Interior Design. 6th edition. Mitina N.

You decided to professionally engage in interior design as an individual entrepreneur or open your studio. What do you need to know first of all? Judging the work of the interior designer by television programs devoted to the repair of apartments, it seems that the designer simply chooses the color of walls and sofa pillows or artistically hungs pictures. In fact, his task is to make the client’s dream of a beautiful, harmonious and convenient interior, and this requires quite prosaic work: measurements, drawings, technical solutions, coordination, compilation of estimates, search for the necessary building materials and furniture, work from builders. In addition, when the designer has a serious business, he has to think about taxes, advertising, searching for new customers and much more.

Natalia Mitina, an architect and interior designer, founder and head of the Koncepcija studio, disperses myths around interior design and tells about all the nuances of the work of a professional-from choosing an educational institution to creating their own design studio.