STONES -a next generation perspective

Lecture presented by Gautam Shah at Stone Workshop Faculty of Design CEPT University Ahmedabad Stones like many other natural materials are abundantly available.Most rocks that we are likely to encounter are within the top 16 kilometres of Earth's face. This mass is made up of 95% Igneous rocks and rest consisting of widely spread cover of Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks.We today have

PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS

General: Performance Specifications tell a manufacturer, vendor, supplier or provider: What is considered to be an acceptable product? And How will the product's acceptability be judged ? In other words performance specifications state requirements in terms of the results to be achieved and provide criteria for verifying the compliance. Such specifications define the functional requirements for

Origin of ISO 9000 Series of Standards

2.13     ISO 9000 STANDARDSISO began its work primarily with the formation of standards for measurements, such as: specifications for writing and coordinating measures. The Standards for Measurements offered a universal approach for measurement systems. Subsequently ISO began to evolve International Standards for Products, Services, Processes, etc. These were derived as a consensus based on many

Opportunities for Interior Designers

Interior Designers have many fields to employ their skills. One may work as an independent professional, free lancer, conditional associate, or as an employee. Interior designers also work in many parallel fields like product design, developer of interior prototypes, producer or manufacturer of interior components, supervisor for interior components’ production, maintenance person for interior

OPENINGS' TREATMENTS

A chapter on OPENINGS' TREATMENTS has been added to Interior Components and Systems (Interior Design Notes) Check my site www.gautamshah.in

IDENTIFICATION AND DECLARATIVE ELEMENTS ON OPENINGS

An opening system of a building offers many opportunities for the use of declarative elements to present the identity of the occupant and the nature of occupancy. The identification and declarative elements are very essential for personalization of the building.   Identification and declarative elements state the owner, the nature of ownership, and conditions for visitations. These are done by

STAGE CURTAINS

Stage curtains are used to cover the performance as well as backstage areas from the audience. Plain opaque, translucent or scenic curtains and fixed curtained panels are used to divide the performance zone. Proscenium stages use many types of curtains than arena or thrust-out stages. The main or the first curtain on the audience side is called a grand drape, act curtain, house curtain, house