Careers in Interior Design

Re-de-sign: New Directions for Your Interior Design Career

  • ©2009
  • 368 Pages
  • full color | softcover | 8.5 x 11
  • 978-1-56367-639-0
$88.50
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Re-de-sign: New Directions for Your Interior Design Career offers a clear, concise survey of the field of interior design, from the tried-and-true areas of residential and contract design to innovative areas of specialty design. Whether delving into traditional areas such as product and furniture design or venturing into the new trends of lifestyle branding and Internet merchandising, author Cathy Whitlock deftly covers the spectrum of challenging and diverse choices available to those considering a career in design as well as to established designers who want to take their professional practice to new heights.
  • Explores the varied paths and diverse backgrounds of professionals who have combined vision and hard work to create a successful career
  • Brief sketches and personal interviews plus more than 28 full profiles highlighted of designers including: Alexa Hampton, Vicente Wolf, Kelly Wearstler, Mitchell Gold, Jonathan Adler, and Michael Graves, among others
  • Chapters illustrating each design profession using the six P's: The Profession, The Process, The Preparation, The Pay, The Path, and The Profiles

Instructors Resources
  • Instructor's Guide
  • PowerPoint® Presentation
The Interior Design Industry
  • The Domicile of Design
  • The Role of the Interior Designer
  • The Design Education
  • Designing Your Career

The Traditional Interior Designer
  • The Residential Interior Designer
  • The Contract Designer

The Diversified Designer
  • The Designer as Retailer and Merchandiser
  • The Designer and the Showroom
  • The Product and Furniture Designer
  • The Lifestyle Designer
  • The Specialty Designer

The Designer in the Media
  • The Designer in Print
  • The Designer on Television
  • The Designer in Hollywood

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Cathy Whitlock is a professional writer whose work has appeared in books, magazines, homes and businesses across the country. She is author of the book Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywood Art Direction (Harper Collins), contributing writer for Traditional Home, features editor for Array and a contributor to The Huffington Post. Her articles have appeared in Architectural Digest, American Airlines Celebrated Living, Veranda, Hollywood Reporter, ASID Icon, British Glamour and Four Seasons magazines and she writes the blog Cinema Style. She has also been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and The Fine Living Channel and appeared as a frequent on-air personality on Home and Garden Televisionā€˜s highest rated daytime show Decorating With Style. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York.

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