Trade Tales
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May 13, 2022
What’s the most important line in your contract?
It’s perhaps the most important part of the design process, and yet there are so many ways to approach it. When it comes to a designer’s LOA, what are the clauses that seasoned pros stand by? We asked five designers—Ines Kelly Mazzotta, Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas, Anelle Gandelman, Veronica Solomon and Nathalia Hara—to share the most important line in their contracts.
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May 6, 2022
How do you get a client to embrace bold design?
Sometimes designers find themselves face-to-face with a project where the opportunity to push the creative envelope is too enticing to pass up. But how do you make sure that your client is along for the ride? We asked six industry pros—Maria Viola-Kuttruff, Alison Giese, Matthew Boland, Melissa Sanabria, Tracy Morris and Annie Elliott—how they nudge clients outside of their comfort zones.
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April 29, 2022
How do you charge for travel time?
Whether you charge a fee or bill hourly, there’s a less-talked-about expense that definitely cuts into a designer’s workflow: travel time. We asked five industry pros—Veronica Solomon, Mindy O’Connor, Anelle Gandelman, Alicia Cheung Lichtenstein and Dennese G. Rojas—how they charge for time spent on the road.
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April 22, 2022
4 designers share how inflation is affecting their workflow
Let’s face it: Between the market thrill ride caused by COVID-19 and an exhausting refrain of supply chain woes, inflation is here and happening. We asked four designers—Mindy O’Connor, Whitney Jones, Sarah Jefferys and Alicia Cheung Lichtenstein—to get real about how it’s impacting their workflow.
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April 15, 2022
How do you organize your sample library?
In a world of product, making sense of every sample is more than a skill—it’s an art. Here, we ask four designers—Whitney Jones, Kelly Taylor, Brooke Wilbratte and Nathalia Hara—how they manage their sample library.
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April 8, 2022
What do you look for in a new hire?
We asked four designers—Melissa Sanabria, Alison Giese, Tracy Morris and Annie Elliott—to share what catches their eye in a potential employee.
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April 1, 2022
What’s the hardest thing to explain to clients?
There’s a lot more to interior design than just design—some of it needs a little explanation. Here, we ask four designers what parts of their process they most often explain to a client.
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