INTERIOR DESIGN BY DIANA LA INTERIOR DESIGN ACTIVITIES

INTERIOR DESIGN BY DIANA LA

INTERIOR DESIGN ACTIVITIES • Search for and bid on new projects • Determine the client’s goals and requirements of the project • Consider how the space will be used and how people will move through the space • Sketch preliminary design plans, including electrical layouts • Specify materials and furnishings, such as lighting, furniture, wall finishes, flooring, and plumbing fixtures • Prepare final plans, using computer applications • Create a timeline for the interior design project and estimate project costs • Place orders for materials and oversee installing the design elements • Visit after the project to ensure that the client is satisfied

REQUIREMENTS • BS degree for industrial designers. • May require the designer to: -Adjust their workday to suit their clients’ schedules & deadlines. -Meet with clients during evening & weekend hours (when necessary) -Travel to the clients’ design sites. Important Qualities: • Artistic Ability • Detail Oriented • Interpersonal Skills • Creativity • Problem Solving Skills • Visualization

ENVIRONMENT & OCCUPATIONS Environment: • Inside building/house (Clean comfortable offices) • Around cities/other companies Occupations: • About 54, 900 interior design jobs in 2012 • Job Outlook from 2012 -2022: 13% (Fast as average)

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES • Be creative in many ways. (Choose colors/furniture/what to add) • Work schedules. (Unless you work in a store) • Work in galleries. • Income. (*freelancers = not steady) • Tough clients. • Limited materials.

SALARY State Hourly Average California $27 $56, 240 New York $31 $64, 400 Texas $25 $51, 470 Depending on your luck, you can earn more or less than the average.

SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS IN SFSU

ABOUT THE CLASS ID 242 : Interior Design Graphic Communication I • Vocabulary, tools & graphic techniques. • Utilizing both manual & computer-aid methods. Classwork: 2 units Laboratory: 1 unit ID 440 : The Housing Structure and Its Component Parts • Construction processes. • Component parts. • Systems of environmental control used in housing environments. • Translation of 3 -demensional space, structural components, & systems in 2 -dimensional media. Classwork: 2 unites Laboratory: 1 unit

MY PERSONAL ASSESSMENT? Unsure RESOURCES • http: //www. google. com • http: //www. sfsu. edu • http: //www. bls. gov/ooh/arts-and-design/interiordesigners. htm • https: //www. umsl. edu