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The term on the boards is a traditional one referring to the performance of the tasks of doing a project. This would be someone who spends a significant amount of time preparing space plans, construction drawings, and other design documents utilizing a drafting board. Of course, today the on‐the‐boards designer is working with a computer rather than paper‐and‐pencil drawing and drafting.

These designers are involved in all phases of a design project. This designer can be involved in any of the specialty areas of design. Another term for this type of specialty is designer/specifier, a term that also refers to interior designers who prepare all the design elements of a project and specify the needed products, but rarely sell merchandise.

An interior designer in this situation could be working in an independent design firm, an architectural office, or several other environments not focused on selling products. They will be compensated either by a salary or hourly rate. Many designers who sell products may also be on the boards, as they must prepare plans and other documents in order to sell merchandise.