Journey of an Interior Designer with Ajinkya Dhumal | AG 28

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Today we have the founder of Infinity Designs, Ajinkya Dhumal, who is an industry veteran in the Interior Design field with over 15+ years of experience and who has completed over 1000+ projects.

In this episode, Ajinkya takes us on his journey in becoming an established Interior Designer in India, what are the various roles & responsibilities that an Interior designer plays which is not taught in Interior Design schools, what are the various materials used, how much do interior designers charge their clients, how healthy competition is helping the interior design sector, what this field has in store for us in the future, and great advice for young Architects & interior designers.

His Favorite books :
Interior Design by Ahmed Kasu
You can Win by Shiv Khera
The Monk who sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma
Shownotes :
02:15 How Ajinkya got into Interior Design
03:30 Graduating from Jagannath Rathi Interior Design institute in Pune in 1999 and working with Architect Rahul Gupta
04:25 Starting Infinity Designs in 2002 & coming up with the name.
06:00 Initial Struggles as a firm owner.
08:30 Ajinkya's design process
09:10 Is budget a constraint?
10:30 How do you approach a smaller space as a Interior Designer?

11:30 Different materials in Interior Design and keeping yourself updated.
12:30 Is MDF a bad material?
13:00 Interior Decor in interior design.

15:30 Different consultants involved in interior design.

17:00 Building your contacts & network.

18:06 Landing the bigger projects and bigger clients.

19:10 Unorganized to organized in Interior Design.
20:30 Different tools that you use as an interior designer.
21:00 How much do you charge your clients as a interior designer?
22:40 Marketing in Social Media

23:00 What advice would you give to someone who wants to start on their own?
25:00 Where do you see the industry headed in the future?

27:30 Advice for young architects & Interior designers.
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