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= Description: =

Interior Designers use their creative knowledge and artistic abilities to design living spaces for their clients. These designers make spaces for almost any location. Whether it is an office building, a household, an apartment, shopping malls, restaurants, hotels, or even schools, interior designers help get the job done. People hire interior designers in order to create the best look or feel to an environment, depending on its function. For example, someone who rents out a floor in an office building may want to hire an interior designer to make sure his working environment will help his employees boost their office productivity. Another example could be when someone is building a hotel, they could hire an interior designer to make sure that their hotel has homey qualities about it, but also the hotel's customers will feel luxury when they come for a visit. Society does not frown upon this occupation, in fact many highly respected people hire interior designers to fix or improve their company's or their living space.

=Responsibilities and Tasks on the Job:=

Some of the responsibilities and tasks interior designers must be able to complete include reading blueprints, understanding building and fire codes, and knowing how to make spaces available to the handicapped. Interior designers provide many services for their customers. Interior designers chose colors schemes for rooms, choose furniture for the rooms they are designing, suggesting art pieces that will tie rooms together, deciding if a room needs remodeling coming up with an overall design style or scheme, suggesting slight changes in architectural structure (such as adding built-in shelving or larger windows), considering upgrades to power, telephone or water supply to a room as needed, obtaining building permits, drawing or computer modeling the space, restoration of rooms or buildings to historical accuracy. Interior designers can work for themselves or can work for a company. If working for a company there are opportunities to get promotions and there are more health benefits.

=Education​= In order to work in this industry, it is necessary to have a postsecondary education for entry level postitions. Also, a number of states require a liscense or a register for interior designers. The National Council for Interior Desinger Qualification administers the liscensing exam for interior design qualification. To be eligible in interior design in order to take the exam, applicants must have at least six years of combined education and expirience in interior designing, of which at least two years must be possecondary education.

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Depending on the field you are in as an interior designer there are different salaries. The median annual wages for interior designers were 44,950 dollars in May 2008. The middle 50% earned between 34,620 dollars and 61,880 dollars. Interior design salaries vary widely with the specialty, type of mployer, number of years of expirience, and reputation of the individuals. Although the salaries vary, the overall employment trends for this occupation is good. Employment for interior designers is expected to grow 19 percent from 2008 to 2018, faster than the average for all occupations. The reasoning for this is that there is an overall interest in the design field and awareness of its benefits will increase demand for designers. = = =Necessary skills=  Employers usually look for Interior designers know how to use the program CAD (computer-aided design) and are familiar with the basics of architecture and engineering to ensure that their designs meet building safety codes. Not only are interior designers required to have technical knowledge, but also creative knowledge. Workers in this field of industry must be imaginative, persistent, must be able to communicate their ideas visually, verbally, and in writing. Designers also need to be open and know about all the changing trends. Not only this but Interior designers must be quick at solving problems and need to work privately and under pressure and budgeting their client's money and time in order to meet deadlines and stick to a schedule. Employers also look for workers who have some previous designing experience. They want their employees to know what they are doing and to be trained in the field. Some ways to gain experience include working at a design magazine or even at a TV show.

=Pros and Cons=

Pros: 1.) Work regular hours 2.) Can work all around the world 3.) Everyday holds new opportunities to create and design something new 4.) Creative and interesting job 5.) If working for a company you can get health benefits and more vacation time

Cons: 1.) It's a relatively expensive major 2.) It is not easy to study interior design because at many colleges it is a selective major 3.) Cash flow is inconsistent 4.) The field is very competitive 5.) Changing market so constantly need to be educated

=Terms Interior Designers Must Know:=

In order to be an Interior Designer there are many, many terms that you must know. Some are included below.  Focal Point- the point of emphasis in a well designed room Floor Plan- a measured drawing of the dimensions, features, windows, and door openings in a room CAD/CADD- computer aided drafting and design Antique- furniture, art, or decorative objects over 100 years old Balance- a harmonious and satisfying arrangement of design elements Analogues color schemes- using three colors adjacent on the color wheel. These colors create warm and cool combinations Abstract- design elements showing general forms instead of a detailed and realistic representation Dado - the lower part of an interior wall Elements – The five elements in Chinese belief – earth, wood, fire, metal, and water – that offer essential clues to the practice of Feng Shui. Glaze – Glassy melted coating on a clay surface. Glaze has a similar oxide composition to glass, but includes a binder. Hue – The pure state of any color. Molding – A strip of contoured wood applied to a wall or other surface, normally used to hide seams between materials or to add a decorative element to a wall or structure

=Sources:=

[] This website is a glossary showing the many words and terms you may need to know in order to become an interior designer. [] This Website gives basic information on the occupation. [] This link will lead you to teh Bravo TV website, and here you will learn about the reality TV show, Top Design. This TV show has many contestants all showing their ability and talent with interior designing, and in the end one will be victorious. [] This website is an article that tells you the many steps you may need to go through in order to become an interor designer. [] This website informs people on all the characteristics they need in order to become an interior designer, the keys to success, and just what an inteiror designer is. =About the Author:=

Eli attends Rye Middle School and is currently in the eighth grade. Interior Design has always been a career she wanted to learn about and thought interesting. So when her Beyond RMS class had to research one occupation in particular, she immediately decided interior design. She has learned that it sounds like a very interesting career and may be fun to try later on in her life. Eli enjoys spending time with her friends, lacrosse, field hockey, and sailing.