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Charitable Chair Curriculum

Objective:

The Charitable Chair event objective is to promote the importance of community outreach through student involvement and classroom curriculum. The purpose is two-fold:  First, to provide opportunity to illustrate the importance and satisfaction of service while promoting community exposure to the value of higher education; and second, to incorporate accreditation curriculum standards with practical experience and the design process. 

Students, mentored by faculty members and practicing industry professionals, will participate. Students are required as part of course* final projects, to refurbish or design a new chair with historical significance or influence. Students will take part in all phases of project management including soliciting community sponsors for each individual/team. Sponsors may donate services, product or funds to help with the initial cost of purchasing and refurbishing or manufacturing the chair. Chairs will then be auctioned at an event in which proceeds will be split between a community partner and the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Interior Design program.

Charitable Chair may involve up to six interior design courses:

 

2022 CIDA Objectives:

4e, 6o, 10b, 10d, 10f, 11d 

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Requirements:

91¶ÌÊÓƵ Interior Design students in designated courses must participate regardless of whether or not the student has participated before. The Charitable Chair event is considered the final project of each course*.

*Charitable Chair may involve up to six interior design courses:

 

Students:

Proposal:

Each student/team must prepare a proposal to submit in early February prior to the event detailing the project management plan for their chair including a critical time path. 

The proposal should be crafted in a professional manner, coil bound with cover page and vinyl back. Proposals should include a table of contents.  

The proposal should include the following items listed on separate pages:

Marketing:

Along with the proposal and chair, each project will also feature marketing that describes the chair, it’s historical style/significance and the design team and sponsors. 

Marketing must:

The marketing will:

The Chair:

Each individual/team will produce a full-scale chair as part of this project.

The chair may be:

The chair must be:

The  chair will be: 

The Event:

The project will culminate at an auction event in which chairs will be highlighted and auctioned to the highest bidder. The event will showcase the chairs accepted for auction.

The Community Partner:

The Community Partner, chosen by the Interior Design program, will partner with the program in the following:

To be considered as a community partner:
Submit a proposal to:

    91¶ÌÊÓƵ Interior Design Program
    Attn:  K. Arnold
    2750 University Park Blvd., MC 0220
    Layton, Utah 84041


Fine Print:

Students participating in Charitable Chair are encouraged to work with faculty and student mentors to select, secure and arrange for refurbishing of their chair. 
Students will produce a chair 2 times before acting as student mentor in the Charitable Chair process. Students taking more than one class at a time participating in Charitable Chair may use the same chair in all classes. 
Students are responsible for securing sponsorships, collecting sponsor funds and paying all artisans for work completed on their chair. 
Students who do not have chairs or upholstery pre-approved may be subject to alteration if quality, appropriateness, craftsmanship are not up to par. 
Chairs that are lacking in quality, appropriateness, craftsmanship at the time of submission will be required to repair the chair per the faculty instructions in order to participate in the auction. 
All students are strongly encouraged to have chairs professionally reupholstered and refinished. This is not an exercise in learning these skills but rather the process in working with artisan craftsmen, salesmanship, networking, community service and the design process.