Main entry:

Siegel, Harry, 1914-

Title & Author:

A guide to business principles and practices for interior designers / by Harry Siegel with Alan M. Siegel.

Edition:

New rev. ed.

Publication:

New York : Whitney Library of Design, 1982.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Practice in interior design and how to establish one -- Interior design as a profession -- Divisions of the profession -- Business formations -- Location and nature of the business -- Securing essential counsel and assistance -- Carrying a job through and charging for it -- Initial contact with the client -- Analysis of scope of services -- Letters of agreement -- Confirmation of contract proposals -- Methods of determining fees and compensations -- Approach to the flat fee -- Other job cost factors in setting fees -- The client's budget -- Estimation and control of the budget -- Purchase orders -- Client's inventory and billing control -- Billing and collecting -- Sales tax -- Special requirements of nonresidential work -- The nonresidential market -- Initial client contact in nonresidential work -- Nonresidential fees and compensations -- Nonresidential letters of agreement -- Nonresidential estimates and procedures -- Special factors, forms, and techniques -- The interior designer as a product designer -- Relations with trade sources -- Theory, objectives, and methods of recording time -- Insurance -- The client's job book -- Contract breakdown -- Other working forms -- Basic elements of bookeeping and accounting for interior designers.
Also issued online.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0823072525
9780823072521

Subject:

Interior decoration firms Management.
Interior decoration Practice.
Sociétés de décoration intérieure Gestion.
Décoration intérieure Pratique.

Added entries:

Siegel, Alan M., 1948-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 29360
Call No.: 9824; ID:88-B15000
Status: Available