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Designing your business : professional practices for interior designers
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"Designing Your Business, 2nd Edition, transforms aspiring interior designers into savvy business people as well as creative interior designers by offering strategies for working effectively with c...
"Designing Your Business, 2nd Edition, transforms aspiring interior designers into savvy business people as well as creative interior designers by offering strategies for working effectively with colleagues, clients, and resources. The text explores business organization, legal and ethical issues, and business finance and accounting practices common to the profession. The practical approach and engaging interactive pedagogy make it easy and interesting to learn the intricacies of the business, law, and practice"--
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- Creator
- Gordon T. Kendall, Heidi Painchaud
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- English
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- Second edition
- New York : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc., 2016
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- xvi, 304 pages ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781501313950, 1501313959, 9781501313967
- OCLC
- ocn922970969
- Includes index.
- Part 1. You and your work : Introduction to professional practices : Introduction to interior design professional practices ; The context fro professional practice skills in interior design ; Characteristics of the interior design profession ; Toward a working definition of interior design professional practices ; Developing a formal, skills-based definition for professional practices ; Previewing core skills defining professional practice ; decision making in professional practice ; Consequences of business decision making ; Developing further your professional practice skills ; Procedures and processes for managing interior design projects ; Troubleshooting strategies in professional practice ; Applying professional practice skills -- Becoming a professional : Introduction to becoming a professional ; An overview of interior design's history ; Interior design education ; CIDA accredited programs ; National Council for Interior Design Qualification and the NCIDQ exam ; Licensing and registration of interior designers ; Preparing yourself for the future ; Preparing the interior design profession for the future -- Working ethically : Introduction to working ethically ; Perspectives on ethics ; A definition and understanding of ethics ; The business context of ethics ; Interpretation of codes of ethics ; Enforcement of ethical codes ; A place for ethics in the practice of interior design ; Codes of ethics and mission statements ; Practical examples of the ASID code of ethics -- Part 2. You and your business : Understanding law and your business : Introduction to law and your business ; A legal definition of the profession and work of interior designers ; Part I. Laws related to the interior design profession and businesses in general ; Part II. Laws related to the work of interior designers ; What is the best way to protect yourself as an interior designer? ; How can designers keep up with legal changes? -- Planning your business finances : Introduction to planning your business finances : Objective #1: Financial administration ; Objective #2: Financial measurement ; Objective #3: Financial evaluation ; More details about chapter objectives -- Problem-solving strategies for financial planning ; Sources of funding for your interior design business ; Accountants in your interior design practice -- Managing your business : Introduction to management of interior design business : Management functions ; Personnel management ; The organization chart ; Structure of interior design business ; The task of communicating information and evaluating workers ; Factors influencing management decisions ; Influence of employment laws ; Internal factors in business development ; Management policies and procedures ; Project team management ; Is management in your future? -- Marketing and promoting your business : Introduction to marketing and promoting your business ; Marketing and promotion for interior designers and their business ; Basics of interior design marketing ; Competition for interior design services ; Promotional methods ; Multichannel marketing for interior designers ; What interior designers need to know about "tech" marketing ; Brand building for designers and their businesses
- Part 3. You and your clients : Defining your services : Introduction to defining your services ; A context for scope-of-service analysis ; Evaluation of client needs ; Elements of the scope-of-service analysis ; The designer's duties ; Procedures and processes for defining your scope of services ; Problem-solving strategies related to scope-of-service analysis -- Charging clients for your services : Introduction to charging clients for your services ; A strategy for charging for your services ; The financial need of your business ; Ways to charge for your services ; Rate-based methods ; Sale of merchandise-based methods ; Combination methods ; Other methods ; A project's potential for profit ; A strategy for charging and collecting for your services ; Accounts receivable, credit, and interest ; Billing and collection procedures ; Hypothetical billing scenarios -- Managing your client's project : Introduction to managing interior design projects ; Initial perspectives on interior design project management ; Phases of interior design projects and their management ; The role of the project manager in interior design projects ; The functions of project documents ; Programming phase of interior design projects ; The design development phase of interior design projects ; The contract document phase of interior design projects ; The contract administration phase of interior design projects ; Factors to consider when managing interior design projects -- Defining the client relationship : Introduction to the designer-client relationship ; Contracts and the client relationship ; Contracts: presentation and negotiation ; Practical realities of contracts and interior design -- Part 4. You and your resources : Working with vendors : Introduction to working with vendors ; Availability of vendors and project merchandise ; Vendor's pricing and other policies ; General tax issues related to merchandise sales ; Product delivery issues in interior design ; Anticipation and resolution of potential problems ; Perspective on the vendor/client/designer relationship -- Working with service providers : Introduction to working with service providers ; Identification and location of service providers ; Work strategies for service providers: residential interior design ; Work strategies for service providers: the competitive bidding process ; Troubleshooting problems related to work with service providers -- Part 5. You and your career : Beginning your work life : Introduction to beginning your work life : The résumé and cover letter ; Your portfolio ; Preparation for an employment interview -- Planning your career : Introduction to planning your career ; Career evaluation: identifying your interests and focusing on your first career choices ; Interior design career options ; The merits and challenges of different work situations ; Emerging issues and areas of practice ; The global phenomenon