Mark Bryan

Mark Bryan is the Chief Research and Strategy Officer at the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), where he leads the organization’s global research, foresight, and strategic intelligence agenda. In this role, he is responsible for advancing IIDA’s future-facing initiatives and expanding the association’s capacity to deliver insight-driven strategy, thought leadership, and applied foresight for the design industry.

 

Bryan also leads IIDA Futures, a dedicated research and foresight platform that consolidates IIDA’s work in future studies, strategic research, and scenario-based thinking. Under his leadership, IIDA Futures serves as a hub for original research, executive insights, educational programming, and the association’s Certified Design Futurist credential, supporting designers, manufacturers, and allied industries as they navigate long-term change.

 

A designer by training and a futurist by practice, Bryan brings deep experience across the built environment. Prior to joining IIDA, he served as Senior Foresight Manager at the Future Today Strategy Group, where he led foresight work across the Built Environment, Supply Chain and Logistics, Hospitality, Retail, Restaurants, and Consumer Goods sectors. His research has spanned supply chain and logistics, manufacturing, emerging technologies, urban systems, workplace strategy, and the future of communities.

 

Earlier in his career, Bryan worked as a designer, design strategist, and design researcher, advising clients that include national foundations, global consumer brands, product manufacturers, higher education institutions, healthcare systems, multifamily developers, senior living operators, and large corporate organizations. He has authored and contributed to research on workplace culture, co-living, distance learning, senior living environments, and the evolving role of design in shaping human experience.

 

Bryan previously served as IIDA’s Futurist-in-Residence and played a central role in developing and proctoring the Certified Design Futurist program. His work sits at the intersection of design, strategy, and foresight, helping organizations anticipate change, understand uncertainty, and design more resilient, human-centered futures.