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Product Identifiers

PublisherWadsworth

ISBN-100030322332

ISBN-139780030322334

eBay Product ID (ePID)14169

Product Key Features

Number of Pages672 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDesigning Interiors

Publication Year1992

SubjectInterior Design / General, General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaArt, Architecture

AuthorW. Otie Kilmer, Rosemary Kilmer

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight55.3 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN91-030717

Dewey Edition20

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal729

Table Of ContentPart I: THE HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL BASES OF DESIGN. 1. Interior Design: An Introduction. 2. The Origins of Design. 3. The Evolution of Modern Design. 4. The Basic Theories of Design Composition. 5. Color and Light. Part II: PLANNING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL SPACES. 6. Design as a Process. 7. Programming Interior Spaces. 8. Space Planning of Residential Interiors. 9. Space Planning of Commercial Interiors. Part III: THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ENVIRONMENTS. 10. Environmental Concerns, Codes, and Regulations. 11. Interior Environmental Control and Support Systems. 12. Lighting for Interiors. PART IV: INTERIOR MATERIALS, ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS, FINISHES, AND COMPONENTS. 13. Materials: Characteristics and Applications. 14. Architectural Systems and Interior Finishes. 15. Interior Components. Part V: FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS, AND EQUIPMENT. 16. Furniture. 17. Furnishings and Equipment. PART VI: ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTIVE. 18. Design Communication. 19. The Professional Practice of Interior Design: Business, Management, and the Future.

SynopsisThis introductory text offers a comprehensive overview of the basic knowledge required for the education of the professional interior designer. It emphasizes the foundation of and expertise in designing for people and their environments. The integrated approach to the profession meets the program standards of FIDER (Foundation for Interior Design Education Research). Coverage includes the technical and aesthetic areas of interior design as practical in both residential and commercial environments. The text looks at the creative processes interior designers use to recognize, organize, and solve problems is unusual in an introductory text. The direct relationship between the exterior and interior environments is covered, and the book points out increasing areas of responsibility - including building codes; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems; electrical systems; and basic building structural systems. Finally, it discusses global issues of energy conservation, depletion of natural resources, recycling, and the sick building syndrome, and gives full consideration to relationships and design considerations of exterior environemts to interior design.

LC Classification NumberNK2110.K45 1992