Dave Matthews and Wednesday

Different types of interior design:
interior design is not limited to a firm. Interior design has many different outlets.

-Residential:
for a specific audience; their taste
-takes a different attitude towards the client; on a personal level
-personal and diferent relationship becuase you are working on a one-to-one basis
-commercial design and clientele can lead to residential design
-the interaction between client and designer is extrodinarily personal
-other personal issues can arise from the personal level

-Commercial: office- Iorgroup, healthcare, government vs. local

when specializing:
-healthcare: it is a team of people getting the credit and executing NOT just one designer; signage is important
-don't compare commercial furnishings and residential furnishings: more people are using commercial furnishings so they must wear and tear better and last longer

-Spiritual, retail: lighting design; Luminart- it is a
technical and design success

-Prime Design: -Mill Work Group
-detailing; woodwork, laminate work
-furniture maker

-visual merchandising
 -window displays

-exhibit designs
-museum scapes
-telling stories through designs
-interior designer acts as a narrator
-historians educate so designer can write and tell stories to all age groups

-trade shows
-3D computer modeling
-designing booths for companies
-design graphic interiors


Virtual Environments:
-anytime there is an interior you have the potential to design it

**designing is partly what you want and what the economy allows nd demands**


Wednesday:
Jeff answered odds and end questions. The most important thing that stood out to me was this: a design is only as good as what you can extract from your client. We also decided that every designer thinks that  HGTV is a disgrace to licensed interior designers.