Interior Design Handbook of Professional Practice

Cindy Coleman

ISBN 10: 0071361634 / ISBN 13: 9780071361637

Published by McGraw-Hill Education - Europe, 2001

About this Item

A complete guide to the practice and business of interior design, complete for each different types of practice - commercial, retail, residential, healthcare, hospitality, institutional, preservation, and facitlity management. It includes useful forms, documents, contracts and resources for financial management, human resources and firm profiling. The book offers tips and techniques for effective marketing and promotion and provides guidelines for project management, estimating, specifying, space planning, and design.

Seller Inventory # CIN0071361634G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interior Design Handbook of Professional Practice
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071361634
• ISBN 13: 9780071361637
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Everything you need to know about the practice and business of interior design -- from McGraw-Hill and Interior Design magazine

Let today's most admired design professionals share with you their priceless insights, step-by-step guidelines, and real-life examples drawn from their own highly successful practices. Interior Design Handbook of Professional Practice packs fresh new ways of thinking and profitable ways of working -- quality information you expect when experts join forces! Comprehensive, hands-on details show you how to problem-solve the design needs of clients¿streamline every stage of your practice, from finding and winning clients to project build-out¿and master the most efficient negotiation, bidding, contract, and documentation techniques. Achieve professional excellence and profitability with this authoritative resource as you learn how to act on the implications of the profound changes occurring in the design industry today with tips from designers who are at the top of their game.

An outstanding preparation tool for the NCIDQ national licensing exam

About the Author

INTERIOR DESIGN magazine, based in New York City, is the leading professional interior design publication in the field. The Interior Design organization is an industry leader and the premiere source for consistent and effective communication regarding design excellence and the value of good design.

Editor-in-Chief CINDY COLEMAN is a graduate of The Art Institute of Chicago in Interior Architecture. She is a partner in the Chicago-based design and communications firm Frankel +Coleman and the former executive editor of the International Interior Design Association’s magazine Perspective. Coleman’s design work has won numerous awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Institute of Business Designers (IBD), the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) and ID Magazine. She is a frequent contributor to many of the nation’s design-related magazines and newsletters, advocating the value of design. Coleman lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.