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Understand people’s relationship to space, architecture and the environment in this introductory, conceptual design course. Learn the basic elements of design to create 2-D compositions. Through lectures, readings, discussions and 3-D models, you apply the principles of design as you analyze space, form and context.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Use graphic, geometric and abstract approaches to problem-solving in the design of the built environment
- Describe concepts using terms understood by designers
- Think critically about design and communicate your informed opinions
- Identify and develop a design process that leads to the discovery of working solutions
- Explain how physical and nonphysical elements define spaces
- Work with space as the state of interrelatedness between objects and other defining functional elements
- Think and design through drawing
- Perceive scale as a humanizing element inherent in design
- Deploy verbal and visual presentation techniques
What You’ll Learn
- Design process
- Emotional factors
- Inspiration
- Pattern
- Positive and negative space
- Composition
- Planar objects, openings and passages
- Visual presentation
- Critique
- Scale and proportion
- Volume and 3-D design
- Portfolio tips
How You’ll Learn
- Conceptual design projects
- In-class critiques and instructor reviews
- Midterm
- Final project
Is This Course Right for You?
Intended for students enrolled in the Certificate Program in Interior Architecture and Interior Design, this course is also ideal for those wishing to gain a thorough grounding in accepted design principles.
Learner Outcomes
Student Tim Ferk created this project while taking Design Principles and Elements.
View the Interior Design and Interior Architecture Flickr gallery.