Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Business & Economics / Careers / Hale, Robert K, 747 Ha
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch

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Includes index.
Designs on an industry : it's not a job, it's an adventure -- The state of interior design : staking your claim in a boom industry -- Cutting your teeth in the real world : do you have the chops? -- Understanding design segments : the art of interior design -- Putting off the designer high dive : on starting your own business -- Defining your dream : understanding models, pricing, and fees -- Marketing your business : networking, public relations, and advertising -- How to attract clients : selling yourself in the design world -- Setting up your design studio : getting it right the first time -- Building your village : procurement, delivery, and installation -- Client management : game-planning your design business -- The state of interior design : now and beyond.
"Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer contains all the necessary tools and strategies to successfully launch and grow a professional design business in the competitive world of interior design. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience, this book includes case studies and personal anecdotes that help teach you how to: choose a design field; branch out into product and architectural design; garner referrals; market, position, and promote your business; bid competitively on projects; manage sales and organize a budget; design within a retail environment; set pricing guidelines; obtain and keep clients; identify and sell to your target demographic; set up your office. Readers will find a history of the business side of interior design as well as various career tracks available to today's budding entrepreneur. This updated second edition also examines the current state of the interior design industry and what's in store for the future of firms. Interior designers early in their careers and students will need this one-stop guide"-- Provided by publisher.

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