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Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Interior design
Riveting accounts of decluttering and organizing are the groundwork
for this "manual of order". This practical and illustrated book
integrates different theories, specifically pointing out all the
common items of the home and finding them their rightful place with
ingenuity and style. It also includes order for nomads!
Choosing colors for your home is a challenge, even for professional
designers. Like so many other details, selecting colors is one of
those "I know what I like when I see it" kind of things. Rather
than exhaust yourself staring at color wheels, palettes, and
pictures to try to find colors that work for you, why not take a
short cut? The greatest painters in the world are gifted with the
ability to select colors to help convey a certain mood in their
paintings. Because of this, the chapters of this book are organized
by mood. From bright, high energy colors, to dark, low energy
colors, and everywhere in between, this book has them. Simply flip
through and dog ear the pages of the color schemes that jump out at
you. You will find you gravitate toward high or low energy colors.
Of the colors patterns you resonate with the most, you may find one
particular color scheme from a famous painting you respond to the
strongest. Use the color swatch from your chosen painting when
selecting the color of materials for your home. Why can't the
entire design process be this simple?
Businesses and schools today are looking for ways to spur the kind
of creative thinking that leads employees and students to generate
innovative ideas. Many are finding that the physical spaces in
which people work and learn can provide a strong impetus to follow
a creative train of thought. Space for Creative Thinking puts this
trend into the knowledge-work context, discussing the underlying
design concepts that factor into making a space that stimulates
original thinking. The book follows this outline of theory with
twenty compelling examples, which range from offices and schools to
research facilities. Each case study is presented through
photographs, as well as interviews with both designers and users.
It concludes with a brief set of guiding principles for designing
spaces that capture the essence of a Creative Thinking Space.
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