The analysis of the articles is based on the influence of technology on interior architecture education and of employer’s expectations in the interior design industry. This also addresses the issues faced by interior designers in today’s world and how technology is hindering/fostering their creativity.
Talking about the article on “Technology Changing the Face of the Modern Fit out”, it addresses a strong point of how the interior design industry was never considered as a crucial part of the industry and was dealt with a stereotype
attitude
that
interior
designers
dealt
only
with
the
part
of
“decorating” the space until technology gained importance. Technology has now given a 180-degree turn to the industry because of which the industry has finally started gaining the deserved recognition.
The underlying point in the article “ is technology hindering or fostering the creativity in interior design”, although is on similar lines like the above mentioned article about the positive aspects of technology, it also talks about the pitfall side of technology on the industry.
Their argument is supported with an example cited of a professor from a state university of how although he accepts that the technology has given the students, the most innovative platform to communicate their design ideas, somewhere down the lane, the students who are the prospective interior designers are lacking the basic creative skills and hand drafting techniques.
Essay on Asbestos in Industry Article
The article begins with an introduction to Clarence Borel who was employed as an industrial insulation installer in 1936. Borel was exposed to heavy concentrations of asbestos dust. The asbestos products were manufactured by Johns-Manville Corporation among other corporations. Borel died from lung cancer, specifically mesothelioma caused by asbestosis. Asbestosis is a scarring of lung tissue and ...
“Interior Designers’ Perceptions of the Influence of Technology on Workplace Performance” article gives us a different perspective of the influence of technology and how it caters to the interior designers. The statement is supported by examples cited by employees from the industry who have been interviewed of how 2D and 3D software have enabled the designers to get their work done in reduced time in comparison to how it was in the past. It also talks about what the expectations of the employers from new hires are ,
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which includes being efficient in 2D and 3D software which will enable them to be proficient in expressing their design ideas.
The other side of the coin is that it is hindering the employers in certain ways. This point is well supported by examples they cite of how in case if the computer crashes the students are unable to come up with a hand made drawing ready for a meeting. The over dependence on the computer has led to this state where the new graduates are finding it tough to inculcate sketching and hand drafting although their competent computer skills enable them to complete a design project in no time.
The articles that we have looked at firmly state that the influence of
technology has its pros and cons. The use of technology has catered to designers in various ways in terms of the time factor, design output etc. But the basic thing we have to understand is every opportunity has both sides. So technology is definitely fostering the designers but having said that it is better that we don’t become over dependent on it
that it
hinders our
creative and innovative skills of designing.
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Works
Cited
(Melinda
Lyon
2009)
(Moore
2011)
(TAUTE
2005)
Melinda
Lyon,
Shiretta
Ownbey,
Mihyun
Kang.
International
Journal
of
Instructional
Technology
and
distance
learning.
January
2009.
http://www.itdl.org/journal/jan_09/article07.htm
The Essay on Technology And Designers Design Process Paper
Affects of Computer Technology in Design In times when a ruler and a pencil and the obvious sheet or paper were the norm, now that norm for many areas of design are turning to technology and computer based programs and software to get the "job done", A design used to consist of many repeated steps to get a conceptual sketch or outline completed, before moving on to a full drawn out comp whether it ...
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August
2013).
Moore,
Tim.
Design
Build
Source.
October
05,
2011.
http://designbuildsource.com.au/technology-‐changing-‐modern-‐fitout (accessed
August
28,
2013).
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MICHELLE.
IIDA.
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http://www.iida.org/content.cfm/compass-‐vs-‐
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