ART 2650, Introduction to Design Process and Programming Fall Semester 2020 Mondays & Wednesdays: 10:00 - 11:20am Online Interior Architecture School of Art+Design College of Fine Arts Ohio University
Matthew Ziff, Associate Professor, Area Chair
M. Arch, NCIDQ, Architect
Office: W325 Grover Center
Course Lectures & Videos
How To Design: Course Introduction
How to Design:Course Introduction PDF
Wednesday, August 26
Continue from Monday.
Monday, August 31
Discuss "Applied Empathy: A Design Framework for Meeting Human Needs" by Dirk Knemeyer
Wednesday, September 2
Interior Design Process: A 3 minute video
Discusion of "Dimensions, Needs, Desires" by Dirk Knemeyer
Interior Design Process ASID Video A 7 minute video
pbs.org design squad: no spill bowl design Yes, this is a kid's show, but the design process and the design 'need' are significant.
Monday September 7: Labor Day: Official Ohio University Holiday: No Classes
Wednesday, September 9
What is Interior Design? pdf This is a very good reference document. The profession of interior design is explained along with information about professional design associations and the NCIDQ licensing exam.
I am not going through this in class, but you should read this to expand your understanding of what it means to be a professional designer.
Monday, September 14
Some Principles of Design: pdf
Bjarke Ingels Design Philosophy
Wednesday, September 16:
Professional Design Process: Part 1
Professional Design Process: Part 2
Nature and Design: Concepts and Bio Mimicry pdf
Monday, September 21
No online class held today: Use class time to work on the "Bio Mimicry" Assignment project. I will be online, on Teams, if anyone wishes to speak with me about this project or other class or program related issues during our class time, 10-11:20.
Work in your residence/studio: "Bio Mimicry" Assignment/Project
Wednesday, September 23
Bio-Mimicry Assignment due: 10:00am
Making the Setu Chair: An excellent demonstration and explanation of what a design process looks like in practice.
Monday, September 28: Programming In Interior Design
Interior Design Sketch Graphics (Ziff power point)
Graphics For Interior Designers (Ziff power point)
Jean Nouvel Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum
Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum: Building this Museum
Jean Nouvel for DuPont 'Corian'
Zaha Hadid Architects and DuPont Corian: Design of a Kitchen Island
Karim Rashid Interview in Melbourne in 2016: What Is The Future Of Design?"
DuPont Corian: Home Design elements
Wednesday, September 30
Assignment #3: Environmental Analysis Due Today
Detail Drawings: What They Show
Details: Vertical Sections, Connections, Panels, power point
Details: Vertical Sections, Connections, Panels, pdf
How To Letter Like An Architect (Designer) Using Lead Pencils
Monday, October 5
The Vertical Section: What It Shows
Mechanical (Hand) Drafting: Tools and Conventions
Wednesday, October 7
Diagrams and Sketches: a very good explanation of the value and the method of diagrams and sketches.
Human Figures for Architectural Sketches A very good 10 minute sketching tutorial
What Does An Interior Designer Actually Do? Excellent video that presents responsibilities of an interior designer
Monday, October 12
Model Making for Designers power point version
Model Making for Designers pdf version
Architectural Model Making: Gluing and Connecting
Architectural Model Making: Scale and Cutting
How to Cut (Like an Architect)
Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion
Wednesday, October 14
"10 Inspriing Women Who Happen To Be The Best Interior Designers Ever"
Monday October 19
How to Develop a Design Concept: Connecting Process & Program: a 19 minute excellent video: we stopped last Wednesday at 10:30 into this video.
How To Design (Like An Architect) (a five minute video)
Space Planning Introduction pdf version
Interior Design Programming Explained
Architectural Design Process & Programming power point version
Architectural Design Process & Programming pdf version
Programs: what a typical program looks like and how it results in actual designed spaces.
Design Process: An Example of One Design Office
What Is Architectural/Design Programming?: This is a very good essay that describes what programming is and how it is done.
What is 'Creativity'? by Sir Ken Robinson: a very good web page article
Sir Ken Robinson "Do Schools Kill Creativity": fabulous 20 minute long TED talk (and still the most viewed TED of all time!)
Wednesday, October 21
The Profession of Interior Design
McMansions Cause Neighborhood Problems
Monday October 26
Interior Architecture at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Ohio University Interior Architecture Studio Spaces
Wednesday, October 28
Dieter Rams' 10 principles of good design
Interior Design at Washington State University
St. Clair College interior design, Windsor, Ontario
How To Design An Interior Wall
How To Design Walls In Architecture: A 'Google' search!
This page presents a phantasmagoria for a design sensibility
(a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.)
Look at these materials, forms, qualities of light and shadow, geometric expressions, volumetric expressions, patterns, colors,
surfaces, textures .....As designers you should be looking to make use of contemporary materials, contemporary technologies, and contemporary applications in the creation of spaces and objects that represent the world of 2020.
Manufacturing plywood boards: then and now
Wednesday, November 4:
Living Wall Panel for Interior
Monday, November 9:
Wednesday, November 11: Veteran's Day observed: No Classses at Ohio University
Monday, November 16
Inside the Louvre Abu Dhabi: an enormous, global scale design project
Ten Interior Design Specialists in London, UK: intimate, residential scale design projects
Wednesday, November 18
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Le Corbusier
Ayse Birsel and Herman Miller Furniture
Zaha Hadid: Unbuilt Projects Exhibit
Andree Putman, Interior Designer
Studio Essentials: Tools For All Designers
The Beauty Of A Narrow House
Monday, November 23
Universal Design: Creating Better Buildings and Cities for All
Wednesday, November 25: Thanksgiving Break: No classes in session at Ohio University
Monday, November 30 Interiors Worth Seeing Design Studio Culture
Material Pairings
Wednesday, December 2: Last Class of Fall Semester
Interior Design Process: Programming
Ohio University Dorms Under Construction
Animation of Cross Laminated Timber Manufacturing Process
A Cross Laminated Timber House
Exploration Architecture founder Michael Pawlyn on biomimicry | Design for Life | Dezeen
Statue Of Liberty Museum by ESI Design: User Experience Drives Design
Terrell Place, Washington, D.C.by ESI Design
Things Of Interest Beyond The End Of This Class!
Choosing Pocket Door Hardware - Pro Tips from an Architect
How to Separate Space in an Open Floor Plan
Whole Building Design Guide: What Is Interior Design? a very good web page article
Cross Laminated Timber: An amazing way to construct interior and exterior walls, floors, ceilings:
5 myths about cross-laminated timber
re-Think Wood: Cross Laminated Timber
Black Cross Laminated Timber Cottage by Kariouk Associates, Quebec, Canada
Army Corps Of Engineers: Introduction To Cross Laminated Timber Construction
World's Tallest CLT Apartment Building
Advanced Engineering Concepts in Solid Wood Construction
How A Completed Interior Is Achieved
University of Sharjah Interior Design Program
University for the Creative Arts: UK
Living Walls Put The 'Green' in Greenbuilding
Bogota, Columbia: Living Wall Building
Installing A Living Wall
Biophilic Design: Living Walls
Living Walls: Great Britain
Urban Gardens of the Future: Green Walls & Roofs
These each present information about Washington, D.C. This was presented as a preparation for the Interior Architecture three day field trip fall 2019. You may find these interesting given that the national election is taking place right now and all eyes are on D.C.
History of Washington D.C.
Palladio: America's Architectural Grandfather
Capitol Dome Restoration Project
Animated Rendering of Dome Restoration Project Scaffolding
International Spy Museum, Washington, D.C.
Audubon New York office LEED Platinum Green Space
ASID Headquarters Washington D.C.
World’s greenest and healthiest office crowned in Washington, D.C.
LEED Version 4: Integration of Environments
HGA Architects
Gensler Washington, DC: Future Happens Here
LEED Platinum Co|Lab Building brings first-ever CLT structure to Virginia
Terrell Place, Washington DC, by ESI Design
Short Videos That Present Excellent Design Process & Innovation
Tyler Pratt: Designing Simple Things to Solve Everyday Needs
Louvre Abu Dhabi: Design by Architecture Jean Nouvel
How To Think Like An Architect: Design Process
The Electoral College Explained
The Sorites Paradox: the problem of the 'heap'
Sheet Steel Laser Cut Sculpture
Laser Cutting 1/2" Thick Steel
McMansions: Why Do Designer's Dislike These?
The Old House Guy: Architecture & Aesthetics
Designing Produces Varied Outcomes!
Bill Stumpf & Aeron Chair Design
"17 Words of Architectural Inspiration" by Daniel Libeskind