Designer Vern Yip returns to TV for the fourth season of “Design Star”

Interior designer and (for many) Trading Spaces favorite Vern Yip will be returning to a regular TV spot on Sunday evening (check local listings for your local airtime) .

According to a recent article in Atlanta Access, “Design Star,” which typically draws three or more million people a week on Sunday nights, has already created two HGTV stars with their own shows: studly David Bromstad from season one and sweet Kim Myles from season two.

For its fourth season debuting Sunday at 10 p.m., “Design Star” is moving to the city of Angels ( Los Angeles ), which will allow for some celebrity guest stars (including Kathy Griffin, Jason Priestley and Tiffany Thiessen).

Yip, the only judge who has had a consistent presence for all four seasons, is "genuinely excited about this year’s crew of contestants.," according to the article.

“We attracted a really high caliber of talent, people who have won national design awards, people who have started their own furniture lines,” he is quoted as saying. “One has worked with the top photographers in the business including Annie Liebovitz.”

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An Interior Decorator in Florida by any other name

Interior Decorator or Interior Designer, to many people they are one and the same, but not according to Florida State Law. At least, not for now.

To become a licensed Interior Designer, Florida law requires two years of classroom training and a four-year apprenticeship. Applicants also must pass an exam offered by a national design institute.

Anyone who doesn't complete the licensing requirements can't use the name "Interior Designer" or a similar title, such as "space planner."

But this may change, if a national conservative group, The Institute for Justice, has their way.

According to a recent article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the group is filing a federal lawsuit to overturn Florida's 21-year-old licensing laws for the interior design business.

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