Furniture Restoration Flashcards
DESIGN
A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment or other object before it is built.
PROTOTYPE
A first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed.
AESTHETICS
A set of principles underlying the work of a particular artist or artistic movement.
FUNCTION
An activity that is natural to or the purpose of a person or thing.
MATERIALS
The matter from which a thing is or can be made.
COGNITIVE ORGANISER
A communication tool that uses visual symbols to express knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas, and the relationships between them.
PROJECT
An individual or collaborative enterprise that is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim.
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS
Project success criteria are the standards by which the project will be judged at the end to decide whether or not it has been successful in the eyes of the stakeholders.
ETHNICS
Moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
SUSTAINABLE
Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.
ERGONOMICS
The study of people’s efficiency in their working environment.
LEGALISATION
Laws, considered collectively.
COLLABORATION
The action of working with someone to produce something.
PREFERRED FUTURE
A preferred future is a longer-term vision, destination or outcome that can be achieved through careful planning and enterprise-wide action.
STAKEHOLDER
A person with an interest or concern in something, especially a business.
