Description

Commercial Office interior designers such as Wallpaper Kenya are specialists who create design projects for future commercial office space. We work with public spaces, such as offices or restaurants. An interior designer thinks through all the details, from the size of the office desk to the location of the sockets. These include office functionality, brand identity, creativity, uniqueness, budget, and schedule.

He is responsible not only for the style and aesthetics of the space but also for its convenience and functionality.

A commercial interior designer visualizes, designs, and implements interior solutions. He has impeccable aesthetic taste, planning skills, and a penchant for the exact sciences, which is necessary for performing calculations.

All our office interior designers have mastered the profession at university, and we are members of the Association of Designers of Kenya.

Paths to the profession can be different: some go to work immediately after receiving qualifications, and some come to design from another field. Most of today’s stars in design are middle-aged people with a background in another field. You might believe that design is an exclusively creative profession. But it requires knowledge and skills in other fields: architecture,  management, color expertise, psychology, and others.

Peculiarities of the interior design professional

Wallpaper Kenya office interior designers are versatile specialists who work independently on a project at all stages. Our professional responsibilities include:

inspection of the office premises, coordination of the future design with you;

assessment of the possibility of redevelopment;

design development – ​​from redevelopment to selection of materials;

3D visualization of design, making adjustments at your request;

designer’s supervision of work on site;

assistance in selecting and purchasing materials (often the designer uses personal discounts and brings clients to partner stores, which allows you to save money);

handover of the office, making adjustments if defects are discovered during acceptance.

Office interior designers work with technical documentation, coordinate and legalize redevelopments in various authorities, and control the quality of the design project. We cooperate with construction materials stores, repair crews, and large contractors. Our designers ensure your minimal involvement in solving minor current issues, taking on management and control functions ourselves.

Personal qualities of an interior designer: who is the profession suitable for?

In addition to the skills that can be developed, commercial interior designers must have special personal qualities:

sense of taste and observation;

attention to detail;

communication skills and empathy;

patience and perseverance;

responsibility and ability to meet deadlines;

management skills;

flexibility of thinking.

What does an office interior designer do?

The typical work algorithm of an interior designer looks like this:

A designer’s day begins early in the morning with a review of the project you are already working on.

If you start a new project, you should first request all the initial information. These are BTI plans, measurements, and the address. It would be best to go to the site – this is important.

After visiting the site, together with the customer, a technical assignment (TA) is drawn up. There is a universal template, but new input may appear during the conversation.

It is necessary to ask correctly about the budget because the cost of materials varies and the designer needs to know how much the customer is willing to spend on the project and work in a certain price segment.

Now it’s time for design. Its stages: concept – project – layout, or visualization:

The “Concept” stage is a certain emotion, implying the relationship between the designer and the customer. The contract must specify the variants of solutions. Then planning decisions are made and references (auxiliary images) are selected to approve the interior style. As soon as the concept is approved, the next stage begins – that is the”Project”.

The “Project” stage is a detailed development of the entire project. The result is specifications and lists of finishing works, which can be given to builders to determine the construction estimate or to make a tender.

Further, the designer is obliged to carry out builders’ supervision, which is specified in a separate agreement.

The profession of a commercial interior designer requires stress resistance. Because the work involves a long, energy-intensive process – a project and construction can last from a few months to five years if the designer loves his job and is aware of the responsibility for what he will receive in the end.

Wallpaper Kenya interior designers work not for the sake of a project, but for the sake of a result. Only the designer who combines love for humanity energy, and counts on the result will always be with Wallpaper Kenya.