Listed below are the standards and requirements for the Design Connection program at Michigan Design Center. Failure to meet these requirements may result in dismissal from the program. These standards and requirements are expected to be satisfied for each six-month commitment:

• Design Connection membes must take any client, regardless of size of potential project.


• Design Connection members must be “on-call” at MDC a minimum of one day per month. Each designer is responsible for finding their own replacement if they cannot work on their scheduled “on-call” day. Missing a scheduled “on-call” day may result in dismissal from the program.


• Design Connection members are required to meet a minimum validated amount in Design Connection client sales from MDC showrooms for each six-month session and must show consistent increases in showroom sales each session thereafter in which designer is a participant in the program.


• MDC expects that a minimum of 75% of all sales to Design Connection clients be purchased through MDC showrooms.


• Complaints received from showrooms and / or clients regarding Design Connection members' business practices will result in membership review and possible dismissal from the program.


• Design Connection members are required to participate in “special events” including, but not limited to, Sample Sale and consumer outreach events and tours. These events will be announced in advance, but may change each season.


• Design Connection members are responsible for recapping the sales activity of each Design Connection client on a timely, or at least monthly basis.


• Design Connection members must remain on MDC premises while on Design Connection assignment (including on-call days and special events).


• Design Connection members understand that more than ONE unexcused absence from a meeting / assignment / commitment within a 6-month agreement period may result in dismissal from the program.