Interior design project management One project. One view. One version of the truth.
Phases, tasks, drawings, budget and the install date in one record, built around how a studio actually runs a job.
Fig. 01One project record. Progress, budget, tasks and time, with schedule, blockers and issues underneath. Sample data.
The project
A design project is not a task list.
It is a schedule with lead times, drawings approved in order, a budget the client is watching, and a van that arrives on a Tuesday whether or not the sofa does. Phases are yours to name, reorder and reuse.
- Survey
- The site visit, the measurements and the brief.Tasks with an owner and a date, and the files they came with.
- Concept
- Mood, layouts and the first scheme to present.Documents and early drawings, versioned in the project.
- Developed design
- Detailed drawings and the specification.The FF&E schedule, with a lead time on every item.
- Tender
- Who supplies what, and at what price.Purchase orders raised from the approved quotes.
- Install
- The week on site, and who is there.Deliveries and trades booked against the day.
The workspace
Everything the job needs, in the job.
The board the team works from and the thread the client writes in, inside the project rather than in an app beside it.
How it works
Plan it, draw it, cost it.
Three jobs a spreadsheet does badly, on one record. The assistant keeps the notes.
Budgets reconcile with XeroPlan
Phases, site visits, deliveries and the install on one calendar, with a studio-wide view of the fortnight when three jobs want the same two people.
Draw
Drawing packages are versioned and move through a five-stage approval, then go to the trades without anyone emailing a zip.
Cost
Committed cost, actual cost and margin update as orders are raised and invoices paid, in GBP with VAT.
Fig. 04Site notes, tidied. Decisions saved, actions given an owner and a date. Nothing is sent without you.
Phase by phase
From the first brief to the last snag.
On site, the record comes with you: snags, sign-off and the final invoice sit in the same project as the brief, so nothing lives in a thread no one can find.
How do phases and timelines work?
You plan in phases on a visual timeline that covers design stages and installs. Budget, margin, tasks, purchase orders and milestones update as the work moves, so project status is current rather than reported.
Can I track time on tasks?
Yes. Start a timer on any task and the hours roll into time tracking and billing, so chargeable time stops depending on anyone remembering to write it down.
How are drawings approved?
Drawing packages are versioned and move through a five-stage approval, and can be shared with contractors from the project itself. The version a trade builds from is the version you signed off.
Is procurement visible inside projects?
Yes. The FF&E schedule, its lead times and its risk against the install date sit inside the project. The scoring itself is explained on the procurement page.
Does the AI help with projects?
Yes, in two places. It turns rough meeting and site notes into tidy project notes with the actions pulled out, and each morning the daily brief lists what needs you: reviews, overdue tasks and the items about to slip. It never sends anything on its own.
How is this different from Programa or Design Manager?
Both are built for design studios and both do this stage competently. The differences that decide it are install-date risk scoring on the FF&E schedule, and UK depth: GBP, VAT and a two-way Xero sync.
Is it suitable for a small studio?
Yes. A solo designer gets the whole product; a larger team gets collaboration and role-based permissions. Pricing is per user with no feature tiers, and the free trial runs for 30 days.
Can I speak to a studio already using it?
Yes. We are in beta, so there are no case studies on this site yet, and we will not publish one we do not have. Get in touch and we will introduce you to a studio running its projects on Techstyles.
Next
Where the project connects.
- ProcurementWhere the schedule is bought, every item scored against its install date.
- FinanceInvoices in GBP with UK VAT, and two-way Xero.
- CRMWhere the work arrives from: enquiries and proposals that become projects.
- The platformThe whole system, in the order the work happens.
- Pricing£49 per user a month, £39 from the sixth user, excl. VAT.
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