My employer Inspace Complete started life just five months ago and now employs seven people. It鈥檚 establishing itself as the design arm of Wilmott Dixon鈥檚 fit-out business, which is called Inspace Interiors. Inspace Complete offers a complete turnkey interior design service to smaller clients for whom it wouldn鈥檛 be cost-effective to go for a consultant-led approach.
My particular job involves all sorts of activities. I take client briefs, create space analysis reports and then use CAD to space plan and come up with layouts. I also produce the plans, visuals, design schemes, boards for presentation and upon winning a job I compile the working drawings. These include power, details and logistics.
What do you think are the advantages of working for a small company?
It鈥檚 very fast-moving so the days go quickly and I鈥檓 never bored. I also get to do a greater variety of jobs than I鈥檇 be able to do in a large company. I get involved in laminating, and pricing design schemes, which I probably wouldn鈥檛 get a chance to do elsewhere. As we鈥檙e a small team, everyone also gets a say in how the business develops 鈥� we all designed the company鈥檚 brochure and its logo. All this is great experience, and it鈥檚 just as well I have a lot on my plate 鈥� I鈥檓 a lively character.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
The variety. I find the design work actually comes quite naturally to me.
It鈥檚 very fast-moving so I鈥檓 never bored. It鈥檚 just as well I鈥檝e got a lot on my plate 鈥� I鈥檓 a lively character
Does anything get you stressed out?
The amount of responsibility that goes along with my job can be very stressful. I face all sorts of demands every day, so I need to be very focused. But I find everything enjoyable as well, so it鈥檚 not too bad. I鈥檓 still able to switch off when I get home
What are your plans for the future?
I鈥檇 like to rise to design associate, and then design director with Inpace Complete. After that, I suppose I鈥檇 go global. I鈥檓 not sure! But whatever I do, I want to enjoy it.
Louise Frostick
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Current job
Senior interior designer with Inspace Complete
Employment history
Graduated in 1996; worked for a variety of space-planning consultants
Qualifications
BA in interior design and architecture
Lives
Essex
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