Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer

Description

Cover; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Designs on an Industry: It's Not a Job, It's an Adventure; Chapter 2 The State of Interior Design: Staking Your Claim in a Boom Industry; Chapter 3 Cutting Your Teeth in the Real World: Do You Have the Chops?; Chapter 4 Understanding Design Segments: The Art of Interior Design; Chapter 5 Plunging Off the Designer High Dive: On Starting Your Own Business; Chapter 6 Defining Your Dream: Understanding Models, Pricing, and Fees.;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 - obtain and keep clients - garner referrals - market and position your business - bid competitively on projects - manage sales - organize a budget - manage start-up costs and cash flow - promote your business - branch out into product and.