Work #2 Labor of Our Bodies

In Ciulla's chapter "The Labor of Our Bodies" she explains that while labor does involve physical activity is not always an extremely strenuous act (Ciulla 29).  Many people believe that the job of an interior designer does not involve any type of physical labor; they believe that it only involves picking out paint colors and furniture for a space.  This is the common confusion between the work of an interior decorator versus the work of an interior designer.  NCIDQ.org clears up this common misconception by stating, “Interior design is the art and science of understanding people's behavior to create functional spaces within a building. Decoration is the furnishing or adorning of a space with fashionable or beautiful things. In short, interior designers may decorate, but decorators do not design.” (NCIDQ.org Differences Between Interior Design & Decorating)  Ciulla continues on in the chapter to define the word "laborer" as an individual who contributes to the making or doing of something. This is exactly what interior designers do.  Interior design does involve physical labor; however, it is not extreme.  Interior designers take an idea or concept and turn it into floor plans and construction documents. These plans get approved by architects and are then turned into tangible spaces by contractors. The interior designer does not physically take part in building the structure but their "work" is what leads to the actual structure.