Do you need a degree for interior design

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So, do you need a degree to be an interior designer?Дo you want to design commercial interiors? Get a degree.ДЇired up to create construction documents with non-structural changes for permits? Get a degree. Then there are people with no degree and have more talent in their pinkies than some designers with degrees. If God didn't put the talent in, to begin with, you're not gonna get it when you graduate. The degree will not give you an eye for design. And for those people in the industry (contractors, architects, project managers) they usually don't give a flying fuck and will overrule you even if you have the degree and license. While there is a difference between what a designer does and what a decorator does most of the general public doesn't know the fucking difference. Then if you want to take it to the next level, depending on the state you live in, you can take a licensing exam like the one I took in California. If you want to be super cool and the gang then you get to study for the NCIDQ exam which has some requirements that you might find very hard to meet. You see once you do get an interior design degree, the fun doesn't stop there. I firmly oppose any legislation that keeps designers and decorators from being able to earn a living. I don't buy that for a minute, but if you do, get a degree and a license. The designer societies claim it's all about the 'life, health and safety'. You can thank the design societies for promoting that crap. There are crazy fucking laws, which are different in every state, where they may say that you need a degree to either call yourself an interior designer or work as one. The answer to the question also depends on what state you live in. But with the residential part - you may not have that opportunity if you're working with a dick architect or shitty county. I, too, have the street cred, but I bought into that propaganda when I was a young thing and now wouldn't encourage anyone to go that route unless you are dead set on going into commercial interiors, want to work for a company or you want to have a larger role in the construction end of a project. So, yeah if I could back and do that part of my life over, I wouldn't go to college and rack up a shit ton of debt that would take forever to pay off. I never loved the work I did on the commercial side.

I had no idea that I could pursue my passion without getting a degree. When I went to college I thought that was the ONLY way to have a career in the design industry. I get that people are proud of their accomplishments but it's totally unnecessary to knock others down. Some even look down on interior decorators and give them nicknames like 'Dolly Decorator'. Some interior designers with the street cred are very proud of their degree, certifications, licenses and hate it when interior decorators call themselves interior designers. I've been in the industry for 20 years and I'll be the first to tell you that some people get very pissy about this topic. There is a difference between interior designers and interior decorators.

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Go find a blog post or your free Facebook group to rant about why I'm a moron somewhere else.

Life's short and I give zero fucks about having that convo. Before I get into this, I do not want your comments if you want to fight me on this.