Interior Design
ISBN: 9780132408905 | 0132408902
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 1/24/2007
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For one/two-semester or quarter introductory courses in Interior Design. Interior Design is the leading introduction to the field of interior design. Lavishly illustrated and comprehensive in its scope, this text focuses on the range of challenges facing designers in the 21st century. It helps students devise creative solutions to real design problems by examining best practices from todays great designers. The author provides unique and compelling case studies from a broad range of projects from home and work-place designs, to public areas, to... MORE
| Preface | p. 11 |
| Introduction | p. 15 |
| The Development of Interior Design | p. 16 |
| The Practice of Interior Design | p. 17 |
| Decorator (or Interior Decorator) | |
| Interior Designer | |
| Space Planner and Office Planner | |
| Architect | |
| Industrial Designer | |
| Other Specialists | |
| Residential and Contract Design | ... MORE|
| Professional Preparation | p. 23 |
| Licensing and Registration | p. 25 |
| NCIDQ Examination | p. 26 |
| Professional Organizations | p. 26 |
| Current Issues, Future Directions | p. 27 |
| Professionalism | |
| Social and Environmental | |
| Responsibility | |
| Digital Technology | |
| Types of Future Projects | |
| User Participation in Design | |
| Consultant Services | |
| Style and Character Trends | |
| Design Quality | p. 37 |
| Defining Design | p. 37 |
| Evaluating Design | p. 37 |
| Function | |
| Structure and Materials | |
| Aesthetics | |
| Design in Other Contexts | p. 40 |
| Nature and Design | |
| Vernacular Design | |
| Technological Design | |
| Analyzing Existing Spaces | p. 44 |
| Residential Design Quality: House for Two Architect-Owners | p. 45 |
| Design Basics | p. 49 |
| Design and Human Perception | p. 49 |
| Visual Perception | |
| Visual Impressions | |
| Elements of Design | p. 53 |
| Point and Line | |
| Form or Shape | |
| Texture, Pattern, Ornament | |
| Value and Color | |
| Opacity, Transparency, Translucency | |
| Principles of Design | p. 60 |
| Size, Scale, Proportion | |
| Unity and Variety | |
| Balance | |
| Rhythm | |
| Emphasis | |
| Design as an Expressive Medium | p. 65 |
| The Basic Enclosure | |
| Combined Spatial Forms | |
| Openings in the Enclosure | |
| Contents of the Enclosure | |
| The Enclosure-to-Occupant Context | |
| Design History | p. 71 |
| Prehistoric and Indigenous Design | p. 72 |
| Ancient World | p. 72 |
| Egypt | |
| Greece | |
| Rome | |
| Middle Ages | p. 76 |
| Early Christian Design | |
| Byzantine Design | |
| Romanesque Design | |
| Gothic Design | |
| Renaissance to Rococo | p. 81 |
| Italy | |
| Central Europe | |
| France | |
| England | |
| Neoclassicism | p. 92 |
| Empire Style | |
| Regency Style | |
| North America | p. 94 |
| Colonial Style | |
| Federal Style | |
| Gothic Revival Style | |
| Victorian Era | p. 99 |
| Arts and Crafts Movement | |
| Shaker and Adirondack Design | |
| Turn of the Twentieth Century | p. 103 |
| Art Nouveau in Europe | |
| Vienna Secession | |
| Art Nouveau in the United States | |
| Twentieth Century | p. 105 |
| Eclecticism | |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | |
| Walter Gropius | |
| De Stijl | |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | |
| Le Corbusier | |
| Alvar Aalto | |
| Art Deco | |
| Postwar Modernism | |
| Transition to the Twenty-First Century | p. 117 |
| Late Modernism | |
| High Tech | |
| Post-Modernism | |
| Deconstructivism | |
| Non-European Traditions | p. 124 |
| China | |
| Japan | |
| South Asia | |
| The Islamic World | |
| Pre-Columbian America | |
| The Design Process | p. 133 |
| Creativity in Design | p. 134 |
| Sequential Outline | p. 135 |
| Project Beginnings | p. 137 |
| Establishing Contact with Client | |
| Outlining Scope of Project | |
| Outlining Time Schedule and Budget | |
| Determining Need for Specialized Consultants | |
| Agreeing on Designer-Client Contract Relationship | |
| Scheduling Design Work | |
| Selecting Space(s) to Be Dealt With | |
| Programming | p. 138 |
| Researching the Project | |
| Obtaining or Preparing a Survey of Space(s) | |
| Conducting Interviews and Collecting Data on Requirements | |
| Developing Preliminary Program | |
| Reviewing Preliminary Program with Client | |
| Preparing Final Program | |
| Obtaining Program Approval from Client | |
| Developing Space Allocation | |
| Preparing Adjacency Studies | |
| Concept Development | p. 139 |
| Developing Preliminary Design | |
| Developing Preliminary Plan | |
| Reviewing Preliminary Design with Client | |
| Revising and Finalizing Preliminary Design | |
| Obtaining Client | |
| Approval of Preliminary Design | |
| Design Development | p. 144 |
| Making Formal Drawings | |
| Making Material Selections | |
| Planning the Lighting | |
| Selecting Purchased Items | |
| Selecting Colors and Finishes | |
| Estimating Costs | |
| Preparing Final Design and Detailed Budget | |
| Making Presentation to Client | |
| Reviewing Budget with Client | |
| Making Revisions as Necessary | |
| Obtaining Client Approval of Design and Budget | |
| Design Implementation | p. 151 |
| Preparing Construction Drawings | |
| Preparing Detail Drawings | |
| Preparing Specifications | |
| Gathering Final Cost Estimates and Obtaining Bids | |
| Making Time Schedule for Construction and Installation | |
| Selecting Contractors and Issuing Work Orders | |
| Preparing and Issuing Purchase Orders | |
| Project Supervision | p. 155 |
| Supervising Construction | |
| Coordinating and Expediting Construction and Deliveries | |
| Supervising Installation and Completion | |
| Listing Defects and Errors and Supervising Correction | |
| Supervising Move-in | |
| Post-Completion | p. 155 |
| Making Needed Adjustments and Changes | |
| Preparing Post-Move-in Evaluation | |
| A Specialty Shop | p. 156 |
| Planning | p. 161 |
| Preliminary Steps in Planning | p. 161 |
| Selecting Space | |
| Analyzing and Evaluating Space | |
| Planning the Space | p. 165 |
| Programming | |
| Area Assignment | |
| Block Diagramming | |
| Adjacency Studies | |
| Stacking Plans | |
| Designing the Space | |
| Plan Types | |
| Circulation | |
| Furniture Layout | |
| Furniture Arrangement | |
| Lighting | |
| Resolving Conflicts in Planning | |
| Evaluating the Plan | p. 183 |
| Office Floor in a City Building | p. 186 |
| Human Factors and Social Responsibility | p. 191 |
| Human Factors | p. 191 |
| Background | |
| User Participation | |
| Use of Research Data | |
| Employment of Consultants | |
| Performance Evaluation | |
| Importance in Smaller Projects | |
| Specific Issues | |
| Social Responsibility | p. 199 |
| Quality versus Profit | |
| Environmental or Green Concerns | |
| Adaptive Reuse and Historic Preservation | |
| Role of the Designer | p. 209 |
| Matters within Direct Control of the Designer | |
| Issues | |
| Requiring Cooperation between Designer and Client | |
| Concerns outside Designers' Immediate Control | |
| Offices for a Nonprofit Organization | p. 212 |
| Interior Design for Special Needs | p. 217 |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | p. 217 |
| Universal Design | p. 218 |
| Children | p. 219 |
| The Elderly | p. 221 |
| People with Disabilities | p. 224 |
| Home Nursing | p. 228 |
| Adaptability | p. 229 |
| A City Apartment | p. 232 |
| Materials and Their Uses | p. 235 |
| Structural and Interior Materials | p. 235 |
| Environmental or Green Issues | p. 236 |
| Consumption of Resources | |
| Pollution and Waste | |
| Interior Environment Impact | |
| Sick-Building Syndrome | |
| Types of Materials | p. 242 |
| Wood | p. 242 |
| Structural | |
| Interior | |
| Masonry | p. 246 |
| Stone | |
| Brick | |
| Concrete Block | |
| Plaster and Stucco | |
| Tile | |
| Concrete | |
| Metals | p. 251 |
| Structural | |
| Interior | |
| Glass | p. 252 |
| Plastics | p. 254 |
| Thermoplastics | |
| Thermosetting Plastics | |
| New Materials | p. 255 |
| Material Selection | p. 255 |
| Evaluating Materials | |
| Materials in Their Setting | |
| Materials in Relation to Their Uses | p. 258 |
| Walls | p. 259 |
| Load-Bearing Walls | |
| Partition Walls | |
| Wall Finishes | |
| Doors | p. 269 |
| Door Materials | |
| Door Types | |
| Windows | p. 273 |
| Window Types | |
| Window Treatment | |
| Columns | p. 276 |
| Floors | p. 276 |
| Floor Materials | |
| Woven Floor Coverings | |
| Floor Coverings | |
| Steps and Stairways | p. 284 |
| Designing Stairways | |
| Ceilings | p. 288 |
| Ceiling Materials | |
| Miscellaneous Elements | p. 290 |
| Color | p. 293 |
| Practical Approaches | p. 294 |
| Natural Color | |
| All-Neutral Color | |
| Functional Color | |
| Color in Specialized Interiors | p. 297 |
| Offices | |
| Schools and College Facilities | |
| Restaurants and Other Food-Service Areas | |
| Stores, Shops, Showrooms | |
| Medical and Healthcare Facilities | |
| Hotels and Motels | |
| Retirement Living Facilities | |
| Industrial Settings | |
| Working Method | p. 302 |
| Collecting Color Samples | |
| Preparing Color Charts | |
| Sample Boards | |
| Realizing the Color Scheme | |
| Common Color Problems | p. 306 |
| Light and Color | p. 306 |
| The Color Spectrum | |
| Additive Color | |
| Subtractive Color | |
| The Color Wheel | |
| Color Systems | p. 308 |
| Munsell Color System | |
| Other Color Systems | |
| Complementary Colors | |
| Warm and Cool Colors | |
| Psychological Impact of Colors | p. 313 |
| Cultural Symbolism of Colors | p. 316 |
| Color Schemes | p. 318 |
| Monotone (Neutral) Color Schemes | |
| Monochromatic Color Schemes | |
| Analogous Color Schemes | |
| Complementary Color Schemes | |
| Triad Color Schemes | |
| Tetrad Color Schemes | |
| Special Color Effects | p. 324 |
| Effects of Texture, Pattern, Metallic Materials | |
| Colors in Relation to Each Other | |
| Effects of Color on Space | |
| Optical Mixture | |
| Effects of Light on Color | |
| A City Apartment | p. 327 |
| Lighting | p. 331 |
| Vision and Lighting | p. 333 |
| Considerations for Good Lighting | |
| Daylight | p. 336 |
| Admitting Daylight | |
| Controlling Daylight | |
| Artificial Light | p. 339 |
| Planning Lighting | p. 339 |
| Lighting Needs | p. 340 |
| Level of Illumination | |
| Brightness Contrast | |
| Lighting for the Aging Population | |
| Special-Purpose Lighting | p. 344 |
| Offices | |
| Healthcare Facilities | |
| Retail Stores and Showrooms | |
| Restaurants | |
| Selection of Lighting | p. 349 |
| Incandescent Light | |
| Fluorescent Light | |
| High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Light | |
| Fiber-Optic Light | |
| Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Light | |
| Other Light Sources | |
| Color Characteristics of Artificial Lighting | |
| Economic Issues | |
| Fixture Selection | p. 356 |
| Architectural and Portable Lighting | |
| Types of Light Produced | |
| Floor, Table, and Desk Lamps | |
| Wall-Mounted Units | |
| Ceiling Units | |
| Built-in Lighting | |
| Miscellaneous Types | |
| Fixture Location and Spacing | p. 368 |
| Calculating Number and Location | |
| Switches | |
| Dimmers | |
| Photo Sensors | |
| Codes and Regulations | p. 370 |
| A Duplex City Apartment | p. 372 |
| Textiles | p. 377 |
| Selecting Textiles | p. 378 |
| Green Issues | |
| Color | |
| Other Factors | |
| Fabric Types and Construction | p. 383 |
| Fiber | |
| Yarn | |
| Construction | |
| Finishing | |
| Color | |
| Special Characteristics | |
| Identifying Textiles | p. 391 |
| Fabric Testing | |
| Textile Names | |
| Furniture | p. 395 |
| Preliminary Furniture Decisions | p. 397 |
| Built-in versus Movable Furniture | |
| Systems Furniture | |
| Reusing Furniture | |
| Layout and Planning | p. 398 |
| Selecting Furniture | p. 399 |
| Specially Designed Furniture | |
| Ready-Made Furniture | |
| Modular, Knockdown, and Economy Furniture | |
| Criteria for Choosing Furniture | |
| Function | p. 404 |
| Tables | |
| Desks | |
| Seating Furniture | |
| Sleeping Furniture | |
| Storage Furniture | |
| Computer Furniture | |
| Contract Design Furniture | |
| Children's Furniture | |
| Structure and Materials | p. 418 |
| Wood | |
| Metal | |
| Plastics | |
| Upholstery | |
| Furniture Design | p. 428 |
| Antiques | |
| Reproductions of Antiques | |
| Modern | |
| Contemporary | |
| Post-Modern | |
| Deconstructivist | |
| Craft and Art Furniture | |
| A Table Supported by Two Pillars | p. 435 |
| Accessories, Art, Signage | p. 439 |
| Accessories | p. 440 |
| Practical Accessories | |
| Decorative Accessories | |
| Plants | |
| Art | p. 448 |
| Selecting Artwork | |
| Framing and Placing Artwork | |
| Signage and Graphics | p. 453 |
| Wayfinding | |
| Mechanical Systems | p. 457 |
| HVAC | p. 457 |
| Heating Systems | |
| Ventilation | |
| Air-Conditioning | |
| Electrical Systems | p. 463 |
| Energy Consumption | p. 466 |
| Plumbing Systems | p. 466 |
| Acoustics | p. 468 |
| Excessive Noise | |
| Transmitted Noise | |
| Overheard Speech | |
| Good Acoustics | |
| Wired Systems | p. 472 |
| Safety Systems | p. 473 |
| Vertical Transportation | p. 474 |
| Elevators | |
| Escalators | |
| People Movers | |
| Building Codes | p. 477 |
| Fire-Safety Requirements | |
| Exit Requirements | |
| Environmental Requirements | |
| Special-Purpose Spaces | p. 481 |
| Kitchens | p. 482 |
| Programming | |
| Planning | |
| Elements and Materials | |
| Appearance | |
| Bathrooms | p. 495 |
| Residential | |
| Nonresidential | |
| Storage | p. 502 |
| Residential | |
| Nonresidential | |
| Other Special-Purpose Spaces | p. 505 |
| Lofts | |
| Studios | |
| Workshops | |
| Home Offices | |
| Media Rooms | |
| Conservatories | |
| Greenhouses | |
| Courtyards | |
| Atriums | |
| Pools | |
| Terraces | |
| Patios | |
| Roofs | |
| Decks | |
| A Loft Apartment | p. 517 |
| Public Interiors | p. 521 |
| Commercial Spaces | p. 522 |
| Offices | |
| Banks | |
| Brokerage Offices | |
| Shops | |
| Shopping Centers | |
| Showrooms | |
| Hospitality Spaces | p. 532 |
| Restaurants | |
| Hotels | |
| Motels | |
| Inns | |
| Clubs | |
| Sport Facilities | |
| Institutional Spaces | p. 535 |
| Administrative Buildings | |
| Correctional Facilities | |
| Educational Facilities | |
| Healthcare Facilities | |
| Childcare Accommodations | |
| Houses of Worship | |
| Cultural and Recreational Spaces | p. 542 |
| Museums | |
| Galleries | |
| Libraries | |
| Theaters | |
| Concert Halls | |
| Auditoriums | |
| Arenas | |
| Other Spaces | p. 544 |
| Exhibition Design | |
| Transportation | |
| Industrial Work Spaces | |
| A Luxury Restaurant | p. 548 |
| The Business of Interior Design | p. 551 |
| Employment of Interior Designers | p. 551 |
| Setting Up a Workplace | p. 552 |
| Interior Design Drawings | p. 554 |
| Design Drawings | |
| Construction Drawings | |
| Specifications | p. 557 |
| Models | p. 557 |
| Information Technology | p. 558 |
| Business Matters | p. 561 |
| Budgets | |
| Marketing | |
| Contracts | |
| Project Management | |
| Human Problems | p. 566 |
| Design Business Models | p. 567 |
| Sole Proprietorship | |
| Partnership | |
| Incorporation | |
| Appendixes | p. 571 |
| Architectural Symbols | p. 571 |
| Furniture Symbols | p. 572 |
| Electrical Symbols | p. 572 |
| Material Indications in Section | p. 573 |
| Estimating Material Requirements | p. 574 |
| Metric Equivalents | p. 574 |
| Professional Organizations | p. 575 |
| Glossary | p. 577 |
| Bibliography | p. 587 |
| Websites | p. 593 |
| Illustration Credits | p. 595 |
| Index | p. 597 |
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John F. Pile a Professor Emeritus of Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York
