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1.01 Interior Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Aesthetics | Pleasing in appearance without personal bias |
Interior Design | Creation interior environments that support the function, aesthetics, & cultures of those who inhabit, live, &thrive in interior spaces. |
Interior Designer | Multi-faceted professional - uses creative & technical solutions applied w/i a structure to achieve a built interior environment. |
Residential Interior Design | Involves planning and design of private dwellings to reflect the client’s tastes, preferences, and functional needs. |
Commercial Interior Design | Involves planning & design public spaces. Includes places where eat, work, play, recover health & heal from medical conditions, exercise, meditate, or enjoy life. |
Resume | A brief summary of a person’s education, skills, work experience, activities, and interests. |
Internship | Educational work experience for credit that allows the student to investigate different areas interior design field, learn culture of various firms, & understand academic preparation corresponds to the practice of design. |
Job Shadowing | Spending time with a person at work and learning by watching as he or she performs the functions of the job. |
Service Learning | A method of learning that combines classroom instruction with meaningful community service. |
Work Samples/Artifacts | Photographs, floor-plan drawings, free-hand sketches, or conceptual models of work that you have done. Will be used in a portfolio to showcase your work to future clients. |
Apprentice | A person who works for another to learn trade. |
Digital Copy Portfolio | A digital copy of a collection of work samples of a person’s best work, often used when applying for a job to show a person’s abilities and accomplishments. |
Traditional Portfolio | A paper copy of a collection of work samples of a person’s best work, often used when applying for a job to show a person’s abilities and accomplishments. |
Code of Ethics: | Guiding principles conduct & character establishes by & within professional organizations. A combination of best practices in business w/ moral principles to guide the interior design professional in simple, personal or complex business relationships. |
Interior Design Process | Method interior designers use for organizing work, guiding actions, & finalizing decisions when working w/team members & clients. Although phases linear, not unusual for designer to revisit several times as client changes mind or design further refined. |
Pre-Design | Takes place before the interior design process begins. Designer interviews the client and asks questions to understand client’s needs. If the designer’s skills match and the client agrees a contract is signed so the interior design process can begin. |
Programming | Phase 1 - Designer clearly identify client design problem, current situation, & future needs. Fact-finding, client interviews, on-site analysis & creation program. By end understand needs project in detail & client should verify accuracy . |