Your Perfect Home-Based Studio: Guide For Designers & Other . . . - Softcover

Evans, Poppy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581801327 ISBN 13: 9781581801323

Publisher: Adams Media, 2001

Synopsis

Creative professionals who work out of their homes face a number of challenges, both anticipated and unexpected. Simply knowing where to start is perhaps the most difficult obstacle of all. In Your Perfect Home-Based Studio, everything from taxes and setting up a workspace to the psychological aspects of working at home is covered. Whether the reader is a graphic artist, a new media designer or an illustrator, all the information they need is here, including:

* the basics of setting up and running a business
* sure-fire methods for getting clients and getting paid
* suggestions for structuring a studio environment
* guidelines for putting together a powerful business plan
* how to get the best deals in equipment and furniture
* information on getting legal and professional advice
* how to stay in compliance with federal and local tax and zoning regulations

Designers will also find invaluable sidebars full of tips and advice, and samples of business forms and bookkeeping systems that make Your Perfect Home-Based Studio the perfect home business reference.

About this title

About the Author

Poppy Evans is a freelance graphic designer and writer who has been working from her Park Hills, Kentucky home since 1991. She has authored eight titles and is a frequent contributor to many design magazines and teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati.

Reviews

These two books help prioritize the steps involved in setting up a successful home office, a task that can be daunting. Freelance graphic designer Evans focuses on selecting the appropriate equipment and furniture for her line of work, and throughout she includes visits to the studios of other successful designers. But she also covers every other aspect of establishing a home business, including financing, zoning, taxes, and the like, making her book useful for anyone who wants to set up a home business. Sweet gives an overall look at setting up a home office with considerations for personal and professional needs. However, Lorrie Mack's Calm Working Spaces (LJ 1/01) gives more practical, solid advice then found here. Evans's book is essential for any graphic design collection and, given the comprehensive information on working at home, recommended for public libraries. Purchase Home.Work where there is a continued interest in creating home offices.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581801327
• ISBN 13: 9781581801323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144