Professional Practice for Interior Designers
3rd Edition
Published on 9. August 2001
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-0-471-38401-4 (ISBN)
Description
Interior designers must be proficient in a variety of business practices to contribute to, manage, or launch a successful design office--including professional standards and values unique to the interior design profession. This book offers peerless and comprehensive coverage of professional practice for interior designers.
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Edition
3., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 28.6 cm
Width: 22.1 cm
Weight
1786 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-38401-4 (9780471384014)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Christine M. Piotrowski
Professional Practice for Interior Designers
Book
11/2007
4th Edition
Wiley
€83.90
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Previous edition
Christine M. Piotrowski
Professional Practice for Interior Designers
Book
10/1994
2nd Edition
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
€69.07
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Person
CHRISTINE M. PIOTROWSKI, ASID, IIDA, is the owner of Christine M. Piotrowski and Associates in Phoenix, Arizona, and a former professor of interior design at Northern Arizona State University in Flagstaff. She has more than 20 years of commercial and residential design experience.
Content
Preface. Acknowledgments. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROFESSION OF INTERIOR DESIGN. The Profession. Ethics. Personal Goal Setting. HOW TO ESTABLISH AN INTERIOR DESIGN PRACTICE. Planning a New Interior Design Practice. Advice and Counsel. Business Formations. Legal Filings. On Your Own. THE BUSINESS OF INTERIOR DESIGN. Business Organization and Management. The Planning Function. Personnel Management. Legal Issues of Employment. Legal Responsibilities. Warranties and Product Liability. MANAGING THE BUSINESS'S FINANCES. Financial Accounting. Financial Management. Determining Design Fees. Preparing Design Contracts. Product Pricing Considerations. The Sale of Goods and the Uniform Commercial Code. MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. Marketing Interior Design Services. Promoting the Interior Design Practice. Advanced Promotional Tools. Selling Your Services. Design Presentations. Personal Power. PROJECT MANAGEMENT. Project Management Techniques. Working with Trade Sources. Contract Documents and Specifications. Contract Administration. Contract Administration: Delivery and Project Closeout. CAREERS. Career Options. Getting the Next--or First--Job. Glossary. Appendix. Index.