How to become a good interior designer.

There are 3  Key factors that influence becoming an nterior designer.

1. (Develop your Passion)
Every one wants to make money in life, which ofcourse is the ultimate goal behind any venture. But the truth of the matter is that every profession has its challenges and cannot be avoided; even the most profitable ones.

Every talent takes a little while to be recognized. During this process of getting yourself known to the public might be longer or shorter than expected depending on the level of work you put in or the degree of passion driving you to move forward. 

When you have developed your passion for your work, then it becomes easier to see the future for the work you are doing and be able to weather the storm when the time comes. This driving force called passion is what ensures that you keep getting better in that work that you do (on and on) until the time comes to showcase that talent you have nursed all these while.

2 (Proper Training)
The next step towards becoming an nterior designer is by getting adequate training from a good school. You must ensure that you are trained by qualified professionals that are practicing in that field of study. Your chosen school of study must be within the country you intend practicing as this will expose you to the materials and logistics involved in practicing such a profession.

Make no mistakes about this, 'interior design is not all about 'Certificates'. It is a very practical profession that is based mainly on your intelligence, courage,  design abilitty and leadership quality. If you acquire proper training, you will excel in the profession through hardwork and consistency; it is not the size of your 'Certificate that achieve that for you.

3. (Awareness)
Awareness purely speaks of exposure. How exposed are you???
With the introduction of the internet, research has just become cheaper. Now you can stay within the confines of your home and surf the web to appreciate modern designs of offices, homes, restaurants etc; isnt that wonderful?

It is also expected that as a designer, you should be visiting newly finished places to tap interior design ideas. There is nothing that can compare to a life experience of an interior space, it makes you know that certains unbelievable designs are actually possible. A designer simply has to be very sociable, there is no way around it.

Understanding the benefits of interior design training

5 major Benefits of Interior Design Training

1.) Becoming a leader in the building industry
Interior designers are leaders in the society not only because they creative innovative solutions to the internal environment but because they lead the construction team together with the clients in the journey towards achieving space excellence. The designer creates the dreams of his client and actualizes it through assembling his team of professionals that ensure that the master piece is followed to the letter.
Interior design is a profession for leaders that take it opun themselves to solve design problems in an environment rather than being a follower that relies on other people to provide solutions.
Very few people are leaders in the world; almost everyone feels comfortable operating from the back ground without wanting to take the heat from criticisms but this is different from the designer own world. He leads his team of professionals to victory when the trumpet blows.

2.) Becoming Independent
The essence of proper training is not for the the designer to start his own business and grow his empire from the scratch. It is an entrepreneural profession. A professional training ensures that you start seeing yourself as a company and not an individual.
With a mastery of interior design, which ofcourse includes furniture making; the designer is saddled with the opportunity to spread his tentacles far beyond his immagination. He simply cannot afford to 'go hungry'.
The term independence scares alot of people in the world of today. Ofcourse this is understandable due to economic crisis we are faced with but the truth is that the demand for quality of work is still increasing even though the budget for such luxury is slightly reduced. People are still looking for the quality designers to create something unique with a little less than what the cost should have been. The result being that you can only compete successfully in this industry when you offer good service with a drop in price.

3) A major source of Income
The abilities of the interior designer is unquantifiable. There is so much he can do, ranging from designing interior spaces, to fabrication of materials and installations, to office make overs to furniture making, to importation of quality and easy to install materials. It is simply uncountable.
Of course the multi million naira projects do not come as frequently as the hundreds of thousands projects but the designer forever remains relevant to the society and is assured of alot more than just his daily bread.
A designer will always make an impression where ever he or she goes: he is always a voice to be listened to in the midst of many. He will always make money doing one thing or the other in someone's space.

4) Network with other professionals
The designer networks with other professional in various fields; eg. Professionals like engineers, IT consultants, Architects, Fine artists who may have something to do with him in one way or the other in future. He also networks with prospective clients that can give him or her contacts in future.
Business is all about social networking. Ofcourse the technical know how is of the otmost essence but getting to meet and socialize with more people in the course of the designer's practice and training would help as well.
A reasonable contact you come across today might not offer you a contract but may just be influencial in the securing other similar jobs in future.

5) Wealth of Knowledge
Knowledge is 'POWER'. Ofcourse we all acknowledge the great influence of knowledge in our society. With the kind of knowledge you acquire from interior design training, you can excel within just a few months of graduation. This is not to say that hardwork is not a prerequisite in attaining excellence. Nothing good comes easy but the advantage of interior design is that it is a practical profession in the sense that it is strictly about 'KNOW HOW'. Your abilities speak the language for you.