Interior Design Styles
Elements and Principles of Design
Technology and Tools of the Industry
Interior Design Vendors
Materials
100

This somewhat masculine interior design style features neutral color schemes with factory elements and unfinished metals.  

What is industrial?

100

Both a visual and tactile sense, this element utilizes randomness and describes how objects feel to the touch

What is texture?

100

What tool has a pencil on one end and a point on the other that allows one to draw arcs and circles?

What is a compass?

100

This paint brand has a motto of "paint like no other" and was founded in 1883 in a small loft at 55 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. 

What is Benjamin Moore?

100

This sheen level of paint is determined as less than 5 percent in industry terminology.

What is flat?

200

This interior design style reached the height of its popularity in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, and brings together glamour and luxury through the use of bold geometry, rich colors, and decadent detail work.

What is Art Deco?

200

Element of design that utilizes repetition of geometry or combinations of geometries formulaically

What is pattern?

200

This program used at ONU allows nearly fully realistic renderings of a room or space.

What is Chief Architect?

200

If a designer or customer is looking for a unique item, what is the best way to find what they're looking for?

Where is shop locally?

200

In flooring or wallcoverings, this term is the distance from the center of one motif or pattern to the center of the next.

What is a repeat?

300

This elegant interior design style combines ornate carvings, moldings and decorative wrought iron with simple textures and sturdy furniture.

What is French Provincial?

300

The quality that expresses a natural resting posture, or equilibrium, in a space consisting of a combination of various objects, surfaces, and effects.

What is balance?

300

This template borders a set of construction documents and is used to give information about the project.

What is a title block?

300

This local flooring brand has five locations in the Chicago area and has been around since 1976.

What is Floor Covering Associates (FCA)?

300

This type of glass has been formed, cooled, and reheated to just below melting point, and then cooled again increasing its strength.

What is heat-strengthened glass?
400

This interior design style is very high-energy. It consists of bold color palettes, textures and patterns and gives a lot of freedom to the designer while still staying consistent.

What is eclectic?

400

Evokes a sense of movement as the eye traces various elements of a design through space. The movement can be regular, utilizing repetition, or varied, such as with gradation, where there is a slight overall progression.

  1. What is rhythm?

400

This tool allows for perfect measurement of a large space.

What is a laser measure?

400

This popular kitchen and bath supplier operates from the philosophy “Believing in Better.”

What is Kohler?

400

This term is when one edge of a tile is higher than an adjacent tile giving the finished surface an uneven appearance.

What is lippage?

500

This interior design style is used by interior designers as a way to describe the combination of modern and traditional elements. 

What is transitional?

500

Element of design that focuses on the shape and geometry of the space or objects in the space

What is form?

500

This organization allows many connections and resources an interior design professional may not have if they are not a part of it.

What is American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)?

500

This brand was created in 1937 after the creator burnt his hands on water coming out of the pipes in his kitchen.

What is Moen?

500

This term measures the maximum loads in pounds per square inch that can be sustained by metal in tension.

What is tensile srength?