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Debunking Television's Portrayal of Interior Design

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Alejandro Huertas Rivera
INDS-101-04: Intro to Interior Design
April 3, 2014
Esma Dengiz
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The article Student Perceptions: Debunking Television’s Portrayal of Interior Design by Lisa K. Waxman and Stephanie Clemons addresses the common misconceptions society, and design students have towards the true meaning of being an interior designer and the discipline interior design. Both Waxman and Clemons take a unique perspective when analyzing this issue. This article shares an interesting perspective that involves exposing the noticeable truth that affect students that come into the interior design study. Instead of arguing against the preconceived idea that design-related television suggest, both Waxman and Clemons pose an argument that implies to live with the perceptions but to dig deeper and get an education that really teaches what interior design truly is.
My reaction to the article would be in total agreement to the authors’ findings. Starting with their first argument when they talk about how even though twenty-some years have passed since they got their degree in Interior Design and are now professors in the discipline, they still deem necessary to give to people an explanation of what they really do. Personally I can relate to that. Coming from engineering school and an architectural program I never found myself in the position of explaining people what the field of study was really about because it’s rather common knowledge to know what architecture really is. Transferring to an Interior Design program seemed to change the dynamic of conversation when explaining what it really is and what covers as a profession.
Upon engaging into conversation with people I would find that most of them just thought the interior designing was just about decorating, in other words, just putting a fresh coat of paint to a space and bringing in some “cool”

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