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Green Stuff: Designing an Earth-Friendly Room
In this activity learners explore earth-friendly materials that can be used in home environments. They learn about the relationship between the environment and design, and use a variety of problem-solving strategies. They work in...
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Fusing Furniture And Asian Art
Students see how French artists used imported lacquer panels in their furniture. They explore Asian lacquer panels and create their own Asian-inspired lacquer panel design. They incorporate their classmates' designs into a new furniture...
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Furniture Arrangement
Students identify that the arrangement of furniture is an extension of space planning and a good arrangement of furniture will be both functional and pleasing. They also fill in the Furniture Arrangement worksheet during the lecture and...
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Lesson Exchange: Design and make Cents (Elementary, Mathematics)
Sixth graders work in teams to design the perfect bedroom. The teams must create a room that is functional, original, and stays within a budget of $650.
Roald Dahl
The Twits - The Furniture Goes Up
Work gets done faster when people work as a team. The ninth installment of an 11-lesson unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl combines character education with research skills and creative writing activities. The lesson ends...
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Furniture Defined
Students dissect and evaluate traditional definitions of furniture styles. In this furniture characteristics lesson, student learn to classify different styles and types of furniture. Students create furniture sketches.
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American Federal Style
Explore American Federal design as it pertains to furniture, architecture, and influences on modern style. By the end of this activity, learners should be able to recognize Federal design, its place in history, and how it has influenced...
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Design Diaries
Young scholars consider their interest in interior design and comment on popular trends. They explore reactions to prolific design ideas that become mundane by reading and discussing the article "Flash in the Can: Designs Soon...
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Fusing Furniture and Asian Art
Students design furniture. For this visual arts lesson, students examine French, Chinese, and Asian art pieces. Students compare the lacquer art and apply the motifs to their lacquer panels and furniture pieces.
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Design-A-Room
Students employ art as a means of communication. The meaning of the communication comes out in the design of a unique room that is 3 dimensional. The use of the imagination is encouraged as well as visualization skills.
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6-8 Interior Design: Designing My Dream Room
Students analyze interior design as a profession. For this interior design lesson, students design their own dream bedroom and explore interior design as a profession. Students draw a scaled drawing using graph paper and appropriate...
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Clubhouse Design
Fifth graders design a blueprint and floor plan for a one-story clubhouse. In this architectural design lesson, 5th graders view several floor plans and blueprints on the Internet then design a one-story clubhouse that includes...
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Furniture Styles
Students are shown a PowerPoint presentation on the various types of furniture styles. In groups, they guess when they believe the type of furniture orginated and why it is important to know this type of information. To end the lesson,...
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Take a Seat: Exploring Chair Design
Students analyze chair design for its art. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the art in the designs of chairs. Students complete image based discussion. Students complete three related projects.
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A Matter of Style Activity: Furniture Design
Students study the six styles of nineteenth-century furniture. They select their favorite style, then use three design elements from this style and sketch an idea for a piece of furniture.
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Types of Furniture
Students discuss the different types and styles of furniture and complete a furniture project. They create their own line of furniture with details to match each piece. They explain that there are many different types of furniture,...
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The History of Furniture
Young scholars investigate historic furniture. In this art history lesson, students compare and contrast two chairs from different periods. Young scholars create a collage from images of the past.
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Interior Design Final Project
High schoolers are introduced to the requirements for their final interior design project. In groups, they compare and contrast the characteristics of floor plans to the needs of families living in the houses. Individually, they design...
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Interior Design
High schoolers complete a design for their bedrooms. They design a floor plan for their bedrooms including convenient traffic zones and good use of space. They include fabric swatches or examples of wallpaper along with notes on theme...
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Finding Historical Motifs in Today's Furniture
Middle schoolers observe and explain continuity with the past in contemporary furniture design.
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Cardboard Structure: Pyramids
Learners design a structure made of cardboard pyramids that will hold their weight. In this pyramid structure instructional activity, students determine a way to make a structure of interlocking pyramids that are sturdy enough to hold a...
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Door Panels and Details: Renaissance Revival/Aesthetic Cabinet
Students investigate the history of cabinetry and furniture, specifically the Renaissance period. In this art history instructional activity, students investigate photographs of the Renaissance Revival/Aesthetic Cabinet, and...
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Career: Designing a Room
Students apply previous knowledge to design their own great room. Using appropriate color schemes, they also consider room traffic patterns and furniture arrangements. While designing their areas, students give attention to placement...
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Exploring the Design Process: The Work of Charles and Ray Eames
Explore the work of Charles and Ray Eames and design philosophy for three Eames' objects. Students complete image based discussion, create sketches of forms that interest them, and create their own images for a house of cards game....