Term | Definition |
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. |
Contract Documents | Involves preparing formal documents for the construction and installation of design. |
Internship | An educational work experience for credit that allows the student to investigate different areas of the interior design field, learn the culture of various firms, and understand how academic preparation corresponds to the practice of design. |
Move In & Post Occupancy | Phase 6 of the interior design process. Designers sets a move-in date and schedules furniture and equipment delivery. Designer needs to assess the client’s satisfaction. |
Design Development | The refinement of designs and decisions the designer and client made. |
Resume | A brief summary of a person’s education, skills, work experience, activities, and interests. |
Client Program | A document that outlines the client project-functions, specific need requirements in each space, issues, and current status. |
Interior Design | The creation of interior environments that support the function, aesthetics, and cultures of those who inhabit, live, and thrive in interior spaces. |
Residential Interior Design | Involves the planning and design of private dwellings to reflect the client’s tastes, preferences, and functional needs. |
Programming | The designer identifies the client’s design problem, current situation, and future needs. |
Job Shadowing | Spending time with a person at work and learning by watching as he or she performs the functions of the job. |
Commercial Interior Design | Involves the planning and design of primarily public spaces. Includes places where you eat, work, play, recover health and heal from medical conditions, exercise, meditate, or enjoy life. |
Contract Administration | Phase 5 of the interior design process. The design comes to life. Designer schedules and monitors construction work and costs. |
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. |
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. |
Schematic Design | A brainstorming or “what-if” phase that is creative and innovative. |
Service Learning | A method of learning that combines classroom instruction with meaningful community service. |
Interior Design Process | A method that interior designers use for organizing their work, guiding their actions, and finalizing their decisions when working with team members and clients. |
Code of Ethics | Guiding principles of conduct and character that are establishes by and within professional organizations. |
Aesthetics | Pleasing in appearance without personal bias. |
Apprentice | A person who works for another to learn trade. |
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. |
Interior Designer | A multi-faceted professional who uses creative and technical solutions applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. |