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DIDE351 – PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS: COMMERCIAL
Assignment 4: Product and Materials Manual
 due on Day 2 of Unit 10 no later than 11:30 p.m. ET
 worth 30% of final grade
CIDA Standards
 4a: Students are aware that building technology, materials, and construction vary
according to geographic location
 4b: Student work demonstrates understanding of how social, economic, and cultural
contexts inform interior design
 4c: Student work demonstrates understanding of how environmental responsibility
informs the practice of interior design
 4d: The interior design program provides exposure to the current and relevant
events that are shaping contemporary society and the world
 4e: The interior design program provides exposure to a variety of cultural norms
 6c: Students have awareness of the breadth and depth of interior design’s impact
and value.
 7a: Student work demonstrates understanding of the impact of the built
environment on human experience, behavior, and performance
 9c: effectively express ideas through written communication
 12f: understand colour in relation to materials, textures, light, and form
 13: Products and Materials
 14: Environmental Systems and Comfort
 15a: Students have awareness of the environmental impact of construction
 16a: understand sustainable environment guidelines
 16h: apply industry-specific regulations and guidelines related to products and
materials
Objectives
 To synthesize course content reviewed and absorbed into a single analytical tool
that can be applied during the design of an interior project.
 To develop a commercial products and materials reference tool for future use.
 To advance the student’s research, development, and organizational skills.
 To organize products and materials for commercial interiors according to industry
standards.
 To understand commercial materials and their properties and how they are
applied/installed.
 To familiarize the students with looking at spaces incorporating the appropriate use
of products and materials in commercial context.
Description
In this assignment, students will create a detailed Finishes, Products, and Materials
Manual for the commercial project they documented in Assignment 2 and developed in
Assignment 3, using the finishes plan(s) and finishes schedule created in Assignment 3.
This Finish Manual can be used as a reference for products and materials for commercial
buildings in the future.
In this assignment, students should be considering how they can achieve better
sustainable features within the existing commercial space by rationalizing and justifying
their proposed selections to replace what currently exists.
Materials Required
 Floor plan(s) from Assignment 2
 Finishes plan(s) and finishes schedule from Assignment 3
 Master Format Numbers and Titles handout
Instructions
You will use the commercial project you examined in Assignment 2 and the finish plan(s)
and finishes schedule created in Assignment 3 to actually select the appropriate
products and materials that enhance the sustainable environment of this space.
When identifying materials/finishes, you need to assess existing conditions and how to
incorporate better products through creating a professional finishes manual that will
include proposed suggestions for improvement and product specs and properties.
1. For each material, include the properties and a brief description of why each has
been selected to replace the existing finish/material/product.
2. Create a template for the overall Finishes Manual in PowerPoint.
a. Be consistent and conscientious in choice of graphic.
b. Suggestion: keep it simple but effective.
3. A single page for each material listed below will include the following information:
o Finish code and name of material.
o Master Format number.
o Manufacturer name and website address.
o Product specification – a description that includes:
 the material composition,
 thickness,
 dimensions,
 product name/line,
 and product pattern/color.
o Digital image of the selected product.
o Recycled content.
o Location of manufacturing plant.
o Cost.
o Installation notes.
o Maintenance.
o Green certifications and Green Features
Notes
 For each material/product, locate and select a product manufacturer and create a
page for the Finish Manual. Product specifications and images can be found on
manufacturers’ websites.
 Be sure to use the same letter-number system used in Assignment 3 for each
material and finish.
 Include an image for each of the selected finishes, and tag them in accordance
with the schedule number they were given in the finishes plan(s) and table
created in Assignment 3. For example, if you refer to “CT1” in your finish
schedule, we should then see a corresponding image of that same finish in the
visual diagram, and labeled as “CT1.”
4. Configure the report using PowerPoint to be professional and compressive to print
at 8 ½″ X 11″ size.
5. The report has to be organized as follows:
o Title Page.
o Client name and location
o Course No. and title, term, your names, the name of your professor, and Interior
Design Program: The School name, and date.
o Table of Contents.
o Finishes, Products, and Materials manual; one page for each finish.
o References: Include any resources that you have used to prepare this report
using APA format. This includes: books, articles, specifications, and websites.
Support your report with the required documentations: notes, sketches, tables, images,
cut-sheets, MSDS, specifications, and calculations.
Submission
6. Save your completed PowerPoint as PDF file then merge with your rationale before
uploading.
7. Save your completed assignment using the following filename convention:
DIDE351_Assignment_4_yourlastname_yourfirstname.pdf
Evaluation:
Assignment 4 will be graded in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the
criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall.

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