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Writing for Interior Design

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Writing for Interior Design

Patricia Eakins
  • ©2005
  • 528 Pages
  • softcover, 6 x 9
  • 1-56367-279-0
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Applying a unique, highly creative hands-on approach, Writing for Interior Design builds on design students' visual communication skills to develop their ability to express themselves verbally. It leads students from basic writing skills to fluency in a wide range of genres that professionals need for communication with colleagues, employers, suppliers, clients, and the market. It also provides guidance for entrepreneurial designers in start-up practices with limited budgets.

• Documents and forms that serve as models of professional writing

• Marginal tips that highlight strategies for effective communication

• Provocative discussion questions and exercises to link classroom learning to application in the workplace

• Audience and Writing Style
• Description: The Basis for Writing about Interiors
• Analysis: A Tool for Understanding
• Professional Identity and Capability Presentation
• Writing to Win Business
• Writing for Agreement
• Contracts for Construction and Fabrication
• Contract Administration: Fixtures, Furnishings, and Equipment
• Writing in the Design Office
• Contract Administration: Construction and Installation
• Marketing through Promotion, Advertising, and Publicity
• Selling Yourself to Prospective Employers

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Patricia Eakins has taught professional writing, basic composition, and creative writing courses at such colleges and universities as New York Institute of Technology, The New School, Trinity College, and New York University. She has also served as an editorial consultant on vocational textbooks and is the author of a collection of short stories and a prize-winning novel.

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