• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Interior Design Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.94-97
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to prepare the visual communication tool, which would be used for the interior design consulation to reduce the communication gap between an interior designer and a client. To achieve the study purpose, review of literature, questionnaire survey, qualitative analysis and design research methods were used. The major results of this study were as follows: 1) "Image Cube" was designed as a comprehensive rule to classify interior image types. By this, eight interior image types were classified: SFU(Simple-Formal-Urbane), SFN(Simple-Formal-Natural), SCU(Simple-Casual-Urbane), SCN(Simple-Casual-Natural), DFU(Decorative-Formal-Urbane), DFN(Decorative-Formal-Natural), DCU(Decorative-Casual-Urbane), DCN(Decorative-Casual-Natural). 2) The Interior image collages were composed to present the overall feeling of each interior image type. 3) The Interior image models which would be used as the standard to be modified to various sub-types through the interior design consultation were produced corresponding to interior image types.age types.