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THE INTERIOR DESIGN REFERENCE + SPECIFICATION BOOK
concept that will be further developed as the
project progresses, and to agree on a direction
for the character and aesthetic intent of the
project.
Design Development: Most design-intensive
phase of a project, in which all design ele-
ments are developed, including the partition
a n d f u r n i t u r e l a yo u t ; w a l l , w i n d o w , o o r , a n d
c e i l i n g t r e a t m e n t s ; f u r n i s h i n g s , xt u r e s , a n d
DESIGN PHASES
Al l p r a c t i t i o n e r s m u s t a d d r e s s t h e s t a n d a r d p h a s e s o f t h e d e s i g n p r o c e s s . Th e t a b l e b e l o w
i d e n t i e s t h e d u r a t i o n a n d g o a l s f o r e a c h p h a s e o f a s m a l l - t o - m e d i u m - s i ze d i n t e r i o r d e s i g n
p r o j e c t . De p e n d i n g o n t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s o f a p a r t i c u l a r p r o j e c t , t h e t i m e l i n e c a n v a r y g r e a t l y;
h o w e v e r , t h e p r o j e c t g o a l s s h o u l d b e a d h e r e d t o f o r e a c h d e s i g n p h a s e .
m i l l w o r k; c o l o r , n i s h e s , a n d h a r d w a r e ; a n d
l i g h t i n g , e l e c t r i c a l , a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s ys -
t e m s . Th e g o a l i s t o d e n e a n d g a i n a p p r o v a l
o f a l l o f t h e d e s i g n r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s .
Construction Documents:
w o r ki n g d r a w i n g s a n d s p e c i c a t i o n s t h a t
d e n e t h e a p p r o v e d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s
f o r n o n - l o a d - b e a r i n g i n t e r i o r c o n s t r u c t i o n ,
m a t e r i a l s , n i s h e s , f u r n i s h i n g s , xt u r e s ,
Programming: Id e n t i c a t i o n , a n a l ys i s , a n d
d o c u m e n t a t i o n o f t h e c l i e n t ’s n e e d s a n d
g o a l s i n a w r i t t e n d o c u m e n t . Th i s b e c o m e s
t h e b a s i s f o r e v a l u a t i n g d e s i g n s o l u t i o n s i n
t h e s u b s e qu e n t p h a s e s .
Conceptual Design: Br a i n s t o r m i n g p h a s e o f
t h e d e s i g n p r o c e s s , w h e r e m a n y o p t i o n s
a r e c o n s i d e r e d a n d e v a l u a t e d . Th e g o a l i s
t o g a i n c l i e n t a p p r o v a l f o r a s i n g l e d e s i g n
PROJECT PHASES DEFINED
Programming Conceptual Design Design Development
2 Weeks
3 Weeks
6 Weeks
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s c h e d u l e .
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d o c u m e n t e xi s t i n g
c o n d i t i o n s .
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d e s i g n o b j e c t i v e s
a n d s p a t i a l
r e qu i r e m e n t s .
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g o a l s .
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c o n s u l t a n t s t h a t
m a y b e r e qu i r e d .
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t o d e s c r i b e e a c h d e s i g n
c o n c e p t .
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w i t h c l i e n t .
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b u i l d i n g c o d e i s s u e s .
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d e s i g n c o n c e p t t o b e
d e v e l o p e d .
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c o n c e p t .
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r e f l e c t e d c e i l i n g p l a n s , i n t e r i o r
e l e v a t i o n s . a n d d e t a i l s .
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s i g n a g e p r o g r a m s .
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e qu i p m e n t f o r s p e c i f i c a t i o n .
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p r e l i m i n a r y p r i c i n g o f d e s i g n .
•ainapprovalofscopebasedonpricing
•reparedocuments forconstruction.
•Identifyandinterviewualifiedcontractors.
•Assistclientwithawardingcontracts.
•reparespecifications.
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