ACH 208 - History of Ornament, Textiles and Color

3 credit hours - Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory weekly; one term.
An expansion of History of Interior Design as a continuum with further application to current design approaches. Focuses on color palettes and their historical origins; the use of textiles during those periods, and ornamentation of the interior structures and how it relates to the interior design professional today.

Prerequisite(s): ACH 106 and ACH 201 .

Note: Typically offered OL; summer term.* also offered as independent study

Course Outcomes:

Correlate the signifigance of historical elements to present day technology
- Utilize interior design software to compare how furnishing designs reinvent themselves in different eras
- Create visual timelines of the manufacturing, weaving, or construction of various interior elements
- Classify interior elements as to a hierarchy of prominant to common
Correlate the signifigance of historical elements to present day technology
- Cite examples of exterior ornamention surfaced in furnishings, textile patterns and wall decoration
- Acquaint self of how lifestyles influenced the use of interior furnishings historically
- Dissect architectural features from structures and relate to furnishings of same period and its revivals
Create historically correct interiors
- Perceive individuals in history and their interior environments
- Depict realistic interior solutions for well known historical figures using only period materials
- Adhere to the principles of the past using materials from today
- Document the birth of the interior design profession
Examine historical events or inventions that played roles in design evolution
- Plot timelines of major events affecting textiles, color, and ornamentation
- Expose student to ancient techniques of colorizing paints, cloth, etc
- Evaluate how technology altered productivity
Compare historical interiors to today’s interior residential environment
- Utilize available software programs to analyze interior perspectives in current periodicals
- Evaluate construction techniques past and present
- Cite examples of how color directions relate historically
Compare historical interiors to today’s commercial interior environment
- Distinguish the merchant environment historically
- Approximate commercial environments historically to comparables today
- Document through projects, products universal throughout time