Course Description
Introduction to residential interior design elements and principles through innovation and conceptualization projects.
Athena Title
Studio I Service Learning
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in TXMI 2360
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time.
Corequisite
TXMI 2350 and TXMI 2380
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
-Provide student with the ability to conceptualize solutions to real-world problems through service learning projects -Provide student with the ability to work with real clients to solve design issues affecting or influencing work and/or residential environments -Introduce design process from conceptualization to presentation -Introduce fundamental design elements and processes -Introduce interior design components such as FF&E (Furnishings, Fabric and Equipment), 2-D drawings, and presentation techniques -Introduce and practice creativity, conceptualization, and innovation -Introduce students to computer design programs for presentations and communication purposes -Introduce and reinforce design fundamentals and principles -Introduce students to aesthetic concepts and development -Introduce students to sustainable construction materials and principles -Introduce students to working in teams as done in professional offices
Topical Outline
Introduction to the design process through three small-scale design projects. Each project will set up and follow the same project progression to introduce students to the design process; introduce and set up studio culture and exchange of design ideas; establish design project and studio tendencies and practices. Suggested projects are intended to expose students to and familiarize students with areas of residential design prior to their acceptance into the program and the more comprehensive design curriculum. 1. Open project - Aesthetic application; this small-scaled design project will be focused on the development and application of aesthetic design, use of sustainable materials and practices to solve a client's real-world problems. Students may be given either a single, small square footage room, such as an office or residential room, in which they will develop and implement an aesthetic scheme within the framework of a budget. Project goals and objectives include an introduction to comprehensive design curriculum (introduction to reading floor plans, sections and elevations), introduction to space planning, furniture selection, understanding the impact of design fundamentals, e.g., balance and proportion on interior layout and selections, concept development, project documentation, and presentation documentation. 2. Chair project - unique chair design based on provided source of inspiration and/or historical design; project goals and objectives include design process, concept development, project documentation, creative ideation, model making, design fundamentals, application of design fundamentals, issues relating to human scale and usage. Furthermore, the project will serve to introduce students to sustainable construction materials and practices as well as encourage awareness of the environmental issues influencing the construction of built environments and their interior elements. 3. Pattern design - Fabric, wallpaper, or other pattern for residential use; based on provided source of inspiration and historical design; specific application in use; project goals and objectives include creative ideation, design process, concept development, project documentation, design fundamentals, and application of design fundamentals, pattern application in residential design, and introduction to computer-aided programs.
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