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Design
by the
Numbers
TIME
MANAGEMENT
38
PERCENTAGE OF TIME
A DESIGNER DEVOTES
TO SOURCING AND
RESEARCHING PRODUCTS
IN AN AVERAGE WEEK
Time is money. The adage is a fact of life for design professionals who balance outreach to potential
clients, forward motion on current projects, product research and sourcing, and more on a daily basis.
101
The firms surveyed for Interior Design's 2017 Universe Study of the Interior Design Profession noted
working on an average of 101 projects per year, a 6 percent increase from the 2014 study. Of those,
Workplace projects led the way with an average of 37 out of the 101, while Residential came in second
at 25. Hospitality and Healthcare/Wellness projects tied at nine, followed by Education/Library,
Retail, and Government. The research further discovered 38 percent of a designer's average workweek
is devoted to sourcing and researching the products that will find their way into those projects. Take
a look at how those numbers break down and see how your own management of time measures up.
AVERAGE NUMBER
OF PROJECTS THE FIRMS
SURVEYED WORK ON
IN A YEAR
How Designers Spend Their Week
22%
13%
9%
7%
5%
2%
Work on
drawings/designs
Meet with
clients/end users
Research products
online
Meet with
consultants
Meet with
vendors
Other
13%
10%
8%
7%
4%
Source/specify
products
Meet with
project team
Prepare
presentations
Visit
project sites
Research products
in the library
Source: Interior Design's 2017 Universe Study of the Interior Design Profession
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