Professional Practice for Interior Designers - Hardcover

Piotrowski, Christine M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1119554519 ISBN 13: 9781119554516

Publisher: Wiley, 2020

Synopsis

The leading guide to the business practice of the interior design profession, updated to reflect the latest trends

For nearly thirty years, Professional Practice for Interior Designers has been a must-have resource for aspiring designers and practicing professionals. This revised and updated Sixth Edition continues to offer authoritative guidance related to the business of the interior design profession—from the basics to the latest topics and tools essential for planning, building, and maintaining a successful commercial or residential interior design business.

Filled with business tips and best practices, illustrative scenarios, and other pedagogical tools, this revised edition contains new chapters on interior design in the global environment, building client relationships, and online marketing communications. The author also includes updated information on web and social media marketing, branding, and prospecting for global projects. Recommended by the NCIDQ for exam preparation, this Sixth Edition is an invaluable resource for early career designers or those studying to enter the profession. This important book:

• Contains three new chapters that focus on client relationships, marketing communications, and interior design in the global marketplace.
• Includes new or updated sections that reflect the recent trends related to social media, branding, sustainable design practice and more
• Offers invaluable pedagogical tools in every chapter, including chapter objectives and material relevant for the NCIDQ
• Instructors have access to an Instructor's Manual through the book's companion website

About this title

About the Author

CHRISTINE M. PIOTROWSKI, FASID, IIDA, provides consulting services to interior designers on business practices. She is a former professor of interior design at Northern Arizona University and has over thirty-five years of commercial and residential design experience. She is a two-time winner of the ASID/Polsky Prize. She is the author of Becoming an Interior Designer; Designing Commercial Interiors; Problem Solving and Critical Thinking for Designers; and Professional Practice for Interior Designers, all from Wiley.

From the Back Cover

The leading guide to the business practice of the interior design profession, updated to reflect the latest trends

For nearly thirty years, Professional Practice for Interior Designers has been a must-have resource for aspiring designers and practicing professionals. This revised and updated Sixth Edition continues to offer authoritative guidance related to the business of the interior design profession from the basics to the latest topics and tools essential for planning, building, and maintaining a successful commercial or residential interior design business.

Filled with business tips and best practices, illustrative scenarios, and other pedagogical tools, this revised edition contains new chapters on interior design in the global environment, building client relationships, and online marketing communications. The author also includes updated information on web and social media marketing, branding, and prospecting for global projects. Recommended by the NCIDQ for exam preparation, this Sixth Edition is an invaluable resource for early career designers or those studying to enter the profession. This important book:

• Contains three new chapters that focus on client relationships, marketing communications, and interior design in the global marketplace.
• Includes new or updated sections that reflect the recent trends related to social media, branding, sustainable design practice and more
• Offers invaluable pedagogical tools in every chapter, including chapter objectives and material relevant for the NCIDQ
• Instructors have access to an Instructor's Manual through the book's companion website

From the Inside Flap

The leading guide to the business practice of the interior design profession, updated to reflect the latest trends

For nearly thirty years, Professional Practice for Interior Designers has been a must-have resource for aspiring designers and practicing professionals. This revised and updated Sixth Edition continues to offer authoritative guidance related to the business of the interior design profession—from the basics to the latest topics and tools essential for planning, building, and maintaining a successful commercial or residential interior design business.

Filled with business tips and best practices, illustrative scenarios, and other pedagogical tools, this revised edition contains new chapters on interior design in the global environment, building client relationships, and online marketing communications. The author also includes updated information on web and social media marketing, branding, and prospecting for global projects. Recommended by the NCIDQ for exam preparation, this Sixth Edition is an invaluable resource for early career designers or those studying to enter the profession. This important book:

• Contains three new chapters that focus on client relationships, marketing communications, and interior design in the global marketplace.
• Includes new or updated sections that reflect the recent trends related to social media, branding, sustainable design practice and more
• Offers invaluable pedagogical tools in every chapter, including chapter objectives and material relevant for the NCIDQ
• Instructors have access to an Instructor's Manual through the book's companion website

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119554519
• ISBN 13: 9781119554516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 752