Choosing a Career as an Interior Designer

Suppose you buy a land and want to build your house or build commercial apartment on it. You will really a complete team for doing so. Apart from architect and civil engineer there is one more profession which is very busy in getting the house ready. He is none other than an interior designer. Their main job is to design the furniture and all interior infrastructures related to house or apartment. Apart from educational qualifications there are some more skills which an interior designer should know. I will discuss some of the skill which they should have and also how are they important.

Qualities which an interior designer must posses:

1. A designer should be able to sketch space ad submit it visually appealing.

2. He should have indebt knowledge of the materials and products which are used to interior decoration. It really compulsory that they should know each product otherwise he will surely not be so successful.

3. An interior designer should be able to work with architect, contractors and civil engineers. This is very important and they should know the importance of team work.

4. It is necessary to have time and project management skills. This will really help them a lot.

5. He should be a good learner. He should really know how to learn from mistakes. This will enormously help him in improving.

Types of interior designer:

The work of an interior designer can stretch from area such as historic restoration, energy conservation and planning barrier free facilities for aged and the physically challenged. The guide to careers in designing places of interest for some of the segments:

1. Residential designers: designs residential apartments.

2. Entertainment designers: designs theater, clubs, parks, malls and multiplexes.

3. Institutional designer: designs schools, colleges, universities etc.

4. Health care designer: designs hospitals and other health care centers

5. Office designer: designs offices

6. Retails designers: designs stores.

There some interior designers who take the contract of whole mall, multiplexes, hospitals, restaurants etc while the other just work under some of the interior designer. In fact there is no limit for how big project which you can get. It’s on your experience.

Salary for interior designer:

An average interior designer earns on an average a salary in four figures. Their salary ranges from £20000 to $£0000. However there is no limit for some of the experienced self employed interior designers. They really earn a lot. There are some designers also who have some historical background. They are really very popular among the masses.

Future:

Can you say that their will be no new house, restaurant, offices or apartments which will be build in future, certainly not. Hence this field is evergreen and you can only hope for best.

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