Description
Discover the essential resource for interior design professionals and enthusiasts alike with 'The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book.' This comprehensive guide is perfect for anyone looking to plan and execute interior projects of all shapes and sizes. With its user-friendly format and portability, this book is an invaluable tool for designers at every level. Updated in this revised edition, it features interviews with leading practitioners across the interior design field, giving you insight into best practices and innovative solutions.
Explore fundamental concepts through easy-to-follow steps that outline professional services, project schedules, and the design tools utilized by experts in the industry. Delve into spatial environments and learn how to compose rooms with functionality and safety in mind. Uncover the world of surfaces with discussions on color, material, texture, and patterns while also addressing maintenance and performance considerations.
Create the perfect ambiance by exploring various elements of interior design like natural and artificial lighting, sound, and even scent. Enhance your space with proper selection and specification of furniture, fixtures, artwork, and accessories. Additionally, this book serves as a rich resource compiling sustainability guidelines and a plethora of online sources for all your interiors-related research needs. Perfect for students, working professionals, and DIY enthusiasts, 'The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book' is a must-have for your library.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781631593802
Year: 2018
Publisher: Quarto US
Pages: 288
Delivery Information: Orders typically ship within 1-2 business days. We ensure a secure and prompt delivery service.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781631593802
Year: 2018
Publisher: Quarto US
Pages: 288
Description:
The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book collects the information essential to planning and executing interior projects of all shapes and sizes, and distills it in a format that is as easy to use as it is to carry. In this new, revised edition, you'll also find interviews with top practitioners drawn across the field of interior design.
Some of the topics this excellent reference will explore with you include:
Fundamentals: Provides a step-by-step overview of an interior project, describing the scope of professional services, the project schedule, and the design and presentation tools used by designers.
Space: Examines ways of composing rooms as spatial environments while speaking to functional and life-safety concerns.
Surface: Identifies options in colour, material, texture, and pattern, while addressing maintenance and performance issues.
Environments: Looks at aspects of interior design that help create a specific mood or character, such as natural and artificial lighting, sound, and smell.
Elements: Describes the selection and specification of furniture and fixtures, as well as other components essential to an interior environment, such as artwork and accessories.
Resources: Gathers a wealth of useful data, from sustainability guidelines to online sources for interiors-related research.
Explore fundamental concepts through easy-to-follow steps that outline professional services, project schedules, and the design tools utilized by experts in the industry. Delve into spatial environments and learn how to compose rooms with functionality and safety in mind. Uncover the world of surfaces with discussions on color, material, texture, and patterns while also addressing maintenance and performance considerations.
Create the perfect ambiance by exploring various elements of interior design like natural and artificial lighting, sound, and even scent. Enhance your space with proper selection and specification of furniture, fixtures, artwork, and accessories. Additionally, this book serves as a rich resource compiling sustainability guidelines and a plethora of online sources for all your interiors-related research needs. Perfect for students, working professionals, and DIY enthusiasts, 'The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book' is a must-have for your library.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781631593802
Year: 2018
Publisher: Quarto US
Pages: 288
Delivery Information: Orders typically ship within 1-2 business days. We ensure a secure and prompt delivery service.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781631593802
Year: 2018
Publisher: Quarto US
Pages: 288
Description:
The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book collects the information essential to planning and executing interior projects of all shapes and sizes, and distills it in a format that is as easy to use as it is to carry. In this new, revised edition, you'll also find interviews with top practitioners drawn across the field of interior design.
Some of the topics this excellent reference will explore with you include:
Fundamentals: Provides a step-by-step overview of an interior project, describing the scope of professional services, the project schedule, and the design and presentation tools used by designers.
Space: Examines ways of composing rooms as spatial environments while speaking to functional and life-safety concerns.
Surface: Identifies options in colour, material, texture, and pattern, while addressing maintenance and performance issues.
Environments: Looks at aspects of interior design that help create a specific mood or character, such as natural and artificial lighting, sound, and smell.
Elements: Describes the selection and specification of furniture and fixtures, as well as other components essential to an interior environment, such as artwork and accessories.
Resources: Gathers a wealth of useful data, from sustainability guidelines to online sources for interiors-related research.