Design Standards

Design Standards

The information provided here in the style definitions is for the benefit of NSWFAA members. All designs are based on the definitions of the Australian Floral Art Association Manual.

By clicking on the style below (images here are thumbnails of the larger image) you will get a definition of this design style and a photographic example of the style (where available).

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