What Does an Interior Designer Do?
An interior designer is professionally trained to create a functional and quality interior environment. Qualified through education, experience and examination, a professional designer can identify, research and creatively resolve issues and lead to a healthy, safe and comfortable physical environment.
Interior designers provide various services including:
- Consulting services to help determine project goals and objectives
- Generating ideas for the functional and aesthetic possibilities of the space
- Creating illustrations and renderings
- Developing documents and specifications relative to interior spaces in compliance with applicable building and safety codes
- Allocating, organizing and arranging a space to suit its function
- Monitoring and managing construction and installation of design
- Selecting and specifying fixtures, furnishings, products, materials and colors
- Purchasing products andfixtures
- Designing and managing fabrication of custom furnishings and interior details
- Designing lighting and specifying