Inchbald School of DesignInterior Design7 Eaton Gate London SW1W 9BA020 7730 5508 interiors@inchbald.co.ukGarden Design 32 Eccleston SquareLondon SW1V 1PB020 7630 9011 gardens@inchbald.co.uk
The introduction of business linked strategies, guidance and support specifically targeted to the field of garden design. The course also requires specific research in costing and quantifying skills and information relating directly to a previously prepared design. The majority of teaching in this module is lecture based although some open up into workshop sessions in which students can explore and analyse comparative systems and approaches in relation to marketing, fee estimating and contract. Studio based teaching concentrates on the development of detailed costings. Through this exercise, students learn how to quantify the raw materials that make up their designs and the labour and design support required in their realisation. There is also a requirement that students analyse the impact of their cost findings on the quality of their finished design – they are encouraged through group and individual studio discussion to provide solutions to reducing costs without necessarily reducing design quality. Students will need to supply a scheme of sufficient hard detailing to use as a basis for the costing exercise. If this is not possible, the school can supply an in house project.Costing ExerciseIntroduction to bills of quantity; costing exerciseLegal IssuesContractual procedures and options; planning issues for the garden designerStarting your own BusinessStarting your own business; marketing and promotionMonetary IssuesThe design package remuneration and indemnityProfessional RelationshipThe designer/contractual relationship
Fees£1189 (£1011 + VAT) Dates29 January - 9 February 2007 Length10 days Course DirectorAndrew Duff BA (Hons) PGCELocation32 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PB Course ContactDiana Austin (diana.austin@inchbald.co.uk, 020 7630 9011)
Business Practice for Garden Designers
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