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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
Learners 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.
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Furniture Defined
Young scholars 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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Design Diaries
Learners 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 Forgotten." They...
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Fusing Furniture and Asian Art
Students design furniture. In 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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6-8 Interior Design: Designing My Dream Room
Students analyze interior design as a profession. In 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 specific...
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Take a Seat: Exploring Chair Design
Students analyze chair design for its art. For 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
Students investigate historic furniture. In this art history instructional activity, students compare and contrast two chairs from different periods. Students 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
Students 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 and...
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Finding Historical Motifs in Today's Furniture
Students observe and explain continuity with the past in contemporary furniture design.
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Cardboard Structure: Pyramids
Students design a structure made of cardboard pyramids that will hold their weight. In this pyramid structure lesson, students determine a way to make a structure of interlocking pyramids that are sturdy enough to hold a student's...
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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 lesson, students investigate photographs of the Renaissance Revival/Aesthetic Cabinet, and examine the small...
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Career: Designing a Room
Young scholars 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...
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Furniture Construction and Selection
High schoolers examine the different type of construction for a variety of furniture pieces. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, they discuss how to select the appropriate furniture for various floor plans. To end the...
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Design an Apartment
Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.
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Design Your Space
Students evaluate the acceptable use of classroom space. The class participated in a brief lecture and discuss of floor plans and how they are used in architecture. Using graph paper, they create a scale drawing of the classroom...
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Designing the Toy Planet Store
Sixth graders create a grid of their fictitious store. In this measurement activity, 6th graders use a computer to measure out the floor of their store and create furniture, doorways, windows, and more. This activity includes directions...
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Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Whole Cloth Quilt Design
Students examine how decorative motifs are adapted to other types of objects by craftsmen and artists. They examine photos on the Illinois State Museum website, discuss design elements, adapt a motif to a line drawing, and transfer a...
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Design a School
Learners create a design for their ideal school. They work in groups to design a part of the school and put the designs together to create one complete school design.