Thursday 23 June 2016

Perks of Being an Interior Decorator

                                     “Design is the art optimized to meet objectives.”

The quote above is true at so many levels. One designs to meet the objective of quenching their thirst of creative ability. Like Keats said, “Poetry should come as naturally as leaves on a tree,” so is designing. It evolves with time, and makes one an efficient designer – to the extent that they take up either of the designing fields as a career prospect, a job that makes them feel alive, keeps them happy, and brings in money. Interior designing is one such course that won’t witness the doomed night and will have happy graduates working towards making life synonymous with interest and capabilities. The major reason why it won’t fail is because real estate and property is surging high- with every nook and corner allotted to residential and official areas, many buildings, homes, villas, offices are coming up and the fad of keeping the home tinge and up to date is rising high.

There are various perks of building a career in interior design. Career in this field is a smart choice, and requires deeper understanding of colours and contrast with smart planning skills and the ability of working to make best out of given space. Being an interior decorator, your creativity will pay you a handsome amount in the beginning and large amount once you have established your name in the industry. Work might get mundane at time due to certain tasks such as allocating budgets or keeping a close check on installation schedules, but working on arrangement, decoration, and bringing hidden ideas to life works like a charm. As an interior designer, you should have a soft space for shopping in heart and be very picky about things you choose as per the theme set. Apart from choosing the perfect colour of paint or wallpapers or arranging the floor plan, a major chunk of your time will go into acquiring accessories and furniture of the place you are set to decorate. This provides exposure on how markets work, what are the latest fads and markets that sell interior accessories at cheaper rates.


The best part of designing interiors is client diversity that doesn’t tend to be boring and monotonous for the designers. Rather it keeps posing challenges that keep them on toes. With surge in number of students opting for designing, various leading universities have introduced interior designing, jewellery designing, footwear designing, luxury brand management and fashion designing courses for aspirers to gain knowledge inside out.

Wednesday 15 June 2016

Why Do a Course in Fashion Designing?

The allure of the glamorous and luxurious fashion industry has always been there, especially since it’s one of the highest earning industries out there right now. Many people have dreams of making their career in this industry, even after learning of the high competition and difficulty it takes to even enter it. That is not to say that it is completely impossible to have a career in the fashion industry, if one takes the correct steps and works diligently to make a name, then one can surely not just enter but become a success too.

One of the tips that are not to be missed or neglected is to do a course in fashion designing. Due to the extreme popularity of this field, India has several world renowned schools that offer varying degrees of fashion designing courses. There are misconceptions among people that a creative sector like fashion does not have need of any formal education. But it might come as a surprise how helpful doing such a course can be.

A fashion designing course is not just about learning the history of fashion and other important areas that one needs to know about. It is also about preparing oneself for the fashion industry, honing one’s strengths and talents into perfection and learning of where one’s weak areas lie. One not only gains education but also gets to actually practice their craft through the help of projects, fashion shows that the institute holds and also internships.
Applying to a good school of fashion design also helps one to network and make useful connections that, could allow one to find work early in one’s career. The peers with whom one will be working, the professors, some of whom are also working in the industry and famous guest lecturers are all good connections to make.