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10 learns of course and overcomes the challenges.
Most
Promising
Architecture & The biggest challenge has been to keep my team
Interior
Design motivated by exposing them to new trends, styles,
Consultants - 2020
techniques which I pick up from my inbound and my
international travels.
Since we do a lot of turnkey projects, to keep my team
to stick to timelines and yet deliver a product with
a good workmanship can be tricky at times as we at
times work 3 shifts for commercial projects.
However, to work honestly, within timelines, financial
constraints, and an above board product delivery as per
our commitments is always a challenge.
This is essentially a male dominated industry. Not that
gender matters in any field today as, as long as you
deliver well within the set guidelines and constraints,
you get recognition. It is only a matter of time! Hard
work and honesty always pay in the long run.
supervision, the business diversified from producing Today’s industrial scenario:
panel doors and windows to furniture of excellent
quality and carried out a range of Turnkey Basis Initially, the structures that were built around the globe
initiatives. Payal Kapoor says in her own words, “I offered instructive examples of sustainable solutions
thought like my imagination and reputation as an to problem building. Currently, the modern approach
interior designer was being violated despite pouring to interior and construction has culminated in the
my energies into it. I decided to launch my own standardization and duplication of projects owing to
business in 1991 and set up my own design company easy internet connectivity. In my opinion, a lot of work
under the banner “Visions.” currently has arisen from the philosophy of “cut-copy-
paste.” I still consider that sensitivity to nature is what
Accepting challenges: is lost today and that is of great concern. Based on the
Selling big ideas is one of the biggest challenges
young interior designers face. Often you only have
photos or a floor plan to try and express the feeling
of a whole room. Something impossible to market
does not happen biologically. Do whatever you need
to get your feelings out. From fabric samples to
mood boards, your customers will always appreciate
the extra effort to understand them. In the initial
phase, from invoices to purchase orders, maintaining
books was also a challenge, and accounting can get
overwhelming. The biggest challenge was getting
the payments from the client on time, even after the
project was completed on time.
Biggest challenge in achieving success has been
that I come from a totally non-business set up and
background. To learn the nuances of this trade,
financials and marketing apart from the academic side,
has been a challenge. After the formative years, one
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