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Student Links
Clothing and Fashion
Simplicity
Simplicity's Web site takes a look at teaching tools, lesson
plans, and sewing basics and techniques.
American
Apparel and footwear Association
The AAFA is a trade association representing apparel, footwear,
and other sewn products companies and their suppliers. This
Web site offers news, history, statistics, and legislative
information about the industry.
AATCC
The American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists is
a technical and scientific society devoted to the advancement
of textile chemistry.
American
Society for Testing Materials
ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards
development organizations for technical standards for materials,
products, systems, and services.
Color
Association of the United States
The Color Association is a color forecasting service in the
US. Since 1915, the Association has been issuing color reports
in fabric-swatched booklet form.
The
Fashion Association
The Fashion Association offers links to various fashion web
sites.
The
Fashion Group International
The Fashion Group International is an association of professionals
representing all areas of fashion, apparel, accessories,
beauty, and home industries.
Garment
Industry Development Corp.
The Garment Industry Development Corporation (GIDC) is a
consortium of labor, industry, and government dedicated to
strengthening New York's apparel industry.
Sewing.org
The Home Sewing Association provides this site for the home
sewing industry.
International
Apparel Federation
The IAF includes apparel associations from 30 countries representing
companies who provide products and services to the apparel
industry.
The
National NeedleArts Association
TNNA is an international trade organization representing
companies specializing in needle arts products and supplies.
New
York Fashion International
New York Fashion International (NYFI) works to increase New
York apparel manufacturers in exporting their products and
also in raising the profile of New York City as a world fashion
capital. It is a joint program of the Garment Industry Development
Corporation (GIDC), the Fashion Center Business Improvement
District (FCBID), and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC).
Focus
on Style
This site provides information about fashion, style, home
décor, and shopping.
The
History of Costume
This site shows and describes historical dress from antiquity
to the end of the 19th century.
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Renting or Buying a Home
Hometime
This site provides information about contracting a home,
selecting a site, signing contracts, and more.
Realty
Times
This is an article on landlord responsibilities. Follow the
Site Map link to access other articles.
Rutgers
University Off-Campus Housing Service
This site includes various articles and guidelines on renting
and renter's rights and responsibilities.
The
Apartment Renter's Resource
This site provides reviews of hundreds of apartments around
the U.S., renting tips, and step-by-step guidelines to various
rental situations.
eHow:
How to Find a Roommate
This site offers information on how to find a roommate.
The
HUD Home Buying Guide
This site provides guidelines on buying a home including
financial planning, making an offer, and mortgage information.
Realtor.com
This site provides interactive tools for finding homes for
sale, picking a neighborhood to meet one's needs, a real
estate glossary, and an interactive housing guide.
Home
Buying/Selling
This link provides a comprehensive listing of home buying
topics with relevant links, how-to's, forums, and frequently
asked questions.
Homepath
This site offers information about the home-buying process,
steps to getting a mortgage, Fannie Mae mortgages, and working
with a realtor.
Home
Buying Guide
This site provides a downloadable home buying guide. It is
available in several languages.
Relocation
Wizard
This site provides a relocation guide that creates tools
for planning a move and reports on quality of life in various
cities.
MoversGuide
This site provides online help for people who are moving
including moving tips, change of address forms, and moving
discounts.
People
with Disabilities
This site, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development, offers information on supportive housing
for people with disabilities.
The
Salary Calculator
This site is an interactive salary calculator to help compare
the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. cities.
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Design and Construction
House
Plans Online
This site provides online floor plans and exterior elevations.
It is an excellent resource for viewing a variety of floor
plans.
Andersen
Windows & Doors
This site offers basic information as well as tips and ideas
for windows and patio doors. It includes an online window
gallery.
The
Home Design Store
This site provides illustrated reviews of 3D design, CAD
rendering, and digital media products, as well as online
ordering of these products.
Home
Design Software Programs
This site offers links to overviews of home design software.
LOGMAKER
This site provides a gallery of and information about log
style homes with 3D software.
Punch!
Software
This site is a product catalog with an image gallery of designs
created using 3D home design software.
JELD-WEN
Windows and Doors
This site provides a gallery of window styles and remodeling
tips.
CertainTeed
Corp.
This is an interactive site featuring siding, roofing, insulation,
fencing, and windows.
BuildingGreen,
Inc.
This is an article about the use of PVC in plumbing.
Lowe's
Click on How To or Design Tools for information, calculators,
etc.
Fine
Homebuilding
The search tool on this site allows students to access articles
about various building and design topics.
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Landscaping and the
Environment
BuildingGreen,
Inc.
This site features articles, product reviews, discussion
groups, articles, and links related to green building.
Environmental
Protection Agency
This site includes regularly updated online articles about
environmental issues ranging from environment-friendly gardening
to livable communities.
ImproveNet
Use the site's search feature to locate current articles
on energy conservation. This site also offers information
on remodeling and home improvement.
Energy
Star
This site features information about energy-efficient products,
homes, and buildings.
InHarmony
This is an online newsletter with environment-friendly and
organic landscaping information and tips.
Energy
Efficient Interior Design
This site provides information on energy-efficient interior
design and guidelines about products that help to conserve
energy.
Associated
Landscape Contractors of America
This site features industry news, online publications, and
consumer tips.
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Interior Design
Introduction
to the Elements of Design
This site provides an online introduction to the elements
of design.
Room
Review
This site contains information on the different components
of design and the design process.
Interior
Decorating
This site provides an all-inclusive listing of links to various
design sites and articles.
Color
Matters
This site contains articles about the impact of color on
people and their environments and an online bulletin board.
Color
Psychology
This is an article about color psychology.
Armstrong
Select the interactive room viewer to try out different wall
colors, cabinet colors, and floor colors.
Sherwin-Williams
Co.
This site provides an illustrated color planning guide and
how-to tips.
Country
Living
This is an online magazine provided by iVillage.com with
articles about decorating.
American
Society of Interior Designers
This site provides comprehensive information about interior
design as well as online interviews and industry tips.
Broderbund
This site features demos for three-dimensional home design
software.
Better
Homes & Gardens
This site includes a how-to encyclopedia, home plans, decorating
tips, an interactive room arranging tool, and more.
The
Home
This site provides information on furniture, the furniture
market, window treatments, floor coverings, rugs, accessories,
fabric, and trends in home design.
Ethan
Allen
This site features librarian online room planner, design
ideas, frequently asked questions about decorating, and an
online product catalog that can assist with students' design
resource files.
CRI:
Carpet
& Rug Institute
This site includes information about selecting rugs and carpets,
care and cleaning, installation, indoor air quality, as well
as facts about the carpet industry.
Fiberworld
Classroom
Fiberworld Classroom is an online resource for topics on
fibers from manufacturing to history to uses to care and
maintenance.
Benjamin
Moore Paints
This site features a product guide plus a paint calculator,
tips on paint application, and how-tos for decorative finishes.
It also includes paint colors and styles through history,
and a gallery of architectural styles.
Mannington
This site offers design tips, trends, and ideas for resilient,
laminate, and wood floors.
The
Home Depot
This link provides information on building and remodeling
and home décor and decorating as well as outdoor living and
tools and hardware.
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