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WELCOME

We would like to welcome everyone with an interest in interior design to RISEN. All Rhodec students, and IIDA student and professional members, are particularly encouraged to participate. Enjoy!

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This is a public web log and all posts and pages may be read by anyone.

However, we have set up a members-only Forum, for Rhodec IIDA students,called the RISEN CyberCentre.
To join us, simply go to the Forum, sign up and your registration will be processed by the Administrator.

See you there!

Chapter News

Check out the IIDA Sustainable Design Student Competition 2007 - deadline April 2 2007. Prizes include a travel scholarship to USGBC's GreenBuild Conference 2007, cash awards, and consideration for publication in metropolis magazine.

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Great Products

For the launch of RISEN, we thought a feature on a new CAD product would fit the bill! Martina MacGreevy from Belgium contributed the following:
I use TurboCAD Professional/Floorplan V10.5 but find that its CAD symbols’ library is pretty poor and I’ve just about imported every free symbol and mesh available on the web. As I’ve only managed to create a simple 3D table in TurboCAD to date, I decided that additional libraries were urgently required. With a budget of EUR 50, and with plenty of 3DS and mesh libraries to choose from, I found it difficult to decide on the best option, so I bought another CAD program. Read on to understand my logic!
The software in question comes from the creators of Chief Architect, and is called Better Homes and Gardens Interior Designer. It retails on Amazon for GBP26.99 (EUR 40) and has a library of 5,000 items.Its main disadvantage is that it is not compatible with the industry standard (3DS, DWG, DXF), so items and objects cannot be exported to or interchanged with AutoCAD, TurboCAD, etc. Materials and finishes, however, may be imported and applied to items.

Interior Designer is not a professional package, but it does enable the user to quickly and simply draw plans and 3D interiors for the residential market.I created my first interior space within a day of using it. Its rendering (Final View with Shadows) is almost non-existent, but the image can be enhanced greatly by using photo manipulation software.In just half an hour, I created a basic interior in Interior Design and rendered it in PhotoShop Elements. Click here to see it.

I think you’ll agree that for under EUR 50, it’s well worth the investment.

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Book of the Month

The Surface Texture Book from Thames & Hudson is a great little book and one that you will carry with you on every project.

The handy A5-size spiral bound book provides colour swatches of over 800 textures and surfaces, and briefly describes the aesthetics of each main category.The swatches are small (up to 9 on a page), but big enough to see the texture and to compare one surface with another.They are great for scanning into CAD drawings or for using as a guide for sketching various textures.

12 surfaces are covered in separate chapters – Carpets & Rugs, Paints, Paper, Textiles, Leather, Wood, Stone, Clay, Glass, Metal, Durables, and Site Surfaces – and each chapter is further divided into subcategories. The chapter on Wood, for example, has subcategories on softwoods, hardwoods, blocks & parquet, antique & reclaimed, decorative finishes, and processed boards. Each swatch references a supplier and a full list of international suppliers is found at the back of the book.

Finally, the author (Cat Martin, a successful architect), provides some practical advice for each surface category, which covers tips on installation and maintenance.The book is available from Thames & Hudson directly, or through Amazon. Prices vary from around 11.00 - 17.00 GBP (17 - 25 EUR).

Contributed by Martina MacGreevy

January Book of the Month - Portfolio Design.

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

For Our International Students

Welcome to Copenhagen International Furniture Fair 2006 -  the show case for the best in Scandinavian design.

Copenhagen International Furniture Fair takes place 4 - 7 May 2006.

The fair attracted a great number of buyers and architects in 2005. The visitors from USA, Japan and Germany  was very much increased in number, and no less than 283 journalists chose to come and be part of the fair in Bella Center.

The response from both exhibitors and visitors has been extremely positive, particularly regarding the innovative concept of the fair.

Of course we have a great task ahead to ensure that Copenhagen International Furniture Fair 2006 will be just as exciting, inspiring and full of surprises as the fair in 2005, and we do not take this lightly .

For 2006 we will present the theme “Create”, where the creative process will be in focus, and where the visitors of the fair will have the opportunity to take an active part in the design process.

You will be able to follow the project continuously here on the site.

We are looking forward once more to welcome you to the metropolis of Scandinavian design – Copenhagen, May 4 – 7, 2006



 

Newsletter:
November 2005

Dates
4 - 7 May 2006

Opening hours
4 - 6 May: 09.00 am - 06.00 pm
7 May: 09.00 am - 04.00 pm (on Sunday the fair is also open to the public)

Bella Center
Measuring 117,600 m2, Bella Center is Scandinavia's biggest fair, mart and congress centre.
Betweeen 25 and 30 fairs and exhibitions are held annually, and in addition Bella Center hosts more than 1,300 meetings and congresses - from small seminars to major international events with thousands of participants.

Association of Danish Furniture Industries
The Association of Danish Furniture Industries is an independent organisation of members with common interest that promotes the sale of furniture and related furnishing products. The association's members represent more the 90% of Danish furniture producttion, which through their membership obtain a large number of advertages that strenghten their competitiveness.
 
 


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