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Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Interior design
Ethan Allen and HGTV may have plenty to say about making a home
look right, but what makes a home feel right? In House Thinking,
journalist and cultural critic Winifred Gallagher takes the reader
on a psychological tour of the American home. By drawing on the
latest research in behavioral science, an overview of cultural
history, and interviews with leading architects and designers, she
shows us not only how our homes reflect who we are but also how
they influence our thoughts, feelings, and actions.
How does your entryway prime you for experiencing your home?
What makes a bedroom a sensual oasis? How can your bathroom
exacerbate your worst fears? House Thinking addresses provocative
questions like these, enabling us to understand the homes we've
made for ourselves in a unique and powerful new way. It is an
eye-opening look at how we live . . . and how we could live.
Design consists of the solution proposals put forward by the
designer for the target audience. The changing needs of the target
audience cause the designer to change the solutions. Although the
act of designing seems to take place in the triangle of
mass-object-designer, it is also affected by the period it is in,
independently of these components. The changing perception of taste
with the change of the period, the adoption of fast consumption,
the advancement of technology, the attempt to establish the real
world in the virtual with this progress, and the widespread use of
social media causes different effects on different user groups.
Some users, who feel this effect, adapt to it and try to meet their
needs in parallel, while the other part shows a conscious
resistance to this effect and prefers to maintain a perception of
"liking" from the past. It is important to share these views to
break the resistance and ensure the construction of a new agenda.
Contemporary Manifests on Design Thinking and Practice reveals the
current problems, practices, and research of the period in design
disciplines. It gives readers the opportunity to see the impact of
the ever-present change and transformation in design as a whole.
Covering topics such as alternative design models, social media
interaction, and urban social sustainability, this premier
reference source is a dynamic resource for designers, architects,
industrial designers, business leaders and executives, students and
faculty of higher education, librarians, researchers, and
academicians.
This book helps you discover the latest trends and innovations in
interior design for small spaces. Filled with superb full-colour
photography, detailed architectural plans, and insightful project
descriptions, this volume showcases some the most innovative and
exciting trends in interior design for small spaces - the featured
projects range in size from 16m2 to 40m2. From concealed storage to
the clever use of light and colour, these projects will be an
invaluable source of inspiration for interior designers working
with limited space.
"Meeting Matteo, over 10 years ago in Hoxton Square has led me to
develop a genuine respect and curiosity about his work and
approach. I was excited and apprehensive when I decided to write
his story. Such a responsibility. This book is not simply about
Matteo's transformation from Marketing to the world of Interior
Design over the past decade, but more about what inspires and
drives someone and how they get through it. "From nothing, Matteo
has created a design studio with a reputation for elegance, quality
and quirkiness. I feel lucky to have been allowed such unlimited
access, which has brought me closer to Matteo. I hope what I have
discovered keeps you turning the pages, as I know that there is a
lot more to come. Have a look for yourself." Matteo Bianchi is an
award-winning Interior and Product Designer with an entrepreneurial
flair. Born in Venice, Italy, Bianchi's inherent passion for design
led him to train at the Chelsea College of Art & Design in
London, after a career in marketing and advertising. Matteo Bianchi
is the Founder and Director of Matteo Bianchi Studio, launched in
2007 and he also teaches Interior Design related courses at The
Interior Design School, London and Chelsea College of Art in the
United Kingdom and The United Arab Emirates. Matteo Bianchi's
Studio combines unexpected, unique and refined Interior and Product
Design.
The Life Eclectic is a stunning interiors book that celebrates the
individuality of eclectic decorating styles through 15 homes of
creatives from around the world. Featuring homes of the world's
most well-respected creatives, including Studio MacLean, Manfredi
della Gherardesca and Martin Brudnizki, The Life Eclectic is a
celebration of individuality, and embracing the joy that fluidity
in taste can bring. How often have you leafed through an interiors
book and wondered how you might be able to recreate the eclectic,
joyful and chic style of famed designers, when your mis-match
belongings seem to juxtapose in all the wrong ways? The Life
Eclectic is an interiors book that through carefully selected case
studies of homes from the UK, US, Australia, France and Denmark,
shows how highly regarded designers, artists, gallerists and
writers curate their treasured (and varied) possessions to glorious
effect.
Pointed Leaf Press is proud to announce a monograph on English
interior designer Sue Timney. To say that Timney's work is eclectic
is as obvious as calling the sky blue: eclecticism is her
signature. Perhaps it is her peripatetic childhood that has given
her a global vision. Born in Libya, her father's military career
took her to Germany and Newcastle, England and she cites influences
and interests as diverse as the Japanese filmmaker Kurosawa, the
beatniks, and African tribal art. In addition to 25 years worth of
captivating photographs and some never before published drawings,
textile designs, and personal artworks, 'Making Marks' is a journey
through a fascinating life - from a career launched in Japan, to
the opening of the first Timney Fowler shop in London's hip
Portobello area, and her successful career as an interior designer.
An exhibition at the Fashion & Textile Museum in London is
planned for November 2010.
Studio environments can be defined as multi-dimensional integrated
production spaces where basic design trainings take place and where
design issues including theoretical notions such as sociological,
political, phenomenological, and other dimensions are discussed.
Present approaches within the literature and social media on this
topic gives cause for students to evaluate their future professions
over finished and pictorial products rather than ontological and
processual means. While there are many resources available on the
present approaches of aesthetics and visuality of interior spaces,
there is not much research available on new design methodologies,
related design processes, and new applied methods in interior
arcitecture. Based on different contexts, these methods of design
practice have the potential to enrich design processes and create
multiple discussion platforms within project studios as well as
other design media. These different representations and narration
methods for research in the context of interior architecture can be
effectively used in design processes. The Handbook of Research on
Methodologies for Design and Production Practices in Interior
Architecture proposes new design methodologies and related design
processes and introduces new applied method approaches while
presenting alternative methods that have been used within design
studios in the field of interior architecture. The chapters deal
with four major sections: the design process and interdiciplinary
approaches; then scenario development and content; followed by
material, texture, and atmosphere; and concluding with new
approaches to design. While highlighting topics such as spatial
perception, design strategies, architectural atmosphere, and
design-thinking, this book is of interest to architects, interior
designers, practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians,
and students looking for advanced research on the new design
metholodologies and processes for interior architecture.
Evaluating building materials for environmental sustainability is a
complex prospect. How do governmental agencies and the design
industry actually measure sustainable initiatives and environmental
impacts? This book breaks down the technical vocabulary and
principles that define environmentally sustainable choices across
interior and exterior architectural products to help the reader
understand: Material ingredient selection Energy and water use
Emissions, including greenhouse gases Human health and toxicity
Social accountability assessment This guide explains the structure
of green certifications, standards and ecolabels, life cycle
assessment, environmental regulations, and more. It presents a
historic timeline for context and a snapshot of current trends and
future objectives. It is a comprehensive reference for interior
designers, architects, building owners, contractors, and students
enrolled in interior design and architecture.
In some post-industrial areas, re-designing structural interiors in
an attractive way is becoming increasingly important to community
members, as it helps promote local pride and a higher quality of
life. Design Innovations for Contemporary Interiors and Civic Art
examines novel techniques in structural designs in various cultural
and social scenarios. Featuring innovative application methods,
emergent trends, and research on tools being utilized in the field,
this publication is a pivotal reference source for designers,
researchers, practitioners, and professionals interested in
interior design, urban culture, and structural aesthetics.
"Performance, Fashion and the Modern Interior "examines the
interior as a "stage" upon which modern life and lifestyles are
consciously fashioned and "performed," and from which modern
identities are projected by and through design. Scholars from
Europe, Canada, America and Australia present a range of interior
environments--domestic interiors, sets for stage and film,
exhibition spaces, art galleries, hotel lobbies, cafes and retail
spaces--to explore each as an intersection of fashion, lifestyle
and performance. Sharing the thesis that the fashionably dressed
body and the interior can be seen as part of the same creative and
expressive continuum, the essays highlight the ways in which
interiors can give shape to and dramatize modern life.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2010. Designing the Modern
Interior reveals how the design of the inside spaces of our homes
and public buildings is shaped by and shapes our modern culture.
The modern interior has often been narrowly defined by the
minimalist work of elite, reforming architects. But a shared
modernising impulse, expressed in interior design, extends at least
as far back as the Victorians and reaches to our own time. And this
spirit of modernisation manifested itself in interiors, designed
both by professionals and by amateurs, which did not necessarily
look modern and often even aimed to imitate the past. Designing the
Modern Interior presents a new history of the interior from the
late 19th to the 21st century. Particular characteristics are
consistent across this period: a progressive attitude towards
technology; a hyper-consciousness of what it is to live in the
present and the future; an overt relationship with the mass media,
mass consumption and the marketplace; an emphasis on individualism,
interiority and the 'self'; the construction of identities
determined by gender, class, race, sexuality and nationhood; and
the experiences of urban and suburban life.
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