Running an Interior Design Firm
3 Easy Excel Formatting Tips
I wouldn’t tell this to just anyone, but I love working in excel. It is such a powerful tool that is too often underutilized. In the design industry it can improve your business no matter what purchase order management program you use. If you are struggling to make your spreadsheets look just right look, [...]
What Do Interior Designers Really Do?
If you are an interior designer, you’ve probably been asked this question. Or you’ve at least had to correct someone who thinks that your job consists of picking out fabric and paint colors (solely). If you are not an interior designer, you might actually wonder what it is that these creative interior designers do?
The good [...]
Project Sourcing: Skepticism Turns to Success
Success comes in many sizes and forms, sometimes when you least expect it; and those successes are particularly sweet. Recently, I was explaining the benefits of project sourcing to a potential client, a very talented, well known and respected designer, how we could assist by pulling fabrics or supplying tear sheets within the parameters [...]
Latest Business Crush- Brains on Fire
Like an amorous high schooler (but less creepy), I occasionally run across companies that I develop a severe business crush on.
My latest company crush is on a Greenville, South Carolina identity and branding company called Brains on Fire. I am obsessed with the culture that they’ve created and enamored with the fact that their website [...]
Why Your Design Firm Makes Less Than It Should
Contrary to popular belief, an interior designer’s job does not consist primarily of design time. This is not the sexy vision that young men and women dream about when they enter design school but it’s the reality that any seasoned designer can confirm. Project management and project administration are the largest part of being an [...]
Hope, Faith, and Football
On January 1, 2007, the Boise State Broncos shocked the country by upsetting the powerhouse known as the Oklahoma Sooners in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. At the same time, the Broncos showed, in a David vs. Goliath battle, that hope, faith, and preparedness can be recipe for greatness.
I was lucky enough to be at this [...]
The Alphabet Soup of the Design World
Letter M from Crestock Stock Photography
The design industry is no stranger to the acronym heavy list of professional organizations available to the trade. Professional organizations serve a vital purpose to those well established within the industry, help to foster connections with those that are new to their chosen field, and act as a resource [...]
Case of the Mondays- Are you Managing Your Time Efficiently?
Many of us set out each day, especially each Monday, with a spring in our step and the greatest of intentions to do many of the business tasks that we have been putting off for far too long. History has shown, however, that as business owners or managers when we walk through the door to [...]
Accounting Services – More Competitive Pricing!
Accounting Services is now offering more competitive pricing! Our team will continue to provide the same high quality of service and expertise to our members, but at our new lower rate.
Our Accounting Services team would be happy to set up a complimentary call with you in order to discuss the scope of your typical accounting [...]
Six Ways “Teamsourcing” Can Help You Run Your Interior Design Firm Right Now
Chances are good that you are not familiar with the term “teamsourcing.” While outsourcing professional services is nothing new, we feel the word outsourcing doesn’t quite capture the innovative essence of what Gibson Design Management is all about. Our goal is for our members to view us as a part of their team. Traditionally, when [...]
