Syllabus. Introduction to Interior Design I

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1 Syllabus NOTE: Essential materials and tools are needed for this course and must be brought to the first class. Refer to last page of this Syllabus for a list and resources. CLASS 1 What is the Profession of Interior Design? Review the definition of interior design and what an interior designer does. What an interior designer does not do. What do you need to know to be an interior designer? Outline basic skills, principles and tools that a designer must have to be able to effectively work as a designer. How do you acquire those skills? Learning to see, understand and interpret what you are seeing. The basic elements of Design What are the building blocks of a room design? A quick overview. The basics of the design business: design solutions for your client. Important basic steps in building a new client relationship and next steps. The client interview ask the right sorts of questions to determine their design needs/problems and dreams. Communication and clarity: seeing it from their point of view. Managing a client/project with a business-minded method (a letter of agreement, clear written communications). Design work and communicating concepts/ideas The phases of the design process and how they apply to a specific project. What are the designing work methods to help you design? What elements need to be considered, and in what order? What are documents and materials that need to be developed to effectively present and communicate design ideas to your client. In class studio work time: Demonstration on basic room space measuring (using classroom) and documentation and basic drafting techniques using ¼ x ¼ graph paper, pencil, scale ruler, straight edge or rolling parallel tool. You will work in student pairs to practice measuring and sketching of the classroom. Finish classroom floor plan. Come to Class 2 with a fully drawn floor plan, using the handout example to guide your efforts. Practice Learning to See and be prepared to share at least one good visual example that impressed you. Bring to Class 2 your example (photo, magazine clipping, or other).

2 CLASS 2 Quick review: Anything learned or observed in the past week? A random selection of students will briefly share image they have prepared to present what works, doesn t work, what is being seen. Brief lecture: Present the basic building blocks of a room or space. Present relational design concepts of scale, harmony, repetition, balance etc. Touch upon basics of human-scale space planning, functional design issues, ADA, etc. Demonstrate drawing furnishings to scale and crucial aspects to be aware of when considering furnishing pieces for a space. (3-dimensions, scale, ergonomics, client needs and physical limitations). Present concept of reflected ceiling plan and lighting plan. Discuss types of lighting and qualities of light. Homework review: Review as needed of homework questions and one-on-one with instructor. In class studio work time: Work on drawing to scale the floor base plan of a room space provided by instructor. Begin use of the scale-rule to accurately locate doors, windows, and switches/outlets. Learn to use proper the proper drafting designations and symbols. Learn the concept of drawing an elevation from your plan. Explore space planning to accomplish requirements for the space instructor will provide those programming design parameters. Practice and finalize drawings begun in class. Goal is to bring to class the following: o Floor plan drawn as completely as you can, indicating accurate locations of windows, doors, architectural features, basic electrical locations. o A basic elevation of one wall, which you will feature in your finished room scheme. o Trace paper furniture/space planning schemes you think solve the design problems presented in the design program. Bring all your work back to class for review even those ideas you think don t work. Start collecting finish samples, fabrics, cut sheets, images of furniture, colors, finishes you might use in your room scheme. A Pinterest Board is a great way of collecting images and information. Stop by a paint store, a carpet and flooring store. Start getting familiar with resources in your area.

3 CLASS 3 Quick review: Anything learned or observed in the past week? Brief lecture orchestrating the elements of design into your design: Discuss how design elements come together in a room space. Touch upon personal preference vs. client preference and understanding the difference. Touch upon visual design tricks. Touch upon connection from one space to adjacent spaces. Discuss the role of texture, pattern and color in the design creation. Review in brief the concept of the color wheel and properties of color and light. Review types of fabrics, building Discuss the role of design details embellishment, art and accessories in assisting in the creation of a fully realized design. Marcel Breuer said, God is in the details. Demonstrate how to trace/sketch/render furniture and other items that you will be using for your design board presentation. This is a skill to develop and you will be required to use this to illustrate furniture and other items on your design board presentation. Present some tips and best practices for making a visual design board presentation Homework review: Review of plan, elevation and furniture layout homework. In-class studio work time: Fine-tune your furnished room plan and elevation(s). With a satisfactory furniture layout in place, begin to flesh out the room scheme by adding in a color palette and style pattern elements, accessories, lighting. Use materials, colors, finishes and furniture examples that you have been collecting. Certain materials and finishes may be available from the school stash, but the stash resources are limited and may not assist you in successfully illustrating your specific design and color scheme. Work on tracing/sketching/rendering any furniture items you may need for your presentation. For those students with a good design in place and well on their way to finishing the project: create a basic lighting plan, indicating the types of lighting you would recommend to suit the furniture layout and functions of the room space and programming requirements. Goal is to finalize your to-scale space plan designs and drawings by end of class period, so that you can spend the remaining class preparing presentation boards, which will include the plan and elevation with as much detail and even color rendering. Preparation for CLASS 4: Bring three or four 24x30 foam core boards to use to create your design board presentation. Bring your finished drawings, material samples, finish samples, paint chips fabrics that you will incorporate into your design board presentation. Bring cutting board, metal cutting edge, Exacto knife, glue, etc. to put together your presentation. Bring colored pencils, markers, pens to sketch, label, and render. If not already finished in class, finalized your furnished room plan and elevation(s). Bring to the next class everything you have prepared for your design boards, all fabrics, finishes, sketches, rendering, etc, along with the necessary board-making materials.

4 CLASS 4 Lecture/Demonstration: Mock-design presentation followed by discussion, Q&A. In class studio work: This is your final working studio class time to finalize your design boards and any drawing or other elements you may need yet to pull together. You will be presenting your design boards in CLASS 5. Put all the finishing touches on your design presentation boards and practice your presentation. A good practice idea is to have a friend or family member stand in as your mock client. Come to the final class fresh and eager to share your fabulous design solution!! This is to be fun and full of constructive commentary. CLASS 5 Final Student Presentations: Each student will have 10 minutes to present his/her design to a mock-client. Constructive commentary and question and answer period will follow each student s presentation.

5 REQUIRED MATERIALS: You will need the following items for the first class. Be sure to buy tools measuring in inches and in the correct scale!!! ¼ graph paper in 11x17 sheets. Please purchase only ¼ graph paper which is 4 squares to the inch. Architectural scale in inches!! (Do not buy an engineering scale!) A straight edge or rolling parallel tool to assist in drawing straight lines (you may not use your architectural scale for line drawing). 25 steel measuring tape Sharp pencils, eraser Tracing paper For this entire course you will NOT be using furniture templates. Additional materials will be announced as needed and required for project work. RESOURCES: ¼ scale 11x17 graph paper pad: /product_ Architectural triangular scale: 25 metal measuring tape Single-Side-Measuring-Tape-25-ft-L-x-1-in-W-Blade-Inch/product_ Straight edge: Or black/4,5596.html Tracing paper HELPFUL TOOLS FOR PRESENTATION BOARDS: Cutting mat 18x24: recommend clear 1 X1 gridded, but can be of your choosing. An Exacto-knife A metal straight edge, backed with cork (to prevent slippage and cut fingers). This is can also be used as a straight edge drawing tool.

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