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Interior Design

Accent Lighting controlled and focused light used to accent interior elements or architectural details.
Applique a decorative design made of one material sewn over another.
CONTEMPORARY designs with simple lines, curves and geometric patterns.
Drapery curtain: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).
Edging The use of strong lines of division to accentuate the separation of one area from another in a landscape.
Elevation drawing of an exterior of a structure.
Expansion Gap A space necessary between fixed objects, ie walls of a room, pipes and cabinets, and between the material itself to allow for the movement of the material.
Facade is generally one side of the exterior of a building, especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear.
Feng Shui The Chinese art of positioning objects in buildings and other places based on the belief in positive and negative effects of the patterns of yin and yang and the flow of chi, the vital force or energy inherent in all things.
Finish (e.g.Matte) coating: a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance.
Floor Plan The basic layout of building or addition, which includes placement of walls, windows and doors as well as dimensions.
Green Design A term used in the building, furnishings, and product industries to indicate design sensitive to environmentally-friendly, ecological issues.
Hue Hue or tint is the parameter of colour that allows us to distinguish between colours.
Joist Structural member running horizontally and supporting a ceiling or floor.
Modesty Panel panel used on furniture to conceal view.
Molding a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing.
Perspective A view, vista or outlook; The appearance of depth in objects, especially as perceived using binocular vision.
Scale pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
Space Planning The process of deciding how office space can be most efficiently and effectively used; based on a potential tenant's operational and aesthetic requirements and financial limitations.
TRANSLUCENT semi-opaque surface, which diffuses light while partially obscuring a view, i.e. privacy window, etched or frosted glass, window film.