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Professional Practice for Interior Designers in the Global Marketplace

Susan M. Winchip
  • ©2012
  • 528 Pages
  • Softcover | 8.5 x 11
  • 978-1-60901-138-3
$85.00
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The interior designers of tomorrow require a professional practice text that is contemporary and innovative enough to prepare them for the rapidly-evolving landscape of the 21st century workplace. Professional Practice for Interior Designers in a Global Marketplace arms students of the millennial generation with the know-how they'll need to launch and evolve their careers. It emphasizes the essential skills and knowledge required to work in a firm as an entry-level designer, while providing an overview of what is involved in starting, owning, and operating an interior design business. Although rooted in fundamentals, the book incorporates up-to-the-minute developments including globalization, changing demographics, the rise of networking technologies, sustainable design, social responsibility, and global economics.

  • Dynamic layout, including photos, illustrations and sharp, useful information graphics, designed to appeal to visual learners
  • Examples of interdisciplinary projects, practices, and organizations within the context of the professional practice of an interior designer
  • Directories of professional organizations, research resources, blogs, relevant government agencies and boards, design centers and international exhibitions, as well as CIDA professional standards and examples of professional contracts
  • Emphasis on CIDA professional standards and examples of professional contracts

Instructors Resources
  • Instructor's Guide
  • PowerPoint® Presentation
Launching a Career in the Interior Design Profession
  • Fundamentals of the Interior Design Profession
  • Career Opportunities in Interior Design
  • Attaining an Entry-Level Position

Working in a Design Firm
  • Professional Business Responsibilities
  • International Business Practices
  • Professional Compensation, Administrative Practices, and Legal Responsibilities

    • Long-Term Client Relationships and Project Responsibilities
    • Long-Term Client Relationships
    • Project Management Strategies
    • Client and Project Management Strategies for the Phases of the Integrated Design Process

    Owning and Operating an Interior Design Business
    • Business Requirements
    • Operating and Managing a Green Interior Design Business
    • Business Policies and Operations
    • Promoting an Interior Design Business
    • Managing, Growing, and Leading a Profitable Interior Design Business

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Susan M. Winchip , LEED AP, MIES, IDEC, is a Professor Emerita of Interior and Environmental Design in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University. She has over 20 years of experience designing residential, corporate, and institutional interiors with specialties in lighting and sustainability. She has published monographs and in several academic journals, including Journal of Interior Design Education and Research, Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Quality in Higher Education, and the College Student Journal. Winchip is winner of the ASID Foundation 2010 Polsky Prize Award for her textbook, Visual Culture in the Built Environment: A Global Perspective (Fairchild).

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