NAC623.584. Standards for program: Knowledge, skills, processes and theories of interior design.

     1. The program of interior design completed by an applicant must ensure that the student understands and applies the knowledge, skills, processes and theories of interior design.

     2. The criteria for satisfaction of the standard set forth in subsection 1 are whether work by the student:

     (a) Follows a process and demonstrates the ability to apply:

          (1) Two-dimensional design elements and principles in interior design projects; and

          (2) Three-dimensional design elements and principles to the development of the spatial envelope, including volumes of space, visual continuity and balance, visual passages and interconnecting elements;

     (b) Follows a process and demonstrates the ability to select and apply color in interior design projects;

     (c) Demonstrates programming skills regarding problem identification and problem solving;

     (d) Demonstrates programming skills regarding the identification of the needs of clients or users, or both;

     (e) Demonstrates programming skills regarding the gathering, research and analysis of information;

     (f) Demonstrates competence in schematic design and concept development skills regarding space planning, including adjacencies, circulation and the articulation and shaping of space;

     (g) Demonstrates competence in schematic design and concept development skills regarding concept statements;

     (h) Demonstrates competence in schematic design and concept development skills regarding the ability to visualize concepts through sketching;

     (i) Demonstrates competence in design development skills regarding:

          (1) The selection of interior finishes and materials;

          (2) The detailed and developed layout of furniture, fixtures and equipment;

          (3) Space plans, elevations, sketches and study models; and

          (4) The selection and application of luminaires and lighting sources;

     (j) Demonstrates competence in design development skills regarding the detailed and developed selection of furniture;

     (k) Demonstrates competence in design development skills regarding the justification of design solutions relative to the goals and objectives of the project program;

     (l) Demonstrates competence in design development skills regarding the appropriate selection and application of decorative elements;

     (m) Demonstrates competence in skills regarding the preparation of drawings, schedules and specifications as an integrated system of contract documents which are appropriate to the size and scope of a project and sufficiently extensive to show how design solutions and interior construction are related;

     (n) Demonstrates design development skills regarding the appropriate selection and application of art and accessories;

     (o) Demonstrates design development skills regarding the ability to design custom interior elements;

     (p) Demonstrates design development skills regarding the methods of wayfinding; and

     (q) Demonstrates design development skills regarding graphic identification.

     3. The minimum requirements for satisfaction of the standard set forth in subsection 1 are compliance with the criteria set forth in paragraphs (a), (c), (f), (i) and (m) of subsection 2 and at least eight of the remaining criteria set forth in that subsection.

     4. As used in this section:

     (a) “Competence” means the ability to apply successfully concepts and information to complete specific tasks.

     (b) “Decorative elements” means elements, other than art or accessories, which help express the character of a job or client, or both, and which are not an integrated part of the interior architecture of a building.

     (c) “Graphic identification” means the design of things that people see and read in interiors and buildings and methods for finding direction and corporate identity in such things as symbols and logos which attempt to maximize both communication and aesthetic quality.

     (d) “Skill” means the ability to do something well as a result of practical experience.

     (e) “Spatial envelope” includes the spaces contained within a large architectural volume and the interior spaces inside a building, as defined by walls, floor and ceiling, and may include the effect of the spatial arrangement within the defined volume and the spatial arrangement of those volumes.

     (f) “Wayfinding” means strategies used by people to find their way in both new and familiar settings, incorporating perceptual and cognitive reactions to architectural, graphic, visual, aural and tactile elements present in the environment.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Architecture, Interior Design & Residential Design by R139-04, eff. 10-8-2004)