Sustainability Overview 500 words
Provide an overview of your understanding of the general sustainability issues relevant to the specification of materials within the interior design industry.
You are expected to reference prior teaching and you are encouraged to supplement this with additional research.
Look at more than one source to help you understand whether or not a material is truly sustainable, and be aware of greenwash misleading statements made by manufacturers and suppliers.
Material Properties 500 words ( Smile Plastics and Geaves Eco Board materials) for each material Identify and explore the physical properties, haptic qualities and manufacturing processes that define the materials you have been assigned. Consider how these properties and qualities compare to similar materials and how they might inform their use in interiors.
Demonstrate your understanding of how your materials are typically specified in an interiors context. Are they usually manufactured in set sizes or thicknesses? Why and how might this inform your design decisions? For example, Burr Elm is a beautiful veneer, however the size of a sheet of this veneer may be limited to a 700mm x 700mm piece, this will have an impact on its ability to be used as a single piece veneer for a door.
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