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Ulyss
Joined: 07 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:02 am Post subject: Interior designers: inferior ? or completely different ? |
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| Firms nowadays do they actually hire interior designers or are they only looking after architects and engineers,who can 'easilly' perform the job as well?It seems that over here in Belgium interior architects are defined as a 'noble paint chooser',or at least things are going that way.... Is that so in other parts of the world? |
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Justus
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Here in NL the pecking order is something like this:
Architect
Interior architect
Interior designer
Stylist
Stylists are people in charge of wallpaper, interior designers are people who did a mail-order course interior architecture, interior architect is a more specialized version of the architect.
personally I think there is a need for all those functions, I wouldn't trust an engineer to pick out my wallpaper (unfortunately my girlfriend doesn't either, so screw me...  ) |
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P.C.
millennium club
Joined: 26 May 2004
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Location: Denmark
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| Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
What is wrong with wallpaper with print of engines ? ,are you worried to get a kitchen table in at site cast marble in a bronce frame, can't you emagine rubber floors or steel stairs ?
Nothing wrong with the enginering aproach.
P.C.
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juberx
Joined: 29 Jul 2004
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I'm from Singapore, but I don't represent the views of all designers here.
I don't think there's a distinction between interior architect and interior designer here, while we don't have any positions as stylists. As I see it, whether or not an architect can cover an interiors' job depends on the amount of interiors knowledge he/she has. An architect places more focus on spaces, while the interior architect/designer will have an eye for the types of furniture to go with the space "given". |
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pharcyde
Joined: 01 Aug 2004
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I think that an architect may do the work of an interior designer since architects design not only the external bit of a building but the internal as well [circulation, ventilation, lighting etc.]
Interior designers are a lot more focused on the interior. They are the ppl you go to for a certain ambience that an architect may not know how to achieve.
I am also slightly confused as to the role of interior designers...
I've seen quite a few buildings in Malaysia designed by interior designers without the help of an architect in the design process, only approval. |
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chewich
Joined: 06 Jun 2004
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Location: lebanon
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i would like to notify something
here in lebanon we have interior architects and interior designers
i think there should be no interior architect so they should become what they used to be a decorator or interior deigner
first because the word architecture means the art of building so naturally it has nothing to do with interior decoration so i think we should start eliminating it from our dictionary
as for interior designers , yes they study for years how to choose materials and decorate spaces the architect made so at the end it is their job but an architect could finish a project from a to z if he have the time to do so and if the client did not want an interior designer.
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lineondesign
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
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When working in an architectural firm the Interiors Dept. seems to be tolerated by the majority (architects). The majority likes to view these licensed and degreed professionals as "color pickers". The architects resent the idea that they can not be all things to all projects. But the Principals in the company know that to gain commissions they have to sell what the end-users want....and that is a sophisticated highly-functional product. Most end-users do not care about how their workplace looks from the freeway, they care about how it feels to sit at their desk, etc.
But, the other side of the coin is the strictly Interior Design firm. In this scenario, the designers do not downgrade their architect co-workers...they typically are respectful and do not see them as irritants taking work away from them. The answer lies in the deliverables. |
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halt
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
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Location: seattle, wa, usa
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Justus is correct; there are clear differences between the professions, and there should be as each category has its own set of skills required to master the craft. I am an interior designer with 15 years experience doing much of the same work as architects but I find myself in a blurred area somewhere between architecture and interior design. While I can select materials, furniture and finishes I also know accessibility, building codes, building systems, advanced interior lighting, permitting processes, and construction administration. I work with the same consultants architects use; i.e. structural, mechanical, electrical, acoustical, etc. I am not a decorator and never will be but I do know the current trends in furniture design, industrial design and yes, an influence architects hate; fashion. There are significant differences between architecture and interior design. Issues of ‘site’, ‘permanence’ and ‘-isms’ are not a big influence on interiors. Interior design has other issues, those of how we ‘use’ and ‘perceive’ space from a more personal level. Interior designers focus more on the day-to-day occurrences of everyday use. Architects can do this to but there is some over-extending of confidence on this issue. Just because someone is an architect doesn’t mean they can do interiors. It takes a certain level of understanding of the complex issues to design an interior environment. Some use the term ‘interior architect’ but professional organizations in the U.S. have put of a strong fight against any use of the word ‘architect’. I’m okay with that as long as the profession of interior design is legitimized by giving qualified interior designers the ability to submit drawings for permit. Architects who disagree with this will spew many reason why this should not happen but the truth is simple; it’s about money. Here in Washington State an interior design licensing bill failed in the state congress because there was enough opposition to stall the vote. Opposition came from a lobbying group representing a Kitchen-Tile-and-Bath-Time organization who did not want to stop using the term ‘interior designer’. Time ran out in congress and the legislation failed. Once again interior designers in this state get the shaft and will continue to be recognized by this state as… store clerks.
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