Design Standards

A Note on Style Definitions

The style definitions provided in this resource are intended to assist NSWFAA members in understanding and applying the guidelines established by the Australian Floral Art Association Manual 2024. These definitions serve as a foundation for creating floral designs that adhere to the association’s standards and promote a unified approach to floral design in Australia.

Abstract	Assemblage	Basic Modern
Biedermeier	Botanical	Bouquets
Cascade	Cascade – Traditional	Classical
Collage	Combined Line Mass	Composite Exhibit or Niche
Contemporary	Creative Line	Creative Mass
Decorative Structure	Design ON a Pedestal	Diagonal
European Influenced	Floor Design	Foliage Design
Formal Bowl	Formal Linear	Formal Trough, Urn
Formal Vase	Free Expression	Free Form
FreeStyle	Garland	Hand Tied
Hogarth Curve	Horizontal	Inverted Crescent
Kinetic Design – Mobile	Kinetic Design - Stabile	Kinetic Design – Stamobile
Landscape Design	Landscape Vegetative	Line On Line
Mass	Minerva	Miniature
Modern Mass	Modern Wall Hanging	Naturalistic
New Convention	New Wave	Parallel – Decorative
Parallel – Formal	Parallel – Graphic	Parallel – Informal
Parallel – Intersecting	Parallel – Vegetative	Pave
Pedestal Design	Period Design – 20th Century 1940s and 1950s	Period Design – 1960s
Period Design – 1970s	Period Design – American Colonial	Period Design – Art Deco
Period Design – Art Nouveau or Edwardian	Period Design – Baroque	Period Design – Byzantine
Period Design – Chinese	Period Design – Dutch and Flemish	Period Design – Egyptian
Period Design – French Baroque and Rococo	Period Design – Rococo	Period Design – Italian Renaissance
Period Design – Georgian	Period Design – Grecian	Period Design – Japanese
Period Design – Victorian	Petite	Phoenix
Plaque	Posy	Pot et Fleur
Sculpture	Split Level	Stacking
Still Life – Modern	Still Life – Traditional	Strauss Bouquet
Structural	Swag	Tapestry
Tied Sheaf	Topiary	Tussie Mussie
Underwater	Vegetative Decorative	Vegetative Wreath
Vertical	Vulcan	Wreath