10 Interior Design Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. A Creative Outlet Many people enter the interior design fi eld because it serves as an outlet for their creative ideas. They love to think differently and offer unique ideas to help others achieve their goals. They enjoy the challenge of doing something different—like nothing ever before. Part of the value of interior design involves the ability of professionals to creatively solve client problems. Interior designers use their creativity daily. Newly- constructed buildings offer the chance to design new, innovative spaces for people who inhabit them. Similarly, the remodel of a commercial offi ce space or the redesign of a master suite in a home both offer new problems to solve. Therefore, when you practice interior design, no two days on the job and no two clients are the same. As a practicing interior designer, you constantly face new challenges. A Fulfilling Career Designers indicate many reasons for choosing an interior design career. For some, it is as simple as having a desire to help people. They might desire to work with residential clients who desire to build their dream homes. While for others, fulfi llment comes as they help a client who has a physical impairment or disability better his or her current home to refl ect changing needs. Still others desire an interior design career because of the number of people their appropriate design of a commercial space positively infl uences. Consider the number of people who enjoy a well-designed hospital or an elementary school that engages students through fun, yet functional learning spaces. Others select interior design because they wish to reshape the physical environment—transforming an ordinary space to an extraordinary place. For instance, a coffee shop design may provide a reading nook for cozy privacy, or an interactive, lively place to meet and greet others. A library can be a social gathering place or a place that provokes contemplation and learning, Figure 1-4. Your desire to study design may be more Figure 1-4 A career in interior design gives you an opportunity to reshape interior environments to meet the needs of others, such as designing a coffee shop for meeting friends or a library for research and study. Nagel Photography/Shutterstock.com “Skillfully designed spaces can arouse in us a sense of purpose, or a sense of the profound.” IFI DFIE Interiors Declaration Conrado/Shutterstock.com