NEW! ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING FOR DESIGNERS
Ethical Decision-Making for Designers is a new edition of our popular Ethics and the Design Professions. The stakes have never been higher regarding personal and professional integrity. Ethical decision-making skills are critical to the long-term success of design practitioners.
If design professionals do not have coping strategies to deal with unethical conduct or are unable to demonstrate ethical behavior, a great deal of time and money will be spent dealing with misconduct and litigation rather than helping clients and consumers. While teaching and learning ethical decision-making skills is intellectually rigorous, it is certainly worth the effort. Design professionals need an opportunity to discuss the ethical temptations and dilemmas they face. Deborah A. Long an ethics specialist, wrote this monograph with the hope that it will provoke heated discussion and critical thinking about the dilemmas that design professionals will face in the profession.
Ethical Decision-Making for Designers comes with a 25-question quiz that enables you to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts presented.
CULTURALLY SENSITIVE DESIGN FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES (Designs That Protect Series)
Designs That Protect: Culturally Sensitive Design for Long-Term Care Facilities presents innovative ideas on how to create healthcare designs that respect our society's great cultural diversity.
Author DAK Kopec, Ph.D., an expert on environmental psychology and design, provides an overview of cultural and social diversity, common health issues in elderly populations and the various types of long-term care facilities. Then, he shows how you can apply this information to long-term care facility design.
You'll find creative design ideas you haven't seen anywhere else! This monograph is a must-have for every healthcare designer!
Like all NCIDQ monographs, Culturally Sensitive Design comes with a 25-question quiz worth 0.6 CEUs that enables you to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts presented.
STRUCTURES IN INTERIOR DESIGN
The depth and breadth of knowledge regarding structural systems is extensive, and interior design professionals have a responsibility to understand how these systems affect the integrity of a space. Assembling a team of specialists and working to make informed decisions to serve clients and the public requires interior designers to have a broad-based, interdisciplinary understanding of the structural elements of any project.
Structures in Interior Design provides a practical, non-technical base of understanding of structural systems and relates that understanding to how interior designers work with these systems. Author Kimberly A. Marks has extensive experience working with these systems and the codes governing them. Marks is principal of The Marks Design Group in San Antonio, TX. She is also a frequent teacher and presenter on building codes and MEPS issues.
Like all NCIDQ monographs, Structures in Interior Design comes with a 25-question quiz worth 0.6 CEUs that enables you to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts presented.
CREATING SUSTAINABLE INTERIORS
At some level, sustainability is integrated into everything we do. Simple acts like using non-toxic household products or putting thermostats on timers give way to more complex environmental decisions that affect the way people live and work in a space. Interior designers have an added responsibility to know and understand the impact of their design decisions on the environment. But sorting through the reams of information and separating fact from hype can be daunting.
Creating Sustainable Interiors provides interior design professionals an essential overview of this important part of responsible design. Like all NCIDQ monographs, Creating Sustainable Interiors comes with a 25-question quiz worth 0.6 CEUs that enables you to demonstrate mastery of this important topic.
Creating Sustainable Interiors was written by interior designer and author Penny Bonda, an expert on sustainability issues in interior design. You will want to add this monograph to your resource library and refer to it frequently.
ADA GUIDELINES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Nearly 50 million Americans live with a disability, and nearly half of these have more than one. These staggering statistics underscore the critical need for interior design professionals to keep abreast of the latest U.S. federal requirements for accessibility and to be aware of changes that may affect future work.
NCIDQ's monograph, ADA Guidelines: Past, Present and Future, helps interior design professionals working in the United States do just that. Author Sharon Koomen Harmon is an expert on codes and accessibility for interior design. Her Codes Guidebook for Interiors, now in its third edition, is used in interior design classrooms across the U.S.
ADA Guidelines: Past, Present and Future will give you an overview of the ADA and a detailed discussion of the various versions of the ADA Guidelines. You will also learn how the type of building and scope of work determines which part of the ADA apply and the extent to which they need to be followed.
Knowing these requirements and how to stay up to date with them is your responsibility. Make certain you have the knowledge that ensures the continued independence of any user of your project. This monograph comes with a 25-question quiz worth 0.6 CEUs (all hours count as barrier-free).
