Interior Designer's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for the Design of Interiors


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Your up-to-date, on-the-job quick reference Fully revised throughout, Interior Designer's Portable Handbook, Third Edition, helps you create workable, on-the-spot design solutions by putting the latest codes, standards, specifications, costs, and materials data at your fingertips. This convenient pocket guide now includes information on green/sustainable components and technologies. Perfect for in-the-field estimating as well as licensing exam prep, this indispensable, time-saving tool helps you with everyday design challenges. Inside, you'll find: Coverage of the entire process, from initial planning and estimating through design, construction, and installation Quick access to the current International Building Code (IBC) Materials and specifications checklists that make interior design decisions fast and easy CSI MasterFormat organization that follows the job step by step Updated unit costs for furnishings, fixtures, finishes, and other interior components and systems Examples and design details illustrating key techniques and procedures Includes details on: Site furnishings * Concrete finishes * Masonry * Metals * Wood * Thermal and moisture protection * Doors, windows, and glass * Finishes * Specialties * Equipment * Interior furnishings Assemblies * Conveying systems * Mechanical * Lighting and electrical




The Interior Designer's Portable Handbook


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Pat Guthrie, author of The Architect's Portable Handbook, now turns his attention to interior design. Like its predecessor, the book is organized in CSI MasterFormat, modified for the interior design profession. It covers initial planning and estimating through design and construction/installation. Included are materials and specifications checklists, quick references to applicable codes and standards, design data, and typical details. Examples show applications of techniques and procedures. This invaluable reference, like all titles in the Portable Handbook series, provides "the 20% of information needed 80% of the time."




Interior Designer's Portable Handbook 2/E


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This handy, one-stop answer book helps interior designers, decorators and architects come up with fast, on-the-spot design solutions by putting the latest codes and standards, costs, materials and specification information at their fingertips. * Materials and specification checklists for fast and easy interior design decisions and solutions * Content organization follows the logical progression of the design process * Updated unit costs for furnishings, fixtures, and other interior components and systems




Interior Designer's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for the Design of Interiors


Book Description

"Fully revised throughout, Interior designer's portable handbook, third edition, helps you create workable, on-the-spot design solutions by putting the latest codes, standards, specifications, costs, and materials data at your fingertips. This convenient pocket guide now includes information on green/sustainable components and technologies. Perfect for in-the-field estimating as well as licensing exam prep, this indispensable, time-saving tool helps you with everyday design challenges"--P. [4] of cover.




A Handbook for Interior Designers


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From meeting a client for the first time to doing the survey, from negotiating a price to managing the job, everything that goes into implementing an interior design project is here, thoroughly and attractively illustrated. Designers--and those who want to know what it's like to be one--will get a comprehensive overview of the skills needed to work successfully in the field. They'll see how to create, present, and interpret floor plans, elevations, and perspective drawings, and transform blueprints into beautifully redone living spaces. There's advice on color schemes, floor and wall treatments, fabrics, and soft furnishings--and an essential chapter on professional practice. The gallery of color photos and drawings showcases imaginative solutions to common problems in every room.




The Layperson's Beginning Bible of Interior Design


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What is interior design?" "What is 'good' taste?" "Can 'good' taste be bought?" The answers to these common questions-and more-are found in this book, written for people who want to expand, learn, know, experience, and appreciate a higher level of aesthetics for their personal residential interior environment. Since childhood, author George W. Moore IV has been sensitive to the power of beauty and the effects and fulfillment thereof. His has been an educational and spiritual journey to explore and experience the root sources, manifestations, and fulfillment of beauty, especially in the area of interior design. Now he puts his experience to work for you, sharing his insights on how to make the best design decisions for your needs and budget. If you are looking for an insider's guide to interior design and good taste, this handbook can help. Rather than quick fixes, top ten lists, or one-size-fits-all generic solutions, "The Layperson's Beginning Bible of Interior Design" offers readers a humorous, educational, and philosophical guide to residential interior design. It seeks to help people who know nothing of the subject, those who think they have all the answers, and those who simply want to expand their knowledge, perceptions, and appreciation of their interior environment aesthetics.




The Interior Design Handbook


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The new comprehensive bible of interior design, from a home styling guru who has coached an entire Scandinavian generation in the art of creating a harmonious home. Frida Ramstedt believes in thinking about how we decorate, rather than focusing on what we decorate with. We know more today than ever before about design trends, furniture, and knickknacks, and now Frida familiarizes readers with the basic principles behind interior and styling—what looks good and, most of all, why it looks good. The Interior Design Handbook teaches you general rules of thumb—like what the golden ratio and the golden spiral are, the proper size for a coffee table in relation to your sofa, the optimal height to hang lighting fixtures, and the best ways to use a mood board—complete with helpful illustrations. Use The Interior Design Handbook to achieve a balanced, beautiful home no matter where you live or what your style is.




The Interior Design Business Handbook


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Thousands of interior design professionals have come to rely on The Interior Design Business Handbook for comprehensive, accessible coverage of the essential procedures, tools, and techniques necessary to manage a successful interior design business. The Fifth Edition of this essential resource has been revised to address the latest trends and changes in the field, with new and updated material on business size and structure, building a brand, client development, social networking and Internet marketing, finances, purchasing, technology and software programs, and other key areas. Complete with more than 75 sample forms and letters, this Fifth Edition is a one-stop resource for all aspects of establishing and running an interior design business from choosing a location and managing day-to-day operations to growing a business and putting it up for sale. All of the techniques and procedures in the book are rooted in real-world experience and are used daily in successful design firms throughout the United States. Filled with valuable information for solo practices and small firms as well as larger businesses, this book is an indispensable resource for seasoned professionals as well as interior designers who are at the start of their career.




The EDN Designer's Companion


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'You will most certainly find answers to some of your toughest design problems between the covers of this volume' Steven H Leibson, Editor in Chief, EDN Magazine. Since its first appearance in 1956, EDN has established itself as the clear leader in the provision of electronics information, with a combined circulation in the USA, Europe and Asia of over 150,000 copies every fortnight. This is an annotated, indexed and cross referenced collection of work from the magazine for electronic designers. A collected volume of the best articles from the extensive files of Ian Hickman was published in 1991. The articles provide a wealth of information on components, equipment, circuits, systems and standards that prove to be extremely popular and useful for practising electronics engineers. This second volume of collected articles includes subjects not covered in the first, and more recent items, to provide a completely up-to-date compilation, covering subjects including analog and digital circuits, test and measurement, software and algorithms. The articles are cross-referenced and indexed for ease of use. Many of the circuits are from the popular 'design ideas' section where readers submit their own designs. Longer review articles written by the magazine staff are also included.




FabJob Guide to Become an Interior Decorator


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In this book you will discover how to teach yourself interior decorating (includes step-by-step decorating instructions), how to get discounts of up to 20-50% on furniture and materials, how to create an impressive portfolio even if you have no previous paid decorating experience, how to get a job with a home retailer, home builder, or other interior industry employer, how to start an interior decorating business, price your services, and get clients.