Will “Designer” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Confer with client to determine factors affecting planning of interior environments, such as budget, architectural preferences, purpose, and function.

• Subcontract fabrication, installation, and arrangement of carpeting, fixtures, accessories, draperies, paint and wall coverings, art work, furniture, and related items.

• Advise client on interior design factors, such as space planning, layout and use of furnishings or equipment, and color coordination.

• Plan and design interior environments for boats, planes, buses, trains, and other enclosed spaces.

• Estimate material requirements and costs, and present design to client for approval.

• Design plans to be safe and to be compliant with the American Disabilities Act (ADA).

• Research and explore the use of new materials, technologies, and products to incorporate into designs.

• Coordinate with other professionals, such as contractors, architects, engineers, and plumbers, to ensure job success.

• Review and detail shop drawings for construction plans.

• Inspect construction work on site to ensure its adherence to the design plans.

• Formulate environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity or selling merchandise.

• Select or design, and purchase furnishings, art work, and accessories.

• Research health and safety code requirements to inform design.

• Use computer-aided drafting (CAD) and related software to produce construction documents.

• Render design ideas in form of paste-ups or drawings.

• Design spaces to be environmentally friendly, using sustainable, recycled materials when feasible.