When I first applied to college, I thought art was my field. But then noticing it was very ambiguous, I decided that I wanted something more specific but that still was related to art, therefore I turned to Interior Design. Funny to think the many assumptions people have when I tell them I'm in the Interior Design field, and after reading parts of the book "Design Through Discovery" I came up with my own solution for the assumptions the general people have.
- A lot of people think that Interior design is about decorating, but you’d be surprised when learning about the field. Decorating is only a small part of the field; Interior Designers are more related to Architects than to Decorators. In the field, we do the floor plan, which means the arrangement of the furniture and also the walls and doors; we doo the planning, we do the programming , and many others. Most decorators aren't interior designers, so they can't change some structures that Interior Designers can to achieve the aesthetics wanted.
- You don’t need specific drawing talents, because nowadays we use AutoCAD a lot to present our projects to clients and constructers.
- One part that a lot of people going into the field don’t realize is that there is a business part of interior design, where you have to manage the money and everything, what can you do with the money you have and what not.
- Another assumption is that you need to be a people person, where you need to be able to communicate with people and that sell your projects
- Me, as a student still on the process of applying to the Interior Design program, I know the field is hard because there aren’t many spots and I learned that it is because interior design is all about competition, because you need to convince someone you are going to do a better job than the other. Obviously there are grades involved when applying, but when you’re out of the university and in the real world, you need a portfolio, where the clients can see your previous works and such for a better understanding of your ideas and creativity.
- Also, it doesn’t matter the designer’s style, because at that end, you are trying to satisfy your client and not you own self. You might have to design something that you aren’t a fan of, but if it has a good solution for the situation that the client is in with their style, than that’s all that matters.
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“ Design is a plan for order, a step toward
stability, comfort and pleasure in a universe that sometimes seems chaotic”.
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Bevlin, Marjorie Elliott. Design through Discovery.
6th ed. New York: Buchholz, Ted, 1994.
