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Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer
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Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Robert K. Hale; Thomas L. Williams


Summary

This insider's guide 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 architectural design - design within a retail environment - set pricing guidelines - sell to your target demographic - set up your officeReaders will find a history of the business side of interior design as well as various career tracks available to today's budding entrepreneur. Any early career interior designer or student looking for practical advice on the ins and outs of running a design firm will need this one-stop guide.

From the publisher

Robert K. Hale has opened and successfully managed residential design offices in Philadelphia, London, Baltimore, and most recently co-founded Hale-Williams Interior Design, with offices in Carmel and Palm Springs, California. He has appeared with his partner, Thomas L. Williams, on the popular television show Designers’ Challenge. Hale is a member of the Best Practices Network, a division of Designing Profits, Inc. (a national group dedicated to the business of interior design). He lives in Carmel, California.

Thomas L. Williams is the author of 20/20: IFDA’s Vision for the Future, a series of articles on design and the business of interior design, and has taught business practices for interior designers at Monterey Peninsula College. As a cofounder of Hale-Williams Interior Design, he has drawn on his years of experience with interior design firms to create seminars and multi-day classes for private schools. Williams, an avid blogger, lives in Carmel, California. Hale-Williams Interior Design was named the 2008 Design Firm of the Year by the Business Practices Network.

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  • Title Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer
  • Author Robert K. Hale; Thomas L. Williams
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Allworth
  • Date 2009-05-19
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9781581156591 / 1581156596
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Architectural
  • Library of Congress subjects Interior decoration - Vocational guidance
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008041105
  • Dewey Decimal Code 747.092

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Praise for Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer

“Reading this book is like talking to Mr. Hale and Mr. Williams in person. The tongue-in-cheek humor and 'practice what you preach' philosophy make the book a fun and informative read.”–Mary Nelson, instructor, Monterey Peninsula College

“Real-world insight to the design industry. Street-smart advice for a successful design career. if you are serious about your career, this is an 'in-the-trenches' look from seasoned veterans that will be invaluable to someone starting out.”–Phil Norman, Norman Design Group

“Hale and Williams provide a very realistic road map for the intricate business model of interior design. A must-read for anyone considering this industry.”–Carol E. Parra-Little, CEO, Corporate Design Group, Inc.

Citations

  • Library Journal, 09/15/2009, Page 58
  • LJ Best Books of Year, 12/15/2009, Page 52
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2009, Page 246

About the author

Thomas L. Williams is the author of 20/20: IFDA's Vision for the Future, a series of articles on design and the business of interior design, and has taught business practices for interior designers at Monterey Peninsula College. As a cofounder of Hale-Williams Interior Design, he has drawn on his years of experience with interior design firms to create seminars and multi-day classes for private schools. Williams, along with his business partner, Robert Hale, is the coauthor of Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer. He lives in Carmel, California.
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