what are the qualifications to be an interior designer?
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I hope this will help :-) Godd Luck!\n\nThe following definition was decided upon and is endorsed by the Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research (FIDER), the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) and major interior design associations (IIDA, ASID) of North America.\n\n"The professional interior designer is qualified by education, experience, and examination to enhance the function and quality of interior spaces for the purpose of improving the quality of life, increasing productivity, and protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public.\n\nThe professional interior designer:\n\n    * analyzes client's needs, goals, and life safety requirements\n\n    * integrates findings with knowledge of interior design\n\n    * formulates preliminary design concept that are aesthetic, appropriate, and functional, and in accordance with codes and standards\n\n    * develops and presents final design recommendations through appropriate presentation media\n\n    * prepares working drawings and specifications for non-load bearing interior construction, reflected ceiling plans, lighting, interior detailing, materials, finishes, space planning, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment in compliance with universal accessibility guidelines and all applicable codes\n\n    * collaborates with professional services of other licensed practitioners in the technical areas of mechanical, electrical and load-bearing design as required for regulatory approval\n\n    * prepares and administers bids and contract documents as the client's agent\n\n    * reviews and evaluates design solutions during implementation and upon completion."\n\n(http://www.fider.org/definition.htm)
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Sure.  I used to do interior design.  I think the keys are:\n1.  Market yourself right.  Create a niche position for yourself using your experience, but figure out a way to do it in 16 hours a week.  You are much more likely to get what you want if you go to him with a plan in mind, rather than expecting your boss to create a position for for you.\n\n2.  Use your years to your advantage.  18 years is nothing to spit at.  You have earned the right to adjust your scheduled hours, and if you can justify it, you'll probably get just what you want!\n\nHope I helped....
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My god daughter studied this for 4 years and won several national and international competitions but the closest she's ever got to being a full time designer was working behind the counter in a jewellery shop!  Perhaps she was unlucky or perhaps thats the norm - I dont know.\n\nArt colleges across the UK deliver these courses, so I suggest you approach the closest one or wherever you fancy studying.\n\nGood luck!
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interior design magazine would be a good resource, especially the annual buying/ merchandise guide, as it has the vendors broken down by category, incl. home decor. This or any other magazine aimed at the trade would be a better bet than, say, magazines aimed at homeowners, because trade pubs will have more manufacturers and fewer distributors. Good luck!
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One of the potenial drawbacks with interior design is that it's based on an individual's interpretation and opinion and is a career open to anyone as it requires no specific qualifications, experience or skill.  In other words, anyone can become an interior designer.\n\nOn the other hand, architecture is a very demenading and specific skill which involes years of study.  It's illegal to practice as an architect unless you have the requisite qualifications.\n\nWhen it comes to designing the interior of a building the use of an interior designer is optional but when it comes to designing the building itself use of an architect is more often than not obligatory.\n\nInterior design is currently 'trendy' and as with all trends they tend to pass.\n\nA lot of school-leavers nowadays are taking the 'easy option' and choosing to go into media and arts with the result that these areas are over represented whereas science and math based vocations are under represented.\n\nAnother drawback with interior design is that most contracts are very short term unlike architecture where a lot of the contracts are long term.\n\nMy girlfriend is an architect and if her firm stopped taking on any new commissions they would still be busy for the next 4 years but an interior designer would be lucky to keep going for 4 weeks without having to seek out new work.\n\nConsider also that an architect is an interior designer but an interior designer cannot be an architect.\n\nTo summarise:  There's a lot of people getting into interior design with the result that work is spread thinly between them and there's no guarantee that the current trend will last.  Architecture on the other hand, is an area that has been in demand for centuries, is still in demand, and given that people have no choice but to employ an architect - will continue to be in demand.
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The requirements vary by state.\nLook for your state's Real Estate Commission online. They can advise you what the requirements are in your state, and list the currently available schools.  These may be community colleges, or privately owned schools. There may be many ways to meet the requirements. Compare carefully.\n\nTexas requires several courses, the last time I checked California required only one class, if I remember correctly.
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If you're talented and keen, lack of Art GCSE may not be "that" much of a hindrance. To get onto a course you will need to have a great portfolio though. \n\nProbably most people who do it go the GCSE, A Level, Foundation Course, Degree route. That's what I did.\n\nOr GCSE, NVQ type stuff to a certain level and you can get onto a degree that way.\n\nSaying that, I know a couple of very good graphic designers who never studied it at all, just worked at a printers and got into it that way. They're the exception though.
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Interior Architecture is the structure of the room or place and interior design relates to fabrics, furniture, colour scheme etc.
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A degree that focuses on the following fundumental skills:\n\n- HTML, SGML, XML,\n- Web page designs.\n- Web Server, HTTP\n- Front Page (any web design application)\n\nIt is nice to have a degree, but to become a web designer, all you need is to take classes that focuses on these specific skillsets. Most local colleges offers these programs.
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Oooh!! Oooh!! Go to the Savannah College of Art and Design. I don't know the first thing about interior design, but I looked on their website and they do have an interior design program. I don't know how accredited the program is myself so you may want to ask around first. I am just recommending school in Savannah, GA to you because I grew up there and it is a beautiful place with a vibrant pace of life for a small southern city. You'd have a good time there. \n\nhttp://www.scad.edu/academic/majors/inds/index.cfm
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Undergraduate programs....\nTop Ten in Interior Design\n1. U of Cincinnati\n2. Pratt Institute\n3. Cornell U.\n4. Kansas St.\n5. Arizona St.\n6. U of Texas\n7. Auburn U.\n8. Iowa St.\n9. Syracuse U.\n10. Louisiana St. \n\nSource(s):\n\nDesign Intelligence Rankings\n\nP.S.... choose a best answer ok... don't leave this unresolved
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You should already have an eye for fashion, whether it be in the home or in the mall. Once you have that, you need to go to school for interior design to enhance your already given talent.
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Qualifications between model and designer are very different. The things you must have in common in both professions is patience, perseverance and connections!
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Education requirements for WHAT?
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No one can answer this question for you. You have to answer it for yourself. \n\nI think your real question is about how the two professions are different, what's involved in becoming a web/graphic designer or a designer/architect, what do you do if you work in these professions, and how much money can you make?\n\nThat's actually a lot to answer. In fact, there are even different types of web/graphic designers. It's a single title that covers a lot of ground from generalists who use mainly HTML to specialists who use tools like Flash and Dreamweaver.\n\nYou can self-teach web design if you know what aspect of web design you want to learn, are a self-starter, and can design and follow your own curriculum. There are quite a few books available. The big expense will be purchasing the software if you want to learn something like Dreamweaver. \n\nThere are also schools that teach web design. Formal web design training is generally much shorter than becoming an architect. To become an architect requires a college degree and graduate work. I believe that architects must also be licensed.\n\nI'm not sure if by "house designer" you mean "interior designer." I've known a few interior designers who are self-taught. There are also interior design schools you can attend. \n\nYou might want to talk to a career counselor. If you're still in school, the school should have a career counselor either available or on staff. If you're no longer in school, there are independent career counselors who will assist you for a fee. They usually have aptitude tests you can take to identify the type of work you'd most likely do well in and be motivated to pursue. They can also help you identify the training you'd need to succeed in your chosen field.
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Like geography, into art and design...why not become a matte painter, enviromental illustrator, like the one korean illustator that did the environment/backgrounds for star wars episode 3.  OR...you can get into architecture....landscaping.\n\nOh wait you're lookin for a university...well CALarts is probably a good place to go.  Check out some of the colleges in Vancouver, heard there's awesome programs for art and design, might even get something for geography in there.   AAAND then there's FullSail, but they're pricy.
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You might want to take a few IT classes on the side if possible. The world of information technology is booming and definitely a hot candidates market right now. Almost every company has an IT need as they all have web sites right now. You like Photoshop, you like graphics, why not get into programming? YOu could do GUI programming or UI programming which is what the users see more so than the back end stuff. This would be graphical, you would probably need to learn technology more than just photoshop such as ajax or php which are both front end programming and development tools. If you like interior design you could get a job using your design skills for online based tools and websites for designers etc...