10 Things You Should Know About Becoming an Interior Designer

If you are interested in the creative and design industries, Interior Design is an option you must explore as a possible career choice. Interior Design is a challenging field that never really gets dull. But before you make a life-altering career decision, there are some things that you must know.

1. Interior Designers are NOT Interior Decorators

   The prime difference between Interior Designing and Interior Decoration is education. Anyone who enjoys playing with colours, textures, and fabrics can become an Interior Decorator; all they need are business cards and clients. Interior Designers, on the other hand, have a formal education, which is also a prerequisite for working in the industry.

2. You Must Have a Knack for Design

   As apparent as it may be if you are thinking about becoming an Interior Designer, it is important that you possess an innate talent for understanding design, colours, spatial arrangements, and architecture.

3. Interior Design Isn't Just Fabric and Fun

   Although colour, fabrics, and furniture are an important part of Interior Designing, that is not all that there is to it. All Interior Designers must have a thorough understanding of the history of design, the structural integrity of buildings, building codes, spatial concepts, ergonomics, computer-aided drawing (CAD), etc. Interior designers must have a broad range of skills because they are required to work with a diverse clientele that includes homeowners, architects, builders, etc.

4. You Must be a People’s Person

   People can often be finicky, especially when it comes to their living space. For a successful Interior Design career, you must be good at pleasing your clients and be able to steer them towards a much better outcome, while making sure that they feel in control of the design process.

5. You Must Develop a Portfolio

   No amount of words could describe your capability as an Interior Designer. Unless you have a stellar design portfolio to showcase your skills, it would not be easy to get established in the industry.

6. Interior Design Industry is Competitive

   Interior Designing as a career has gained a lot of popularity in the past few years. As a result, more students are flocking towards the industry. The key to gain recognition is to have a stellar education and portfolio.

7. Virtual Designers Have an Opportunity

   If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that you do not always need to visit the site to do the designing physically.. Thanks to technological advancements Interior Designers too can telecommute and can work for clients from anywhere in the world.

8. Designers Must Know Local Laws and Codes

   As a designer, you must always have the knowledge of building, electrical, plumbing codes of the region where you are working.

9. It is Not About Your Style

   An Interior Designer must always remember that although the project represents their creativity and design thinking, it is vital that it reflects the client’s personality and lifestyle. It is their job to offer the client options and suggestions; however, the final decision must be of the client.

10. Payscale is Not as High as You Think

    Although Interior Designing is a booming industry, you may not be as well paid as you expect. However, the scope of success in the field is high for creative people with an eye for aesthetics.

Your education makes a huge difference to your future in Interior Design. Hence, choosing a good Interior Designing course from a reputed institute is of utmost importance. Private institutions like the Indian Institute of Art and Design (IIAD) have perfected their curriculum to benefit the students and nudge them in the right direction.

Hi, I am Diksha Sharma. By profession a blogger & writer. Currently living in Gurugram, Haryana. I have done my bachelors in technology in Information technology. I am passionate about writing and traveling. I am pet lover & fond of music.