How to become an interior designer?

How to become an interior/exterior designer?

• like what colleges should i look at (in NY state), what classes in high school, how much $ would I make, some of the things i need to do in preparation, and what i would be doing.

• Answer:

  Well there is no such thing as an exterior designer but since you mentioned that Im assuming you want to do design and not decorating. The best schools to go to are accredited, preferably by CIDA and are recognized by professionals. I have heard of Parsons being a good school. The best thing to do is to go to CIDA.org and NCIDQ.org. These web sites are part of the design world and you can look at schools by state. SInce professionals recognize and use these sites, it will show you the best places to go to. You can also get familiar with ASID.org to get more information. As far as classes in high school go, taking an art class is good, we do a lot of sketching! and if there is an architecture class available, then I would recommend taking that as well. Salaries can really depend on experience, what type of design you are working with and if you are licensed through NCIDQ. The average pay is around $45,000 a year and can go up if you obtain a higher position such as senior designer. There is a lot of different options to go to for design. There is residential and commercial, you can work for a furniture company, a design firm, a architecture firm. You can even work specifically with restaurant design, hotel design, sustainable design. There are a lot of different options out there!