When differentiating Design to Decorating a certified/registered/licensed Interior Designer evaluates aesthetics, finish durability, structurally stability for usage, appropriateness of draw glides, pulls and hinges used, appropriateness of horizontal surface material and if endangered species are used in the case of furniture or case goods. While and interior DECORATOR selects style, finish and proportion based upon usage.
In the case of window coverings, a certified/registered/licensed Interior Designer evaluates appropriate type and style based upon sun and light control, privacy, flammability, acoustic properties, and control system but an Interior DECORATOR would select color and texture while designing style of window colorings. A certified/registered/licensed Interior Designer draws floor plans showing location of furniture to meet not only client requirements, but also the Americans with Disabilities ACT [ADA], egress, and fire code requirements while an Interior DECORATOR draws plan showing location of furniture to meet client requirements. In the lighting/electrical category, a certified/registered/licensed Interior Designer draws plans showing location of light fixtures, switch/dimmer locations, prepares fixture and lamp schedule, and indicates electrical locations with consideration for GFI requirements. An interior DECORATOR selects decorative lighting fixtures. These are only a few of the points that set Interior Designers from Interior DECORATORS.
People don’t understand the difference. When I tell someone I am an Interior Design student I get one of 2 responses “Oh…cool.” (Then changes the subject) “REALLY?! You need to come over to my house and help me!” What people don’t realize is that Interior Designers deal with the FUNCTION of a space over the aesthetically pleasing part of a space. NCIDQ (National Council of Interior Design Qualification) which is the council that makes the test and such for certification of Interior Designers. Anyways, they have this website http://www.reingoldweb.com/ncidq/ that you can go to and take a visual tour of a space and see what roles and Interior Designer plays in the construction of a space. Check it out.
This blog will be for me to show my family and my friends just what I am doing in school…plus I will use it to help update anyone who wants to know about the “Tennessee Interior Design Act of 2009” which is trying to set some more boandries to help those of us who are going to school to become an interior designer be set apart from the Interior Decorators of the world. We should be credited for our schooling! I didn’t spend 15 hours on my current project for nothing!!
For our project one, we had to design a student design studio for a fellow classmate. My client was Jessica and I was her client. Here are some pictures of the finished product that I designed for her!
The REAR elevation of the design studio.
The right side elevation of the design studio.
The left side elevation of the design studio.
The front elevation of the design studio.
Design Studio Floorplan. My lettering was a little messy at this point of the project.
This is an elevation of the Kitchenette in the space. It has a mini fridge!
This is an elevation of the drafting room with storage on both sides for her drawings. Our drawings are suppose to be stored laying flat so I though these would be a good way to allow that.
This is an elevation of the wall in the meeting room where a projection screen will be used along with a built in storage unit below it to store her client boxes along with anything else she may need to put in the drawers.
This is an elevation of the built in storage unit that I designed for her work room. The doors on the unit will be the different turquoise colors and the rest will be white. She wanted modern she got modern!
This is my presentation board all finished!!
Close up of the right side of the board.
Close up of the left side of the board.
Another of the board.
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