Authors: Christine M. Piotrowski
ISBN-13: 9780471760863, ISBN-10: 0471760862
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: October 2007
Edition: 4th Edition
Christine M. Piotrowski, ASID, IIDA, currently provides consulting services to interior designers on business practices from Phoenix, Arizona. She is a former professor of interior design at Northern Arizona University and has more than twenty-five years of commercial and residential design experience. She is the author of several books on interior design including the award-winning Becoming an Interior Designer and the coauthor of the recently released Second Edition of Designing Commercial Interiors (both from Wiley).
The text of choice for professional interior design practice -- now with companion CD-ROM!
Since publication of the first edition in 1990, Professional Practice for Interior Designers has remained the leading choice for educators for teaching interior design business practice as well as for professionals seeking to advance in their own practices. This ASID/Polsky Prize winner is recommended by the NCIDQ for exam preparation and covers the gamut of legal, financial, management, marketing, administrative, and ethical issues. You gain all the essential skills needed for planning and maintaining a thriving interior design business, presented in the clear, easy-to-follow style that is the hallmark of this text.
This edition is completely current with the latest business practices and features a host of new practice aids:
From creating a business plan to launching a promotional campaign to setting up a computerized accounting system, everything you need to launch and sustain a successful interior design practice is here.
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Pt. I | An Introduction to the Profession of Interior Design | 3 |
1 | The Profession | 5 |
2 | Ethics | 31 |
3 | Personal Goal Setting | 43 |
Pt. II | How to Establish an Interior Design Practice | 51 |
4 | Planning a New Interior Design Practice | 53 |
5 | Advice and Counsel | 71 |
6 | Business Formations | 83 |
7 | Legal Filings | 97 |
8 | On Your Own | 111 |
Pt. III | The Business of Interior Design | 123 |
9 | Business Organization and Management | 125 |
10 | The Planning Function | 135 |
11 | Personnel Management | 147 |
12 | Legal Issues of Employment | 169 |
13 | Legal Responsibilities | 185 |
14 | Warranties and Product Liability | 197 |
Pt. IV | Managing the Business's Finances | 207 |
15 | Financial Accounting | 209 |
16 | Financial Management | 231 |
17 | Determining Design Fees | 243 |
18 | Preparing Design Contracts | 265 |
19 | Product Pricing Considerations | 303 |
20 | The Sale of Goods and the Uniform Commercial Code | 323 |
Pt. V | Marketing and Business Development | 339 |
21 | Marketing Interior Design Services | 341 |
22 | Promoting the Interior Design Practice | 353 |
23 | Advanced Promotional Tools | 371 |
24 | Selling Your Services | 395 |
25 | Design Presentations | 409 |
26 | Personal Power | 429 |
Pt. VI | Project Management | 447 |
27 | Project Management Techniques | 449 |
28 | Working with Trade Sources | 477 |
29 | Contract Documents and Specifications | 489 |
30 | Contract Administration | 519 |
31 | Contract Administration: Delivery and Project Closeout | 543 |
Pt. VII | Careers | 557 |
32 | Career Options | 559 |
33 | Getting the Next - or First - Job | 577 |
Glossary | 617 | |
Appendix | 637 | |
Index | 643 |