Who can forget the over-the-top, white-on-white, high gloss interiors through which Fred Astaire danced in Top Hat? The stark modernist high-rise architecture, inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, in the adaptation of Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"? The lavish, opulent drawing rooms of Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence"? Through the use of interior design - called production design in the film industry - movies can transport us to new worlds of luxury, highlight the ornament of the everyday, offer a vision of the future, or evoke the realities of a distant era. In "Designs on Film", journalist and interior designer Cathy Whitlock illuminates the role of art direction and production design in the creation of the most memorable moments in film history. Through a lush collection of rare archival photographs, Whitlock narrates the evolving story of art direction - from the massive Roman architecture of "Ben Hur", to the infamous Dakota apartment in "Rosemary's Baby", to the digital CGI enhanced city of Gotham in "Batman Begins". With behind-the-scenes stories of how sets are imagined, drawn, built, and decorated, and features on the most notable designers, "Designs on Film" is a must have for film lovers and movie buffs - or anyone who wants to lift the curtain on movie magic to better understand how art direction and set design allow us to truly loose ourselves in the diverse worlds showcased on the big screen.

This book is a clear and concise survey of the field of interior design, providing a look at the newly expanded role of the interior designer and offering an array of career alternatives from the tried-and-true areas of residential and contract design to specialty design. Whether branching into areas as traditional as product and furniture design to the new trends of lifestyle branding and internet merchandising, Whitlock covers the full array of challenging and diverse career choices for those considering a career in design as well as the established designer who wants to take their professional practice to new heights.Features:-- Provides an overview of the profession and the role of the interior designer of the past, present, and future-- Covers education, career planning, the job search and outlook, salaries and an overview of portfolio preparation-- Features a number of specialties from yacht and airplane design to home staging to design journalists in book publishing and magazines to production designers and set decorators-- 32 full profiles representing a vast array of career choices sprinkled throughout the text-Alexa Hampton, Nina Campbell, Vicente Wolf, Linda Daily from Ballard Designs, Jonathan Adler, Michael Graves, Sally Sirkin Lewis of J. Robert Scott, Glenda Rovello set designer for Will and Grace, and Cloudia Rebar set designer for 24-to name a few-- Photographs and sketches of room and/or product and design work and product lines to accompany designer profiles and further illustrate each chapter InteriorDesign2009.