Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Interior Design - Professional Reference'

This thesis defines the discipline of Interior Architecture from an academic perspective, from a professional perspective, and through a series of case studies on various building types. The primary building type, which is studied in this thesis, is the university setting, with specific emphasis placed on the "social spaces" within the university, where people interact and collaboratively engage one another and the environment around them. Interior architecture is explored through a study of numerous design elements and psychological phenomena, including proxemics, control of one's environment, response to technology, location of social spaces, permanence versus flexibility, provision of spatial variety, public versus private realms, and multisensory perceptions of three-dimensional space.
Department of Architecture

It is known that one and the same interior colouring will appear different in rooms with windows facing north or facing south, but it is not known how natural daylight from these two compass points affects perceived colour and the ways in which colour is experienced. The objective is to describe the perceived colours to be expected in rooms with sunlight and diffused light, and thus develop a tool for colour design. Two empirical investigations provide the basis for six attached papers. The model is exploratory with a qualitative character. One hundred and ninety-one studies were carried out with 79 observers in full-scale rooms, with double-glazed transparent room windows facing north or south. The NCS colour sample collection and colour terminology were used, with three yellow, red, blue and green hues in two nuances: whitish 1010 and more chromatic 1030. The walls were painted in a total of 23 selected inherent colours with each colour observed in up to 10 studies. Colour matching was achieved using a colour reference box and results were analysed with the aid of the terms inherent colour and identity colour. The colour reference box was tested in a separate study to investigate any methodological problems. Room character was described using semantic differentials, and data was processed using the SPSS statistics program. Verbal description using own words was applied in a descriptive and reflecting method to find sensory differences and precise, yet ordinary descriptions. Colour differences between rooms were assessed using verbal description of hue and nuance, and a supplementary method with specified colour samples. Emotional impressions of colour and rooms were assessed using a method describing primary emotions and the results were compared with results from another study using small colour samples. The colouring that enhanced or neutralised room light situation was compared as regards emotional impression and thereafter compared with results from another study. Daylight from the different compass points caused a clear shift in hue and nuance. The perceived colour was consistently more chromatic and more blackish than the inherent colour used. Nuance 1010 shifted more in chromaticness than nuance, while 1030 instead increased most in chromaticness. Even minor colour differences resulted in major differences in colour experience. The north-facing room in yellowish colours shifted towards reduced yellowishness in both hue and chromaticness. Indications were that north-facing rooms in reddish blue become more reddish than south-facing rooms.
QC 20100716

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
94
Abstract Interior design is complicated. There are related issues in the process such as qualities and disputes. How do we solve these issues and what are the solutions? The consultant is the most important point of interior design. Consulting stands for professional. It is the communication bridge between the clients and the service provider. Consulting is a kind of customer services. How to satisfy the clients? What can we provide? Do we increase the competitive advantage for interior design industries. Above are the points of this study. 1. The Study of current status for interior design and business consulting 2. The trend of consulting for interior design 3. The analysis of business model for interior design This study starts from search structure, process and methods. The 3 stages expand on interior design: Stage 1: Base on the related theories of interior design and consulting. It is the sale direction of consulting for interior design Stage 2: Studies & Researches The interview is for the development of current consulting. Stage 3: The results 1.The conclusions are experiences, conditions, scope, properties, methods, key points…etc of business consulting 2.From business model search to business trend of consulting: To fit for the society trend, resources use and the profits of team-work. Different requests structure the development trend of interior design 3.Presenting the consulting category methods: Sorting different categories according to different sales. Structuring consulting model according to services and sales providing. Concluding 5 business categories to explain the consulting model of interior design Key words: Professional Interior Design, Consulting, Business Model

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
98
Following the modern architecture development, The Interior Design has become a subject gradually. Interior design industry of nowadays, not only has a lot to offer equivalent of material, construction, operational performance, budget and whatnot in the field of interior design; but also provided a functional, aesthetic theory and safety environments for people. The definition of construction space, may say its knowledge is specific of space.On purpose of creating a whole new vision, which is construction, communication network, contract content and the standard of carrying out etc. By and large, whether be completed the whole design or not, that is based on totally design and construction. The necessaries of practical application are well illustrated and captions. Whether it is industrial demand or not, is worth the effort to discuss.Conferring with the vocational ability of designing, a study has surveyed via the professional Interior Design Industry’s interviewed and industry-related person. The study showed from the point of industry-related person’s view, there is deviation of supply and demand from school education and industry request. By contrast, the vast majority of industry had shifted to computerize, and also the interior design industry. In view of the deviation, there are some suggestions: 1.Shortage of school education. 2.Skillful training-driven --before taking a job. 3.On job training. 4.A follow up with study’s suggestion. The research technique is using “Questionnaire and having an interview with experts” carry on the discussion in view of the industrial public figure's viewpoint. The follow-up report is focused on the university teachers and graduated student’s awareness. A thorough research will be aimed at educator and learner to realize whether they have same recognition or any differentiate between both of them. Furthermore, by cross-reference as expect, it can reach the educational goal and achievement.

碩士
高苑科技大學
建築研究所
100
The purpose of this study was to discuss the current requirements for interior design and decoration professional manpower in the yacht-building industry, in order to analyze the gap between industry practice and personnel cultivated through educational training. By means of in-depth interviews and the distribution of questionnaires to yacht company professional technicians and specialists who participate in industry-university collaborations, this study attempted to understand the gap between educational training course management and the actual requirements of the workplace. This study found that Taiwan has the advantage of not only skilled handicraft, but also high industry adaptability, with high levels of cooperation that make the local industry a significant presence within the global yacht market. However, in terms of interior design and decoration, Taiwan has never been able to discard the role of OEM. Poor working environments discourage young people from joining the industry, causing significant shortages in manpower at present. Educational institutions are making considerable efforts at training new personnel, and it is suggested that institutions should place emphasis on the diversification of core coursework, the gaining of professional experience, as well as detailed planning for and implementation of the length, time, content and appraisal system of internship training. It is hoped that a professional yacht-building appraisal system be established to enable professional workers’ ease and adaptability in the design process, to increase individual competitiveness and propel the economic benefits of yacht production.

博士
中原大學
設計學博士學位學程
99
Professional competency is the most basic key to the sound development of interior design. This study will use the operation of domestic interior design and renovation management as the investigation scope of this research. The main purposes of this study are: 1. Explore related domestic and foreign literature about professional competency of interior design. 2. Develop a layered-architecture and programs for interior design competency. 3. Calculate different attributes of industry experts project the necessary degree of professional competency. 4. Analyze different attributes of interior design business to evaluate the different importance of professional competency. The research used Content Analysis with focus groups and quantified the Fuzzy Delphi Method with Difference Analysis for the studying purposes. Through literature review and expert meetings, this research was able to establish a layered architecture for interior design professional competency project as the investigation tool and carried out a survey that establishing a professional competency program consists of 7 categories, 39 sub-projects of professional competency, and 134 professional competency items. In addition, we selected 69 relative important professional competency items. We then used the 134 items as a research tool to survey 470 industry practitioners for importance measuring. The data was analyzed by using SPSS statistical software. From the data analysis, we found that: 1. On the necessary extent, the relative important 69 professional competency items include: space user’s behavior, art history, aesthetics of form and principle, the application of design theory, accessibility and universal design, layout planning and execution of an object, color and lighting, furniture style and function, materials and construction methods, coordination and cooperation of the whole working team, various indoor drawings and description, computer graphics software applications, project evaluation, cost estimation and control, site measurement and space-mapping, regulations and contracts, professional ethics and morality, renovation project management, globalization, sustainable development and innovation, and energy management, etc. 2. In comparison, men tend to attach more importance to management and implementation of a renovation work, while women would like to emphasize on the execution of a design. The one with more years of working would emphasize on the basics of a design, the application of design theory, material application, as well as communication skills and business operations. Meanwhile, the ones with fewer years of working in the field would pay more attention global design knowledge. The persons with higher education background, such as the instructors who work with architect/ space design education, full-time interior design teachers, and architects, agreed that environmental psychology, human behavior, social culture, history, culture, art history, design styles and trends, design implementation and management are more important than other areas. However, company managers are more concerned about the related theories of design and materials engineering methods, regulations, drawing reviews and professional ethics, and so on. Part-time instructors with teaching and interior design practice background pay more attention on the basis of design, presentation techniques, equipment drawings, regulations, preparation of contract documents and management, and project management. Finally, based on the research results, we propose suggestions for interior design teaching and follow-up research. We hope this research will help interior design academia to understand the related subjects and accumulate more relevant research results in order to move the industry toward excellence.

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
99
Most of modern interior designs are prone to lack the identity from non-professional civilians. When people browse around interior designs, they tend to care more about spatial organization and meanings idealistic to them than other aspects of a space. Such a phenomenon is commonly regarded as “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” while it is considered as “idealized” psychology. Although preference vary rather distinctively according to group, they share common features often times. A spatial design pattern revered as idealistic has special meaning to the non-professional civilian. However, people in Taiwan often pay little attention to the spatial feelings of non-professional civilians on the aspect of psychology. In view of this situation, this study tends to explore non-professional civilians’ contacts with idealized space with non-professional civilian culture as an objective. Based on phenomenological methods, this study was implemented in three stages through participant observations in which it conducted a survey among non-professional civilians on what idealized interior design means to them. First, it brought up analytic aspects of idealized space psychology followed by interview and interactive methods to participate in interviewees’ spatial psychology and interpretation of idealized psychology. In the last stage, it inducts the meanings of idealized space to non-professional civilians through analyses of interview materials by text analyses. The results found: (1) idealized space was established on people’s cognition and its contents contained experience, identity and value. People’s idealized space would reflect on faith including memory, empathy and balance effects while the ideal would be reflected in the space through people’s behaviors and its contents contain power, customs and shows; (2) in self-identity, idealized psychology contained identities of status and personality while the value consciousness included life philosophy, aesthetic taste and behavior faith. The idealized psychology included memory links to the emotion of nostalgia and special events while there were feelings of sustenance and comfort. The idealized psychology included control power and a sense of belonging in the symbol of power; (3) non-professional civilians often dialogued with idealized space, besides, they would project “themselves” into idealized space. On the whole, the idealized space was where the mind of non-professional civilians located. It is hoped the results of research be helpful to construe what idealized interior design means to average people and a useful reference for follow-up researches.

碩士
樹德科技大學
建築與室內設計研究所
101
In recent years, the people who work in interior design and decoration &; management are increase. It`s more important of professional certificate qualification. Government to execute skills test from 1972, there are one hundred eighty kinds of categories of test, related interior design categories are interior design and decoration &; repairs management. Purpose of the designers to comply with the standard, maintain public safety, protect the lives and general public, personnel engaged in the correct behavior of decoration. This study was to probe into the two categories of test range, understanding by the various work projects should have the skills and knowledge of interior design and interior decoration works, content analysis with past exams and focus on distribution and proportion of past exams. Discussion for licenses with the industry by way of expert panel. The research results are : 1. Interior designers to draw the floor plan, ceiling diagram, detail drawing,construction Pictured professional ,and effective configuration space planning,engineering materials estimating, specializes in the design and planning. Manage is the important of decoration employees. 2. Communicate is the important skills of the interior design and decoration works.Image expression with construction projects, to cultivate of the decoration practitioners of core ability. 3. Work practices to meet the professional competence of the technical subjects for this study. Interior design skill test through hierarchical classification at this stage, to achieve specialization and integration of international.

碩士
東方設計大學
文化創意設計研究所
107
This research aims to investigate the consumer impact of cognitive and variability to the interior design practitioner’s professional competence, quality of service, interior design style and space. The research was conducted by the self-made questionnaire 「Consumer impact to Interior Design practitioners in a professional capacity, Quality of Service and Interior design style and space」and deployed purposive sampling method. 260 questionnaires were distributed to those located in the central region, consumers that were in contact with interior design and decoration, and 240 valid questionnaires were returned. Surveyed results were compared through descriptive statistical analysis, t-test, f-test and Scheffe’s method to examine the analysis, and the findings are as of the following: 1. Consumers have positive and prominent level impact to interior design practitioners’ professional skills, service quality, interior design style and space. 2. Significant differences were identified for consumer impact on the professional competence scale due to gender difference, result showed male are higher than female. In the degree of service quality differences, factors such as "visible" and "reliability" were significant, result showed male are higher than female. In the difference of interior design style scales, factors such as "baroque", "Chinese style" and other factors, the difference are significant, result showed male are higher than female. In the difference of the interior design space scale, factor such as "psychological", the difference is significant, result showed female are higher than male. 3. Significant differences were identified for consumer impact on the professional competence scale due to marital status differences, result showed that those married are higher than those unmarried. In the degree of service quality differences, factors such as "tangible", "reliability", "guarantee", "care", the difference were significant, result showed those married are higher than those unmarried. In the difference of interior design style scales, factors such as "baroque" and "popper", the difference are significant, result showed those unmarried are higher than those married. For factor such as "Chinese style" and "minimalist", the differences are significant, result showed those married are higher than those unmarried. In the difference of the interior design space scale, other factors and overall factor were significant, result showed those married are higher than those unmarried. 4. Significant differences were identified for consumer impact on the professional competence scale due to age differences, factors such as "professional knowledge", "professional skills" were significant, result showed those with age 31 years and above are higher than those 30 years and below. In the degree of service quality differences, factors such as "tangible", "reliability", "guarantee", "care" were significant, result showed those with age 31 years and above are higher than those 30 years and below. In the difference of interior design style scales, factors such as "baroque" and " popper" were significant, result showed those with age 40 years and below are higher than those 41 years and above. For factor such as "Chinese style" and "minimalist", the differences are significant, result showed those with age 31 years and above are higher than those 30 years and below. In the difference of the interior design space scale, other factors and overall factor were significant, result showed those with age 31 years and above are higher than those 30 years and below. 5. Significant differences were identified for consumer impact on the professional competence scale due to differences in education level. Other factors and overall factor were significant, result showed those with education level of senior high school or above are higher than those with education level of Junior high school and below. In the degree of service quality differences, other factors and overall factor were significant, factors such as "tangible" and "reliability" were also significant, result showed those with education level of senior high school or above are higher than those Junior High school and below. Factors such as "Responsiveness", "guarantee", and "care" were significant, result showed those with education level of Junior high school or above are higher than those with education of elementary school or below. "Overall" factor, result showed those with education level of senior high school level and above are higher than those with education level of junior high school and below, also, those education level of college or above are higher than those junior high school. In the difference of interior design style scales, factor such as "baroque" was significant, result showed those with education level of junior high school and above are higher than those elementary school or below. In the difference of the interior design space scale, factor such as "physiological" was significant, result showed those with educational level of college or above are higher than those junior high school or below. Factor such as "Psychological" was significant, result showed those with educational level of senior high school level or above are higher than those elementary school or below, college degree or above are higher than those with junior high school. "Overall" factor, result showed those with educational level of college and above are higher than those of junior high school or below, and those with senior high school are higher than those elementary school or below. 6. Significant differences were identified for consumer impact on the professional competence scale due to occupations differences, other factors and overall factor were significant, result showed public employees, industrial/business workers are higher than those of self-employed profession. In the degree of service quality differences, other factors and overall factor were significant, result showed public employees, industrial/business workers are higher than those of self-employed profession. No significant differences were identified for the interior design style. 7. Significant differences were identified for consumer impact on the professional competence scale due to economic status level, other factors, overall factor and factors such as "professional knowledge", "professional skills" and "overall" were significant, result showed those of sixty thousand and one dollars and above are higher than those of sixty thousand dollars and below. Factor such as "professional attitude" was significant, result showed those of one hundred thousand and one dollars and above are higher than those of sixty thousand dollars and below. In the difference of the interior design space scale, factor such as "tangible" and "care” were significant, result showed those of sixty thousand and one dollars and above are higher than those of sixty thousand dollars and below. Factor such as "reliability", "responsiveness", "guarantee" and "overall" were significant, result showed those of one hundred thousand and one dollars and above are higher than those of sixty thousand dollars and below. In the difference of interior design style scales, other factor, overall factor and factor such as "baroque" was significant, result showed those of one hundred thousand and one dollars and above are higher than those of sixty thousand dollars and below. Factors such as "baroque" and "popper" were significant, result showed those of one hundred thousand and one dollars and above are higher than those of sixty thousand dollars and below. Factor such as "minimalist" was significant, result showed those of sixty thousand dollars and below are higher than those with a hundred and fifty thousand dollars and above. In the difference of the interior design space scale, factor such as "Psychological" was significant, result showed those of one hundred thousand and one dollars and above are higher than those of sixty thousand dollars and below. "Overall" factor, result showed those with a hundred fifty thousand and one dollars and above are higher than sixty thousand dollars and below.

Graduates of interior design programs need a sound understanding of the Common Body of Knowledge of the Interior Design profession followed by careful nurturing and guidance during their first years of practice. These two factors, an understanding of the Common Body of Knowledge and careful nurturing and guidance, assist new designers to attain professional registration. The Common Body of Knowledge, previously developed jointly through research by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER) and the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCJDQ), was used as a point of departure for this study. The officially published "Common Body of Knowledge of Interior Design" (1989) has not changed significantly in over thirteen years. On the other hand, interior design practice has changed considerably. Prudence indicates that college and university interior design programs should strive to keep curricula current with professional practice in order to adequately prepare graduates for transition from school to work. This study asked registered professional interior designers their opinions regarding the importance of 56 topics drawn from the Common Body of Knowledge of Interior Design. The designers were asked two questions about each topic. The first question asked "how critical was that topic for your own professional success as a new graduate seeking professional registration" and the second "how critical is this topic in 2002 for new interior design graduates seeking professional registration?". Since the recession of the early 1980s, design firms in British Columbia have remained small in size with four to five people comprising a medium sized firm. Interior design graduates must accumulate a minimum of two years work experience in a variety of subject areas (building on the Common Body of Knowledge for Interior Design) in order to be eligible for the North American minimum competency examination for the profession of interior design. However, graduates leave school and commonly begin work as independent contractors, meaning they may have contracts with one, two or several design firms to fill their workweek. Often they are working on a number of projects simultaneously and are not always located within the firms' premises while doing their contract work. Accruing appropriate work experience is sometimes problematic and, to make matters worse, these new designers are left precariously alone and removed from valuable relationships provided in larger offices. Once sufficient work experience has been gained, and the examination is completed successfully, designers achieve certification, registration, or licensure, depending on their residency and work; they have arrived at registered professional status. The path between graduation and registration is frequently fraught with insecurity, insufficient practical experience, and solitary work situations. Mentoring allegedly improves workplace learning and assists careers. Dozens of manuscripts delineate theories of mentorship, while less review the practice of mentorship. Given the notion that new graduates are often working 'virtually', the potential for a mentor working side by side with a new designer is much reduced in a new workplace model. Therefore, a road map in the form of a written document, or one retrievable from a website would provide a measure of support and assurance for new designers. This study focused on advice from professional senior interior design practitioners in the form of a written guide. The purposes of this study were to: • Revise and propose a new Common Body of Knowledge for Interior Design for 2003, and • Create and offer a Guide for New Interior Design Graduates, especially those in virtual work environments, to assist them through the initial years of practice. Both deductive and inductive approaches were deployed. Existing literature was reviewed and provided an understanding of education and examination, two components of interior design career paths. Bloom's taxonomy provided theoretical underpinnings and structure to the study, helped create the questionnaire and telephone interview questions, and imparted clearer descriptions for the levels of knowledge required in the proposed new Common Body of Knowledge of Interior Design. Practicing designers who held sound understanding and mastery of the profession's Common Body of Knowledge were most likely to successfully make the journey to registered professional status. Availability of support and guidance (by a person, advisor, or written guide) assisted a smooth transition from novice designer to registered professional interior design practitioner. Factors such as events, influences and circumstances also contributed to a successful journey. Graduates job-searching in healthy economic times experienced less delay and frustration in finding initial employment; and those who had identified a career path target (for example, a position with a furniture dealer as a corporate space-planner, or with an architectural firm as a member of the interior design team) also experienced early success in locating themselves in design positions. The study began in response to reports of new designers having trouble gaining initial work experience or, in some cases, leaving the field of interior design during their first several years of practice. High levels of attrition signaled a warning that problems existed and required immediate attention. The results of the study were presented as: • A revised and proposed Common Body of Knowledge for Interior Design 2003, and • A Guide for Graduates seeking encouragement and guidance, and for professional interior designers interested in nurturing and supporting new designers. Several other potential research projects presented themselves as this work proceeded. Handbooks on "How to Mentor Interior Design Graduates" and "The Benefits of Nurturing Graduates for the Interior Design Profession" would provide an advantage to individual designers and the profession, as would articles in design journals promoting these activities. Finally, further research is invited to continue refining and developing the two sets of findings - the proposed Common Body of Knowledge 2003, and a Guide for New Interior Designers.

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
94
ABSTRACT This research is mainly based on 「Functional Analysis Method」 to explore the degree of the application trend of the interior design professional competence so as to understand the feasibility of establishing the professional competence by means of functional analysis method. A comprehensive structure is adopted including literature analysis method, focal group method, questionnaire research method, professional interview examination and validity analysis and persons engaged in interior design in the Taichung metropolitan area are the research targets. Information obtained from this research shall be utilized based on the average, percentage, ranking and interval determination and validity analysis respectively. The research results shall be abstracted as follows: 1. Importance of the professional competence of interior design This research conducts analysis on the importance of the professional competence of interior design and is shown based on the result of the average interval determination. For exceeding the average between M＞4.19, 32 items of 「very important professional competence」are obtained. For the average between 4.19＞M＞3.35, 14 items are obtained. From this, it can be judged that the entire analysis result is the importance of professionalism on the interior design profession. 2. Importance of the professional competence apability of interior design This research conducts analysis on the importance of the professional competence of interior design and is shown based on the result of the average interval determination. For exceeding the average between M＞4.19, 32 items of 「very important professional competence」are obtained. For the average between 4.19＞M＞3.35, 14 items are obtained. From this, it can be judged that the entire analysis result is the importance of professionalism on the interior design profession. 3. Capability analysis validity of interior design professional competence When functional analysis method is adopted to analyze the capability analysis validity of the professional competence of interior design profession and based on the result of summarized validity analysis and formation validity analysis, it shows that: when this functional analysis method is viewed by persons being interviewed, the analysis shows that the percentage of agreement on the professional competence is from 78.72% to 91.84% that are all over 70%. It explains that the appraisal targets have a considerably high level of agreement on the result on analysis on various professional competence by means of functional analysis. Experts who participated in the interview and examination unanimously believe that the level of agility of the course of operation of this analysis is high and all participating members have professional background. Therefore it has vision and future and the validity of the overall capability analysis is high. This proves that this analysis method is applicable to professional competency analysis. Therefore, the result of this research can be provided as a reference and suggestion for developing the professional competence of the interior design competence in the country and as a reference for future research.

This thesis reports on issues to consider when building a web site to serve as a marketing tool and as a channel for communication. Background regarding the Program in Interior Design is provided. The needs and characteristics of the target group are provided to substantiate the need for such a product. In order to build a web site of this nature, knowledge of the principles for design, development and production is imperative as well as a clear understanding of marketing and communication on the WNW. The different phases of the development process, these being analysis, design and development, are discussed. The evaluation process, where formative- and summative evaluation was applicable, is described. A single questionnaire completed by four sample groups was used to obtain relevant information regarding the prototype web site. The questionnaire was divided into four different sections being layout, navigation, content, and communication. The findings are presented and described in detail. Conclusions in terms of the findings are discussed. It was found that a web site of this nature can serve as an effective marketing tool and that it can provide functional communication facilities. Recommendations for the improvement of the product as well as general recommendations for similar development are made.
Dissertation (MA (Multimedia))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
Information Science
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碩士
朝陽科技大學
建築及都市設計研究所
100
This study aimed to explore the domestic interior department graduates must have the professional competence connotation. By literature analysis, interviews, Delphi technique survey to study purpose. Literature review section: By domestic and foreign documents collection, Analyzed and summarized, explore the connotation of interior design departments the ability of graduates, according to the questionnaire as interviews with the development of basic. Part of the interview, interviews with interior design and interior design or space design departments engaged in teaching educators, and experts for literature analysis of the ability to sort out the connotation amendment to sort out the structure of the Delphi technique questionnaire. Statistical methods of the Delphi technique (Delphi) survey for the interior design managers and academics in related fields and scholars, three times the consultation, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov one sample test, and Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by rank to the test. Finally sorted out the professional competence levels and professional connotation meter 53, and according to their degree of importance to discharge the rankings, the results provide a reference to domestic universities interior design department as commencement.

碩士
中國科技大學
室內設計系
107
In Taiwan, the magnitude of the interior decoration design industries is relative small, to introduce the professional manager to increase the profitability of the company are very rare. This research aims to select a proper interior decoration professional manager by the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) combined Taguchi loss Function，AHP combined Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Fuzzy TOPSIS, respectively. Thirteen criteria associated with the selecting a proper interior decoration professional manager reaching consensus by fuzzy Delphi method (FDM). The weightings of 13 criteria have been obtained from the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Three methods are used to determine the rankings among three interior professional managers. In the method of AHP combined Taguchi loss Function, the smaller the weighted Taguchi’s loss values, the better are the order of the interior decoration professional managers. In the method of AHP combined TOPSIS and Fuzzy TOPSIS, the larger the coefficient of closeness, the better are the order of the interior decoration professional managers. The results of this study indicate that, Fuzzy TOPSIS is the best method in selecting a proper interior decoration professional manager. The results of this research can be used by the interior design and decoration industry to find a suitable professional manager for the pursuit of greater profits. Key Words: Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Taguchi loss Function, TOPSIS, Fuzzy TOPSIS, Fuzzy Delphi method (FDM).

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
106
In recent years in Taiwan, the practical results of education have gained attention, and the active cultivation of professional talent has increased. A literature review indicated positive developments in talent training at every stage of education as well as in expertise cultivation in higher education for the professional field of interior design. However, wide gaps were evident between educational and professional stages. This study assessed the proportion of courses for engineering management of decoration and repairs offered by interior design departments in Taiwan as well as the role of professional competence in interior design according to industry experts. Based on these considerations, professional competence indicators for interior design practitioners were established. Thus, the following research objectives were met. 1.Determine the proportion of courses for engineering management of decoration and repairs in Taiwanese interior design departments and discuss the status of interior design education. 2.Draft evaluation criteria to inform a professional competence indicator for engineering management of interior decoration and repairs. 3.Develop indicators for assessing the role of professional competence in engineering management of interior decoration and repairs in Taiwan. 4.Analyze the gap between interior design education and the demands of the industry. 　According to content analysis, eight schools accounted for over 40% of professional courses in subject matter relating to engineering management of decoration and repairs. Thus, these schools exhibited a relatively strong emphasis on the function and application of engineering management of decoration and repairs. The indicator for the role of professional competence in engineering management of interior decoration and repairs in Taiwan was developed according to industry standards, and the items in the occupational competency category (the first level) are presented in descending order of importance as follows: Engineering management > basic competency > materials and construction > regulations and contracts > professional management. 　The two aforementioned pieces of data indicated that academia emphasized the items according to following order of importance: Basic competency > engineering management > materials and constructions. Specifically, this hierarchy of emphasis was reflected in the courses in engineering management of interior decoration and repairs. In the industry, items related to engineering management of interior decoration and repairs were weighted as follows: Engineering management > basic competency > materials and constructions. These findings indicated that the general trend of engineering management education was nearly consistent with the nature of the industry. However, in the subcategory of overall occupational competency, discrepancies were evident between the industry and relevant course curricula. The causes of the inconsistencies between schools and the industry were as follows. 1. Universities differed; specifically, the educational objectives of general universities were dissimilar to those of vocational universities. 2. Educational style and instructional orientation of departments were unclear, resulting in discrepancies. 3. Discrepancies may have existed between education quality and the content of teacher-provided instruction. 4. The quality of students also contributed to the disjointedness between academia and the industry. 　To enhance the results of the present study, follow-up studies based on interviews of experts from the industry and academia should be conducted. In addition, qualitative and quantitative approaches may be employed to assess the discrepancy between student quality and the educational objectives of universities. Following additional research, the conditions of universities and departments as well as the relationship between the professional backgrounds of teachers and course administration can be addressed to minimize the gap between the industry and academia. Finally, relevant authorities are advised to conduct market research when developing and revising curriculum standards. The objective of such research should be to identify priorities for occupational competency and to clarify the state of the industry. Curricula can then be adjusted to fit the market and the education system, thereby addressing various problems in the universities. The findings of the present study may contribute to the integration of the industry and academia. Communication and inclusion across all fields may strengthen exchanges between the industry and academia, enabling students to translate knowledge into practice and achieve the goals of higher education.

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
90
Abstract With the rapid development of interior design business, the professional group of the interior design in Taiwan has been building into guilds, associations, and societies since 1970s’. Different groups have different characteristics such as commerciality, scholarship, and social connection. All groups are well-organized. They also have fixed foundation to define their purpose and tasks. Above all, they can promote the aggregation of members. However, some researchers have suggested that the position and definition of a national wide professional group are vague and ineffective. Due to discuss this topic more deeply, this research will aim to the interior design group defined by the law of commercial groups and the law of societies, and focus on the role positions, functions, and demarcation aggregation. This research will base on both qualitative and quantitative methods by turns. It also adapted some documents analysis, interviews, and questionnaire for auxiliary to bring a clear definition of the role, organization effectiveness, professional ethics, satisfaction of members, and aggregation of academic importance. After analyzing and generalizing, it will contribute a certain suggestions to professional groups and government such as setting up demarcation aggregation and new ideas of conformity among industries, the government, and the academy. This research tries to help people to understand the role of interior design groups better, and tries to amplify the functions of the professional interior design groups. Finally, the researcher hopes that this research can bring the national examination of interior designers to legislation in action.

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
103
Interior design and decoration is a discipline with a considerable degree of practical threshold in theroetical knowledge and engineering technology. Students learning in an institute tend to have problems about lacking of depth and accumulated experiences. Most interior design personnel also reflect university graduates cannot get started immediately in practice. One of the strategies and methods to solve these problems is to require students complete off-campus internship program for professional practice before their graduation. In this study, the methd of semi-structured interview is adopted and respondents are selected by purposive sampling. To explore the problems encounted and the benefits received for students from the off-campus internships, the appropriateness of curriculum planning and teaching content, and the expectations of industry personnel to students, interns, faculty, and industry personnel are interviewed. Research findings include the practical skills and learning attitude of students improved after internships, students are benefited greatly if they touch extensive and diverse work projects and content during their internships. Students should join off-campus internships after they complete sophomore courses. It is appropriate for a student to be an intern in an interior design company for at least six months continuously and, therefore, one-semester internships should be promoted in the future. There are diversities between educational goals set by interior design departments and the needs required by industry personnel. The most importance course category is “communication skills” and “sustainable innovation” category is of little significance for students’ internships. The traditional way and content of graduation designs are not useful for students in their future works. The size of design works should be reduced and more practical content should be involved.

A CPD model for the University of Technology lecturers is designed in this study. The focus of the CPD model is on teaching as a predominant feature of the Lecturers‟ functions. Literature review on the nature, historic developments and the mandate of former Technikons in South Africa is conducted. A comparative analysis of University of Technology education systems in five other countries is conducted. Research was then conducted to establish the status of Lecturers‟ CPD in former Technikons. Data obtained from literature and the research project was used to design a CPD model for University of Technology Lecturers. Interviews were subsequently conducted with CPD practitioners in Universities of Technology to obtain opinions on the model. A survey was conducted to obtain Lecturers‟ opinions on the aspects of the model. Data obtained was then used to modify the model.
Educational Studies
M. Ed. (Educational Management)

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
92
Abstract This is an empirical research on the relationships among gender role belief, family commitment, and professional commitment of the interior design practitioners in Taiwan. The study does not only make use of questionnaire on the data analysis of quantitative research, but also uses the qualitative interview for an added information to reinforce the research methods. The data collected from 313 interior design practitioners were analyzed using SPSS software. The statistically significant findings are as follows: 1. The agreement levels to the factors of “Traditional Female Duty”, “Equal Rights”, and “Family First” were different between male and female. 2. Age, professional education background, working experience, and marriage affected some factors of family commitment and professional commitment. 3. Among the relationships of variables to role belief, family commitment, and professional commitment, they show that one identifies oneself more with “Traditional Female Duty”, identifies more with “Traditional Male Duty” versus less with “Equal Rights”. In addition the more identification with “Traditional Female Duty”, “Traditional Male Duty”, “Family First” and “Caring Family”, the higher correlation with “Professional Commitment”. 4. “Family First”, “Equal Rights”, “Traditional Male Duty” and “Married But Having No Kid” were four predictive variables for male’s professional commitment; “Traditional Female Duty”, “Equal Rights”, “Self Sacrifice”, and “Family First” were four predictive variables for female’s professional commitment. Through the data analysis of individual interview we found the work of interior design practitioners have some distinguishable characters as follows: 1. Indeterminacy on professional orientation. 2. The flexibility of working patterns. 3. The different nature from the other occupation. 4. The gap between school training and market’s need for human resource. According to data analysis from interview, we found that work and family are compatible, both can do credit to each other. The interior design practitioner feel himself a work-responsibility taker because of the family burden by which forms a resistless force to push him finishing his job. Besides, some factors are influential on professional commitment as “Family Support”, “Work Pressure”, “Economic Improvement”, and “Position Promotion”. Keywords: interior design, gender role belief, family commitment, professional commitment

碩士
國立臺灣藝術大學
視覺傳達設計學系
102
In recent years, the successes of Taiwanese tennis players at the international level have not only increased the popularity of the sport in the country but also improved the visibility of Taiwan in international sports. The symbiotic relationship between professional sports and economic development has been proven time and again, as athletic tournaments have evolved to become both a sporting event as well as the marketing and sales of related merchandise. 2007 saw the beginning of the OEC Cup Taiwan Ladies Open, which was eventually promoted to a WTA level competition in 2012, becoming the OEC Taipei WTA Challenger. For Taiwan, this was indeed further demonstration of the successful relationship sports and commerce. This article aims to analyze the business branding of the WTA and the ATP and to test their popularity among the Taiwanese audience. 　　Among seven kinds of logo classifications, the a1(specific tennis logo design) graphic is commonly liked by the crowds. After the crowds watch the logo design, they won’t be influenced by the different backgrounds. I suggest the designer should put both graphic and words balance when they arrange the logo it’s better put graphic in the left side and the words in the right side. The color should choose blue. It’s more proper to use two kinds of blue together as a whole.

碩士
中原大學
室內設計研究所
95
Abstract The interior design in Taiwan has burgeoned since early 1960s, when the booming economy of Taiwan expedited its growth and made it blossom. Up to now, interior decoration of private dwelling places and business space becomes a necessity and its importance is generally recognized. For those students graduating from interior design departments, what are the competences and capabilities they need but they are not yet fully equipped with when facing the fierce competition of a globalized and ever-changing world? Are their career lives in step with their initial expectation after they received a complete four-year professional training in interior design? Does there exist any discrepancy? This objective of this thesis is to explore the situation of those hundreds of graduates of the Interior Design Department at Chung Yuan Christian University, the first such department to be established in Taiwan, by means of the SPSS statistic analysis of the questionnaires coupled with face-to-face interviews of some of the graduates, as well as a review of related literature in order to elucidate the employment status of the graduate students, their career plans, and the application of what they learn to what they are working on etc. It also explores if there exits any discrepancy between what is taught in the classrooms and what is actually being applied in their professional lives in the hope of coming up with some constructive suggestions. The conclusion of this research is stated as below; 1. Although there is a discrepancy between the professional education they received in college and the competences they needed for practical interior design projects, this discrepancy exerts little effect on those interior design graduates in their career lives. 2. For those graduates who chose to quit the interior design industry, the main reasons are mostly attributed to long working hours, irregular working schedules, or lack of interest or personal devotion. The effect of the professional education they received in college is actually not quite significant. 3. Regarding the discrepancy between interior design courses offered at school and the competency actually needed in professional lives, most of the graduates believe that theories and designing concepts taught at school are sufficient, but there is indeed a large gap between those courses and the interior design projects they tackle on a daily basis. 4. No matter the graduates choose to stay in this industry or transfer to other industries, they all believe that it will benefit their career lives quite a lot by adding in on-the-job training during summer and winter vacations and taking some courses on practical design projects. 5. Among the most important factors that exert a far-reaching influence on the students in their future careers are the teachers’ characters, what they had said and done to the students, and their devotion to their teaching jobs. Key words: interior design, career determination, professional education, competency.

碩士
國立臺灣師範大學
工業教育學系
98
The aim of the study is understanding the relationship between “National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design” and the background of the contestants(sex, public/private, location, major). The aim of this study includes 1. Understanding the circumstance of National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design. 2. Understanding the relationship between “National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design” and the background of the contestants. 3. Proposing the training of this competition to the schools or authorities. The investigation of the contestants and results of National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design were from 2005 to 2009, and the data had analyzed by SPSS 18.0. The conclusion includes 1. The results of National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design were not significantly affected by the sex of the contestants. 2. The results of National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design were not significantly affected by the school (public/private) except written examination. 3. The results of National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design were significantly affected by the location of these schools. 4. The results of National Skills Competition of Vocational Senior High School－Interior Space Design were not significantly affected by the major of these contestants. The results of this study would be referred to suggest the Ministry of Education, the vocational senior high schools or teachers making the strategies of education and training.

Historically, a disconnect has existed between the education and practice of architecture. Architectural education has long prided itself on the value of creative problem-solving, research, and the fine arts. In contrast, the practice of architecture has evolved to emphasize technical knowledge, specialization, communication, business, and collaboration. This disconnect has led education to miss opportunities to teach students business skills and knowledge required for the workplace, and allowed practice to lose sight of the importance of artistry and research. Architecture educators, students, and practitioners each have a unique set of knowledge and skills to offer the other, and a corresponding set of need and challenges which must be addressed for the profession’s continued success. By analyzing history, current debates in the field, and case studies of current innovative practices and educational models, this thesis addresses these issues with a new model of architectural synergy, embodied through a facility for lifelong learning in architecture. The primary goal of this building is to inspire integrative and collaborative processes between students, researchers, educators, and practitioners to address the current disconnect between them. Through this facility, each group will have the opportunity to leverage their unique strengths and successes to help the others. This collaborative model will allow each role mutually beneficial opportunities for lifelong learning through the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and processes between different groups.