Stay informed with the community Facebook page and have first access to upcoming webinars and events

Course Certificate

Hang up your certificate in your office or have it ready to show in your portfolio

Lifetime Access

Once purchased, you will always have access to the course and any future updates

Website Badge

Add proof of expertise on your website with our certified badge showing you are a vegan and cruelty-free designer

Embeddable Video

Add an embeddable video to your website which explains the value of vegan, cruelty-free design and how you can help potential clients

  • Self-Paced

    The course is set up to be completed on your own timeline, some have completed the course in one day while others may take a few weeks to go through all of the content

  • Fully Online

    Even with quizzes and assignments, this course can be completed at home in your pajamas if you wanted to!

  • Professional Recognition

    This course is the only one of its kind recognized by major design organizations such as ASID, IDCEC, IIDA, and NCIDQ

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The certification itself is highly valuable if you want to set yourself apart from the competition and stand out.

    What's of equal or more value, is the knowledge you will gain, the community of like minded professionals you will be a part of and the never ending support.

    Compassionate design is one of the fastest growing lifestyle movements in the world, don't get left behind!

  • The training is for anyone seeking to gain more clients, reach the ethical customer, save animals and learn about healthier, vegan and sustainable design options. The training is for those wanting to add a cruelty-free design specialty to their list of services and credentials.

  • The certification itself is highly valuable if you want to set yourself apart from the competition and stand out.

    What's of equal or more value, is the knowledge you will gain, the community of like minded professionals you will be a part of and the never ending support.

    Compassionate design is one of the fastest growing lifestyle movements in the world, don't get left behind!

  • We created the training out of demand from ethical, health-driven and compassionate consumers. Thankfully they are forcing our industry to make change. We are the only training of its kind ANYWHERE in the world. There are no certifications that educate professionals about the importance cruelty-free, vegan design and how to use this credential. Our course teaches you to meet the needs of this customer and we do it in extreme detail.