Jobs in Industrial Interior Design
There are many people going back to school to reinvent themselves and just about as many beginning their college careers fresh out of high school. Not everyone has a clue about what they want to study but a few individuals have researched various careers and came up with jobs in industrial interior design which allows them to be creative and 'hands on' at the same time.
An industrial interior designer is an individual who takes warehouse or manufacturing items and incorporates them into a modern living space design, usually in a loft type setting, but it could be in any room or style home.
Residential jobs
An industrial interior designer could work either for themselves or at an interior design firm which specializes in residential industrial interior design work. This might include large scale apartment buildings that feature lofts, which happen to be the inspiration for the major industrial interior designs. If an industrial interior designer works for a firm, they receive a percentage of the compensation, if they work for themselves, they would be better off financially after expenses.
Commercial jobs
Some commercial businesses have that edge which 'screams' industrial interior fixtures and furniture. Some ad agencies, certain law firms and perhaps a recording studio lobby. The industrial pieces combined with solid colors in gray, warm earth tones and muted yellows or greens often lend itself to various offices around a cityscape. Again, working with a firm, a designer would not receive as much as if they were the person in charge of the project.
In-house jobs
There are large corporations that hire industrial interior designers to join their staff and redesign their entire grouping of buildings, room by room and floor by floor. This would include all the upper management offices, lobbies, entryways, elevators, bathrooms, conference rooms and waiting areas. The industrial interior designer is given a budget, a team of designers to work with and a timeline in which to complete each area of a building before moving on to the next building. This is the steadiest form of income for a person working with industrial interior design.
From living rooms to bedrooms to board rooms, the use of industrial parts are pulled from thrift stores, estate sales and warehouses no one works in any longer. The pieces are cleaned, polished and given new life by an industrial interior designer for people to enjoy for many years to come.