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John Turpin, Ph.D., FIDEC, posted a succinct homage to the first 50 years of IDEC on the 2012 Conference Website.
http://2012.idec.org/hot-topics-in-the-21st-century#more
Does anybody care to speculate what a list of IDEC’s accomplishments may look like if written in 2062?
I just finished reading BIM & Integrated Design by Randy Deutsch http://bimandintegrateddesign.com/the-book-2/
I have to admit it rocked my world.
Personally I am struggling with the transition from CAD to BIM. However, as an educator with an irrelevance phobia I am forcing myself through it. Since I do not use it on a daily basis or within an integrated practice environment the transition is difficult. I am sure I am not the only digital immigrant ID educator facing this dilemma. Currently as a department we teach both 2-D ACAD and Revit. Our design process and our Construction Documents are still based on the traditional SD/DD/CD/CA process. I was thinking that the transition the from 2-D CAD platform to the BIM platform might take 3-5 years. After reading Deutsch’s book I think that is wishful thinking on my part. BIM appears to be here NOW.
Is there anybody out there that has jettisoned AutoCAD and is focusing entirely on BIM (Revit or other 3-D parametric programs) ? If so how have you escaped the traditional academic silos to create a true multi-discipline cross collaboration BIM experience? If you are thinking that teaching REVIT as a 3-D design tool in isolation of other disciplines and the additional dimensions that BIM & IPD provide (I have seen as many as 4 additional dimensions) then you are doing your students a diservice. However, I acknowledge the difficulties in creating relevant theoretical projects utilizing BIM and not just pretty REVIT renderings.
I have seen lots of discussion on the AEC side of this issue but very little that focuses on Interior Designs role in this new paradigm. I hope somebody with IDEC is taking this issue on and will be presenting in Baltimore. We need to think about this deeply as it has enormous resource implications at a minimum. We also need to help eachother out as as quickly as possible because the trainsition is not going to wait for us to ponder it too deeply.
OKAY GO.
Here are two press releases regarding the use of VR to invision interior space. One is in an academic setting and the other is in a retail setting.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/dec/20/3-d-lab-helps-mu-architecture-interior-design/
While V.R.technology has been aroung for awhile it is not an inexpensive endeavor. Now it seems to have gone mainstream as they say particularly if it is being used to assist buyers of residential furnishings. Wow. Are we prepared for this? What does this mean for helping students to visualize 3-D space? Are the days of Revit and SketchUp as 3-D design tools numbered?
I have been aware of this site
for some time now but did not give it much thought until some of my students began using it to compose inspiration images. As I think about it this site has much more potential for creating, storing and accessing visual information. Does anybody have experience with Pinterest as an interior design education or practice tool or am I just way behind here?
A seminal industry research report issued by six leading interior design organizations (ASID, CIDA, IDC, IDEC, IIDA, NCIDQ) highlights a growing body of evidence that supports the positive impact of interior design on public health, safety and welfare.
The Interior Design Profession’s Body of Knowledge and Its Relationship to People’s Health, Safety and Welfare is based on research led by Denise A. Guerin, PhD, and Caren S. Martin, PhD, professors at the University of Minnesota College of Design. The report, which updates a 2005 study, represents the most current and comprehensive resource for helping design practitioners, educators, researchers, accreditors, students, and the public understand the broad and diverse knowledge interior designers employ in their work.
The study asked a sample of 1,578 experienced interior designers to rate their potential contribution to health, safety and welfare across 65 knowledge areas, including daylighting, indoor air quality, ergonomics, and material, equipment and product specifying. Those knowledge areas were grouped, for purposes of comparison, into six categories: Human Environment Needs; Interior Construction, Codes and Regulations; Products and Materials; Design Theory and Process; Communication; and Professional Practice.
Research highlights include:
”Continued research and applied knowledge and documentation are essential to advancing the profession and increasing the health and safety of the built environment,” said Jeffrey Beachum, executive director of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC). “The unified body of knowledge outlined in this report is both a practical and encouraging step forward for the design industry and the public at large.”
The report also includes a series of recommendations and a roadmap for advancing the interior design profession through the continued identification, documentation and measure of health, safety and welfare performance standards to provide meaningful benchmarks.
