Course Description
Design project management. Covers professional procedures from contracts through post-occupancy evaluations.
Athena Title
Professional Apps for Int Des
Prerequisite
ARID 3410
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To understand interior design business organizations and staff structures. To understand basic interior design business procedures beginning with design contracts and moving through all project design phases. To demonstrate the use of basic software applications to create, present, store, manage and recall interior design project information and to conduct routine business procedures. To demonstrate proficiencies in writing and interpreting design contracts and letter of agreement, including goods and services to be provided and design fee structures. To demonstrate an awareness of professionalism and professional ethics through role-playing and similar oral or written exercises. To synthesize and extend information learned in previous interior design courses. To project the use of information learned in this course to the experiences that may be anticipated in future ID courses and in professional practice. To demonstrate proficiency in interior design project and information management by utilizing appropriate CAD, desktop publishing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, and project management software on a studio design project.
Topical Outline
Introduction to business procedures, e.g. contracts and letters of agreement, project time management, human and financial resource management, and information management throughout all interior design project phases. Introduction to, demonstration of and exercises using basic software applications, including desktop publishing, spreadsheets, databases, CAD, presentation graphics, and project management software. Use of software to create, present, store, manage and recall project information. Creating computer-based design documentation appropriate to each design phase, e.g. graphic presentations, two-and three-dimensional working drawings, schedules and written specifications, and furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF7E) budgeted documents. Professional procedures document production. a. design contracts b. 2- and 3-D plans, elevations, sections and details. c. written product and/or performance specifications for FF7E items d. FF&E budget documents Verbal and graphic presentation of design documents both on-and off-screen.