Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What accounts for the wide gap between what we think design will cost and the real-life price tag? It’s part situational since ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Start by recognizing your value, says Chicago interior designer Summer Thornton. Design is, after all, a luxury service. “You have experience, education, training, and talent that you should be paid ...

Someone, somewhere, at some time decided that the value of design directly correlates to the time spent solving a client’s problem. Today, most design firms use an hourly rate to determine creative ...