Interior Design: Conceptual Basis
Maximizing reader insights into interior design as a conceptual way of thinking, which is about ideas and how they are formulated. The major themes of this book are the seven concepts of planning, circulation, 3D, construction, materials, colour and light
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Interior Design: Conceptual Basis
Interior Design: Conceptual Basis
Anthony Sully
Interior Design: Conceptual Basis
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Anthony Sully Cambridgeshire UK
ISBN 978-3-319-16473-1 ISBN 978-3-319-16474-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-16474-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015936288 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The design of existing spaces, architectural or otherwise, to suit a newly required use seems to me to be an entirely honourable, engaging and optimistic way to spend your life. Interior Designers have focused on ‘up-cycling’ tired or unwanted spaces for years and there is no other design discipline that focuses entirely on reworking spaces in this way. Common with many design disciplines, Interior Design is concerned with colour, form, space, light, texture, materiality, fashion, structure, sound, technology, environment and context. Its focus enables it to explore the interface between disciplines, from Landscape and Architecture to those within the built environment, Furniture, Furnishings, Product & Textile Design. Its mission is to seek out how places could be better used, or simply reworked to lift the spirits … how our spaces can or should work and function for our current requirements, at a human interface—as I said, an entirely honourable, engaging, optimistic and rewarding way to spend your life! This book is a follow up to Anthony Sully’s book Interior Design: Theory and Process and aims to encourage students and practitioners to think deeper about the subject and explore underlying conceptual thinking fully when formulating a new design. He argues that the common acceptance of a major concept that sums up an interior design scheme needs to be reviewed. In his last book he broke
