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Alderman, Robert L.

How to prosper as an interior designer : a business and legal guide / Robert L. Alderman. - New York : Wiley, c1997. - xiv, 271 p. ; 27 cm.

Includes index.

Preparing a letter of agreement -- Charging a client -- Preparing a letter of agreement for commercial projects -- Designer responsibility and client budget designer divorce and client continuity -- Professional analysis for charging clients -- Contracts, contractors, and liability -- Preparing a residential design proposal -- Preparing a contract or commercial design proposal -- Financial management and protection for residential designers -- Designers and industry--expectations and ramifications -- Avoiding a legal crisis -- Purchases and deliveries -- Working with architects -- Dealing with responsibility -- Consulting with clients -- Creativity and confusion: why designers don't make money -- A final word ...

ISBN: 047116223X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780471162230 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 96043760

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Interior decoration firms--Management.--United States
Interior decoration firms--Law and legislation--United States.
Interior decoration--Practice--United States.

LC Class. No.: NK2116.2 / .A39 1997

Dewey Class. No.: 729/.068