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In this exclusive extract from OSCA Interior Design in line with ''The BIID Interior Design Job Book'' by Diana and Stephen Yakeley, we take a look at what a Design Brief is and the steps involved in preparing an initial brief.

The Design Brief is necessary when the client is not clear what the brief should be. This is not as extraordinary as it sounds; often clients are aware that new space needs to be provided or existing space rearranged but the problem may be so complex, and the number of people that need to be consulted so large, that the client is not in a position to analyse this.

This is an area where the designer can provide a service in space planning (sometimes called 'interior architecture') which clients are often unaware exists. This helps the client to determine his/her needs in detail and to set the parameters for the whole project that may follow.

This can be a relatively simple exercise, e.g. examining how an existing building can be adapted to a new use, or a complex process, consulting exhaustively with the client's key staff, utilising adjacency theory to provide a detailed analysis of the client's requirements, developing this into planning diagrams from which floor plans can be developed.

OSCA Outline Plan of Work 2007 describes the key tasks for this stage as, 'Development of initial statement of requirements into the Design Brief by or on behalf of the client confirming key requirements and constraints. Identification of procurement method, procedures, organisational structure and range of consultants and others to be engaged for the project.'
When acting as the interior designer in a design team or when acting as lead consultant, the designer will carry out all of the following tasks (deliverables in bold):
Receive from the client a detailed description of the functions that the project is to accommodate and prepare a room schedule
Collect information concerning the precise requirements of each room, interviewing key staff as necessary, and prepare a room requirements schedule for each space
When space relationships are complex, prepare an adjacency relationships matrix
From the adjacency relationships matrix, develop planning diagrams
As appropriate, collaborate with other consultants in the preparation of a design brief
Present the design brief (incorporating the above deliverables) to, and review options with, the client.

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