Interior Design

How design works, including its usefulness, convenience, and organization is known as:

Function

What are horizontal lines?

Parallel to the ground lines that direct your eyes across a space

These lines communicate feelings of peace, relaxation, calmness, and restfulness.

The physical shape of objects is known as:

Form

What is high mass?

a space that is visually crowded.

A line that is part of a curve:

Curved line/arc

Uses squares, rectangles, circles to create form is _________ form.

Geometric

Rearranges or stylized a recognizable object; communicates a contemporary, changing, creative, and artistic feeling.

Abstract form

What is free form?

 It's random and flowing. You can find it in nature—in plants, stones, and wood. 

Feeling of freedom

Lines that communicate different levels of activity is known as:

Diagonal lines

What is included in construction?

Materials and structure

What is visual imagery?

language of sight

nonverbal communication

only what you can see

The area around a form is known as:

space

A space that is simple and sparse is _________ mass.

low mass

The way a surface feels to the touch is known as:

Tactile texture

The most basic element of design is?

Lines

A texture you can see, but cannot feel is?

Visual texture

The way a surface feels or appears to feel?

Texture

The amount of pattern or objects in a space is known as:

Mass

What is a realistic form?

lifelike, traditional, and familiar feeling 

easily recognizable

 Lines which are perpendicular to the ground?

Vertical

What are the elements of design?

Lines

Texture

Mass

Color

Space

Form

Which line creates a feeling of relaxation and calmness.

Horizontal Lines

Strength and formality are communicated through ________lines.

Vertical lines

The use of mirrors will help with which element of design?

Space and Form

Slip-resistant flooring is an example of?

Tactile texture

Interest and movement are communicated through what type of lines?

Diagonal lines

The size of an interior space is often defined by?

Dimensions

What can rough surfaces create?

Casual feeling

 Describe how good design makes a room better and easier to use, successful, and functional.

 It considers the needs of people using the item. Good functional design also accommodates the ages, sizes, and physical abilities of the users. Successful functional design provides easy access for all people and eliminates barriers.

Name and explain the three characteristics of design.

Function- how a design works

usefulness, convenience, and organization.

Construction- materials and structure

consider function, quality, initial cost, maintenance, environmental implications, and such long-term costs as repair and replacement. 

Aesthetics- beauty, which is a pleasing appearance or effect

What positive and negative feelings can be evoked by large and small spaces?

A large space can communicate feelings of openness, grandeur, or freedom- in contrast, such as a sports arena, may make a person feel small, lost, or overwhelmed.

Small spaces can offer a cozy, intimate, or comfortable feeling in a space. Adding more people and furnishings to a small room, however, might feel very crowded.

 Contrast tactile texture with visual texture.

Tactile texture is the way a surface feels to the touch. You can see and feel tactile texture. Texture refers to the way a surface feels or appears to feel (much more broad)

List the guidelines to follow when using form in housing design. 

Form follows function

Related forms are more agreeable and pleasing than unrelated forms.

A gradual change in form smoothly directs the eyes.