Double your income with half the clients More clients = more money, right?? Not always. Here’s how one designer doubled her income by cutting her client list in half... Bridgette was juggling 20 small projects a year....
7 business myths designers believe The design industry runs on myths about how to charge, how to find clients and how to run a studio. These myths get repeated so often they start to feel...
The $4,750 dining table that landed this designer in court for fraud I heard about a lawsuit this week that has some interesting lessons for designers… The case Back in 2021, a wealthy Virginia couple hired an interior designer under a cost-plus...
Why your design studio feels busy but you’re still broke Hiring a bloated team of under utilised staff is the fastest way to kill your design business. The moment you hire, you take on a fixed cost base that doesn’t...
Why hourly billing is a bad business model for designers Here's the story of two designers, Sarah and Emma, who launched their studios in Sydney in 2022. Both designers were equally talented, equally ambitious and equally motivated but within three...
How to choose the right version of SketchUp I get asked all the time about which version of SketchUp is best to use for interior design purposes, so I share the details in this post.
