Interior Design Law and Business Practices

C. Jaye Berger (Author)

9780471583424, Wiley

Hardback, published 16 March 1994

240 pages
26.2 x 18.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.581 kg

You don't have to learn your lessons the hard way anymore.

Most designers have to learn their lessons through time andexperience when it comes to the business and legal aspects ofstarting and running an interior design firm. Now, Interior DesignLaw and Business Practices makes the hard lessons easy. It is thefirst book to offer comprehensive coverage of all crucial businessand legal aspects of starting and running an interior design firm.Written by an attorney with an all-star team of experts includingaccountants, marketing specialists, and successful designprofessionals, it teaches you important lessons about:
* Setting up an interior design practice
* Maintaining records and correspondence
* Negotiating contracts with clients and contractors
* Obtaining professional liability insurance
* Marketing design services
* Accounting for design firms
* Handling and setting legal disputes
* Licensing products and furniture designs
* And much more

Starting an Interior Design Business.

The Business of Interior Design (N. Lewis).

Running the Business.

Marketing Interior Design Services (R. Brandt).

Accounting for Interior Designers (J. Beck).

Professional Liability Insurance for Designers (J. Monteleone &B. Eisler).

Interior Design Contracts.

Contracts with Contractors.

Licensing of Products.

Purchasing Furniture and Selecting Products.

Legal Disputes.

New Areas of Concern for Interior Designers.

Appendix.

Index.

Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]