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Chapter 25 Programming:
1) Define Programming:
2) Programming involves gathering information about the client’s specific needs as well as
identifying broader issues of __________________________,
______________________________, ________________________ and
______________________________ on the design.
3) In addition to stating the client’s goals and objectives, a program should contain an analysis of
the __________________________, ____________________________,
___________________________, ___________________________ and
________________________________________.
4) What is the difference in a programming concept and the design concept?
5) The ________________________________ are the bridge between programming and the
design process. They are statements, agreed upon by both the client and the programmer, that
describe the most important aspects of the problem and serve as the basis for design and as the
criteria by which the solution can be evaluated.
6) What are the four major consideration of any design problem and give a brief explanation of
each.
7) True or False: The programming document should be reviewed by the client.
8) Define the following:
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a. Human Factors:
b. Anthropometrics
c. Ergonomics
d. Human Comfort
9) List at least 10 topics for which questions may be asked during a client interview.
Chapter 22: Developing Design Concepts
10) What is a design theory?
11) True or False? Theory and style are the same thing.
12) ______________________________________________ research focuses on theories of the
interaction between humans and their environment.
13) What does “evidence-based design” mean?
14) What industries use EBD the most?
15) What is functionalism?
16) What is Gestalt psychology?
17) Explain 5 principles of Gestalt:
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18) Explain 5 social and cultural influences that often influence interior design.
19) _________________________________ is a fundamental aspect of human behavior and refers
to people’s need to lay claim to the spaces they occupy and the things they own.
20) ______________________________ was created by Edward T. Hall to describe the interrelated
observations and theories about how people use space as a specialized elaboration of culture. It
deals with the issues of _______________________ between people,
___________________________, ________________________ of space, and
_______________________ of people in space, all relative to the culture of which they are a
part.
21) What are the personal space ranges for
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a. Intimate:
b. Personal:
c. Social:
22) True or False: Round tables foster cooperation and equality among those seating around them.
23) Why do study carrels in a library work better than tables in a library?
24) Name two ways to show status in the design of a CEO office.
Chapter 23: Elements of Design
25) List the elements of design:
26) Explain how the following lines affect a person’s feelings about a space:
a. Horizontal line:
b. Vertical line:
c. Diagonal Line:
d. Curved Line:
27) __________________ is the relative size of something as related to another element of known
size. _______________________ is simply the relationship of parts of a composition to each
other and to the whole.
28) Explain the five color schemes that are common methods of using color.
29) List the two types of texture and give 2 examples of each.
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Chapter 24: Principles of Design
30) List the Principles of Design:
31) _________________________ depends on the idea of visual weights.
32) True or False: Bright colors carry more “weight” than neutral colors.
33) What type of balance is very stable and typically connotes formality? ____________________
34) What type of balance is considered informal and dynamic? ____________________________
35) True or False: Harmony is one of the most difficult design principles to apply because there are
no fixed rule and because it includes the opposing concepts of unity/variety and
rhythm/emphasis.
36) __________________________ is one of the most powerful design principles which is the
repetition of elements in a regular pattern.
37) Name at least two ways that rhythm can be achieved?
38) What happens when everything is emphasized in an interior?
39) __________________________ is the relationship between one part of an object or
composition and another part and to the whole, or between one element and another.
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