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Summary: To be an interior designer, the training involves either a two- or four-year program to receive certification before working hands-on in the field. Find out what it takes to start designing spaces with helpful tips from a professional interior designer in this free video on design jobs.
Daniel Sawyer is the founder and president of DL Design located in Raleigh, N.C. Active in North Carolina’s design community, Sawyer obtained an Associate of Arts degree in interior...read more
"Well I truly believe that as an interior designer it is somewhat of an innate born with talent. I believe, either you get it or you don't, because back to what I have said about my life and how I got into it and at 12 and 13, I was designing my aunt's house and putting out 13 Christmas trees that or 9 Christmas trees at age 13 so you know it is something that you get and it's a passion from a very young age. However, I do believe that there is a certain amount of education that you have to complete in order to make sure that you're not transforming spaces that are not functionable. So you know there are two and four year programs for interior design to complete and say o'kay here is a certification this person cannot only design residential spaces but can design commercial spaces and at the end of the day they are functionable, they make sense and it is not some random person deciding to open up their home business and creating spaces that don't make sense. I believe that consumers should definitely look at training. I believe that before I went to school I definitely had a talent and I definitely could transform some spaces but I would take nothing for my education and the pushing to allow me to think, that's what school gave to me is it truly pushed me to think for myself and to develop concepts that I had not thought about and also pulled back the reigns on some things that you can have a room that looks great but doesn't serve a purpose and is not functionable for the client so the client may come in and be very happy and then six months later they are calling you and they're telling you that they hate it that they hate the way the room is arranged and that it doesn't do anything for them. So as an interior designer you know that training is not just transforming a room or transforming a space for a single moment of likability or for a single moment of enjoyment, the design process is exactly what it says, it is developing a space from concept. What does the person want, what does the client want and then to completion and then by completion I don't just mean not just when the room is finished but for many years to come and the client enjoys that and that is what I feel like the interior design education gave me."
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