Professional Practice for Interior Designers
Christine Piotrowski
The tools needed to create and manage a thriving interior design practice. This essential sourcebook provides all of the information needed to establish and manage a productive, profitable interior design firm. Filled with savvy business and career advice, Professional Practice for Interior Designers, Third Edition delivers updated and expanded coverage of the full range of legal, financial, management, marketing, administrative, and ethical issues faced by sole practitioners, firm principals, and managers.This comprehensive reference lays out clear, practical guidelines on how to structure a contract and prevent legal problems; work with other designers, allied professionals, clients, and vendors; and calculate fees that are both fair and profitable. Recommended reading for NCIDQ candidates, it offers easy-to-follow tips and instruction on how to: * Write and implement a successful business plan * Choose the right form of business to fit specific needs * Institute strategic planning* Develop effective promotional tools * Manage finances and set up a computerized accounting system * Manage employees and team members. Establishing a comprehensive foundation for effective business practice, Professional Practice for Interior Designers, Third Edition is the one-stop resource that no interior designer can afford to be without.
ISBN: 0471384011
Format: Hardcover, 672pp
Pub. Date: July 2001
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Interior Graphic Standards
Maryrose McGowan, Kelsey Kruse
The interior construction of a building includes everything inside of the structural shell from interior partitions and floor systems to wall covering and carpeting. With over 3000 illustrations, this book is the most complete and authoritative professional reference on interior construction available and is the definitive interior design reference that the industry has been waiting for.Guide to planning, designing, detailing, finishing, and decorating commercial spaces. Presents three areas of practice information: general design criteria, finish material selection and construction assembly detailing, and building typology design criteria. For architects and interior designers. Fully illustrated, with index and glossary. DLC: Building--Details--Drawings.
Following in the tradition of Architectural Graphic Standards, and echoing the same illustration-packed format, this new work addresses every topic essential to interior architecture: space planning, material selection, acoustics and lighting, air quality, accessibility…even the selection of fixtures and furniture.
Interior Graphics Standards contains an incredible depth of information on more than 170 topics and comes complete with more than 3,000 new illustrations and 100 color plates. Here you'll find all the selection, specification and detailing information you need for working inside the structural shell, from interior partitions and floor systems, to color and lighting, to wall covering and carpeting. In addition, you’ll find expert advice on planning and finishing dozens of the most common interior building types, from large commercial offices to childcare centers and hotels. All of this was guided by an advisory board of leading interiors professionals nationwide from firms such as Gensler, The Hillier Group, Perkins & Will, Richard Meier Partners, SOM and more
Easily the most complete and authoritative reference of its kind on the market today, Interior Graphics Standards will see you through every stage of your interior project from the initial planning through the final evaluation.
Hardcover: 720 pages
Publisher: Wiley (May 9, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN: 047140568X
The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design
Human factors research impacts everything from the height of kitchen counters to the placement of automobile pedals to a book's type size. And in this updated and expanded version of the original landmark work, you'll find the research information necessary to create designs that better accommodate human need.
Featuring more than 200 anthropometric drawings, this handbook is filled with all of the essential measurements of the human body and its relationship to the designed environment.
You'll also discover guidelines for designing for children and the elderly, for the digital workplace, and for ADA compliance. Measurements are in both English and metric units.
Hardcover: 104 pages
Publisher: Wiley; Bk&CD-Rom edition (December 14, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN: 0471099554
Human Dimension and Interior Space: A Source Book of Design Reference Standards
Human Dimension & Interior Space provides information about interior space requirements and human dimensions that are indispensable to the beginning design student or the practicing professional. Its drawings and charts are clear, easy to understand and even easier to apply. It should be part of every design professional's library or student's required reading list. It is also refreshing to note that this book has integrated barrier free design/accessibility issues into each space type that is covered, and not made it a separate issue.
Hardcover:320 pages
Publisher:Watson-Guptill Publications (1979)
Language: English
ISBN: 0823072711
