Rachael Van Dyke Teaching
  • RACHAEL VAN DYKE
    • About
    • Philosophy
    • 4 Pillars to Teaching
    • Contact
  • HIGH SCHOOL
    • Architecture
    • Interior Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Fashion Design
    • Product Design
    • Advanced Art
    • Drawing and Painting
    • Printmaking
    • Sculpture
    • Curriculum
  • MIDDLE SCHOOL
    • Design
    • Drawing and Painting
    • Sculpture
    • Curriculum
  • ELEMENTARY
    • K & 1st grade
    • 2nd & 3rd grade
    • 4th & 5th grade
    • Thematic Unit Example
    • Songs
  • COLLEGE COURSES
  • IN THE NEWS
  • RACHAEL VAN DYKE
    • About
    • Philosophy
    • 4 Pillars to Teaching
    • Contact
  • HIGH SCHOOL
    • Architecture
    • Interior Design
    • Graphic Design
    • Fashion Design
    • Product Design
    • Advanced Art
    • Drawing and Painting
    • Printmaking
    • Sculpture
    • Curriculum
  • MIDDLE SCHOOL
    • Design
    • Drawing and Painting
    • Sculpture
    • Curriculum
  • ELEMENTARY
    • K & 1st grade
    • 2nd & 3rd grade
    • 4th & 5th grade
    • Thematic Unit Example
    • Songs
  • COLLEGE COURSES
  • IN THE NEWS
  Rachael Van Dyke Teaching

Interior Design

My Design 2 class which is one semester in length contains a 4 week interior design unit. Within the Interior Design unit we discuss architectural history, sustainable design, interior plan/flow, use of space, client’s needs and ethical issues of needs vs wants. We discuss floor plans and critique the use of the space, pointing out that bigger doesn’t mean better most of the time. An overview of the history of furniture design is completed and then a collage timeline of the history of furniture. Students also complete a color board ranging from cool/antique to warm/contemporary and then in reverse. Almost all interior design firms I have asked have generously given my classroom samples of wall paper, tiles, flooring etc, and I have received a lot of swatches from Home Depot. To change the project to be more community service oriented I have envisioned working with the Mel Trotter Mission or St. John’s Home and developing a sample board for them of a bedroom we would actually renovate.

VIA DESIGN 
DESIGN BOARDS

Via Design has welcomed my students a number of times for tours and group critiques.

Dwelling Place/downtown Loft

Students had the real-world opportunity to measure an empty downtown loft space and envision it's interior. Students created design boards and presented their concepts to the director of the downtown program, Dwelling Place.

Guest DesigneR:
Kristi Kurth (former student)


ARCHITECTURE
GRAPHIC DESIGN
FASHION DESIGN
PRODUCT DESIGN
ADVANCED ART
DRAWING AND PAINTING
PRINTMAKING
SCULPTURE
CURRICULUM

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