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1.01 interior vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aesthetics | Pleasing in appearance without personal bias. |
| Interior Design | The creation of interior environments that support the function, aesthetics, and cultures of those who inhabit, live, and thrive in interior spaces. |
| Interior Designer | A multi-faceted professional who uses creative and technical solutions applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. |
| Residential Interior Design | Involves the planning and design of private dwellings to reflect the client’s tastes, preferences, and functional needs. |
| 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. |
| Resume | A brief summary of a person’s education, skills, work experience, activities, and interests. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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: | Interior design professionals adhere to guiding principles that combine ethical standards and best practices, promoting integrity and accountability in all interactions. |
| 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. |
| 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 of the interior design process involves identifying the client's needs through fact-finding, interviews, and site analysis. The designer creates a client program, and by the end, the client must verify the project details before proceeding. |
| Client Program | A document outlining project functions, requirements, issues, and status. It serves as a checklist for designers to grasp the client’s needs and ensures all requirements are included in the final design. |
| Schematic Design | Phase 2 of interior design includes brainstorming, schematic drawings, space planning, and presenting design options for client approval. |
| Design Development | Phase 3 of interior design focuses on refining designs and decisions through critical analysis and problem-solving. It includes floor plan revisions, system evaluations, material selection, interior detailing, budget adjustments, and client approvals. |
| Contract Documents | Phase 4 of interior design involves creating formal, legally binding documents for construction and installation. This phase includes finalizing the budget, developing working drawings, compiling a specification book, bidding with contractors, and obtaini |
| Contract Administration | Phase 5 of the interior design process. The design comes to life. Designer schedules and monitors construction work and costs. |
| 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. |