Design Process

Question 1

Human factors

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focus on the fit between objects, spaces, and users, emphasizing physical dimensions. Psychological, social, and physical needs are also considered.

Question 2

Sociopetal

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furniture arrangements are those that help social interaction.

Question 3

Sociofugal

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arrangements are those that discourage interaction.

Question 4

human-centered strategies

Answer 4

Per CIDQ, Interior Design includes “human-centered strategies, or design solutions that result from understanding occupants’ needs and behaviors that influence their performance, satisfaction, and well-being, among other personal and social outcomes. Evidence from design and human behavior theories and research, and first-hand information gathered from the occupants and other stakeholders are considered and applied.”

Question 5

Biomechanics

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is effort produced by the human body while moving or resisting force.

Question 6

A group of experimental psychologists, starting in the early twentieth century, gave extensive attention to understanding perception of the sensory world (Kohler 1959). This group, called

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the gestalt psychologists

Question 7

Law of Similarity (or Grouping)

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Elements that are similar in characteristics tend to be perceived as a group. Gestalt Laws

Question 8

Law of Proximity

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Elements that are located closer together in space or time tend to be perceived together

Question 9

Static anthropometrics

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measures the human body at rest,

Question 10

dynamic anthropometrics

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measures the body while performing activities.

Question 11

Four different distances are identified in the theory of proxemics:

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Intimate distance
Personal distance
Social distance
Public distance

Question 12

Proxemics is the study

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of the cultural and spatial needs of people and their interactions.

Question 13

It’s the interior designer’s responsibility to create aesthetically pleasing environments. And also contextually-appropriate design solutions: “an approach to design decision-making that involves consideration of environmental, social, cultural, economic, ecological, and political conditions that may influence and be influence by the design solution.”

Question 14

Environmental and ecological factors are reflected in the emphasis on sustainable design both as a process and the effect on the choice of materials, which would be influenced by regionalism.

Question 15

The first goal of interior design is to be livable. An interior should first fulfill its intended function of meeting the needs of the people it is designed for.

Question 16

The second goal of an interior space should be to create a pleasant and visually appealing environment.

Question 17

aesthetic principles—scale and proportion, rhythm, balance, emphasis, and harmony—aid in decision-making and enhance the designer’s results.

Question 18

Elements

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Form
Scale
Color
Texture
Pattern
Light

Question 19

Design Theory – Principles

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Balance
Harmony and unity
Rhythm
Emphasis/focus
Contrast and variety
Proportion

Question 20

A “riser” is the vertical distance from one stair to the next;

Question 21

“nosing” is the projection of the tread over the riser

Question 22

“tread run” is the horizontal distance from the end of one nosing to an adjacent nosing.

Question 23

“Tread depth” can be defined as the sum of the run and nosing,

Question 24

Architects and some designers refer to programming as predesign.