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10                                                 learns of course and overcomes the challenges.
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           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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