The memorandum of understanding between a designer and client.
What is a Contract?
100
The unit of estimating countertop edging.
What is lineal feet?
100
This firm designed the JW Marriot/Ritz Carlton hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
What is Gensler?
200
The study of human dimensions
What is anthropometry?
200
The total number of people who may occupy a given space, calculated based on use and square footage
What is occupant load?
200
A document issued by buyer to seller indicating the type, quantity, and price of items being ordered.
What is a purchase order?
200
3 feet x 3 feet
What is a square yard?
200
Designer of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Who is Frank Gehry?
300
Design which is accessible by people of all ages, sizes, abilities, and ethnic backgrounds.
What is Universal Design?
300
The energy standards in California that address the energy efficiency of new (and altered) homes and commercial buildings.
What is Title 24?
300
This act regulates the use of a title, such as “registered interior designer” and is enacted in order to raise public awareness of the qualifications of professional interior designers in that particular state.
What is the Title Act?
300
The length of yarn from the carpet backing to its tip.
What is pile height?
300
Lead architect for the Getty center in Los Angeles.
Who is Richard Meier?
400
Lighting used to illuminate a work surface.
What is task lighting?
400
60" at every turn along a path of travel
What is turning radius?
400
Members of this organization specialize in the design of kitchens and bathrooms.
What is NKBA?
400
A paste filling crevices especially gaps between tiles.
What is grout?
400
Founder of the Bauhaus school.
Who is Walter Gropius?
500
This concept defined by William McDonough is the basis of sustainable design.
What is Cradle-to-cradle?
500
the exit access, the exit and the exit discharge
What are the components of a Means of Egress?
500
The leading certification exam in interior design, accepted as the qualification for practicing in most US states and Canada.
What is NCIDQ?
500
A scale used to measure the hardness of wood
What is Jenka scale?
500
His most famous design was a house for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr., at Mill Run, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.