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Taylor & Francis Shedding New Light on Art Museum Additions Front Stage and Back Stage Experiences Routledge Research in Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Reimagining Alternative Technology for Design in the 21st Century
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Nature through a Hospital Window
Book SynopsisAdopting an evidence-based approach, this book uses two state-of-the-art experimental studies to explore natureâs therapeutic benefits in healthcare environments, emphasizing how windows and transparent spaces can strengthen peopleânature interactions. High-quality, supportive, and patient-centred healthcare environments are a key priority for healthcare designers worldwide, with ageing populations creating a demand for remodeled and updated facilities. The first study demonstrates individual psychophysiological responses, moods, and preferences in simulated hospital waiting areas with different levels of visual access to nature through windows, while the second experiment uses cutting-edge immersive virtual reality techniques to explore how gardens and nature views impact peopleâs spatial cognition, wayfinding behaviors, and experience when navigating hospitals. Through these studies and discussions drawing on architectural theory, the book highlights the important benefits of having access to nature from hospital interiors. This concise volume will appeal to academics and designers interested in therapeutic landscapes and healthcare architecture.Table of ContentsCONTENTSList of figuresList of tablesAcknowledgementsCHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION1Scope and Key Concepts 1Organization 1References 1CHAPTER 2. THE HISTORY AND THEORY OF NATURE’S THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS 1The Traditional Belief that Nature Heals1Air, Water, and Places1Trees, Flowers, and Herbs1Salubrious Urban Landscape in the 19th Century 1Nature’s Healing Mechanism: Contemporary Studies and Schools of Thoughts1Therapeutic Landscapes through the Lens of Medical Geography 1Evolutionary Perspectives1Biophilia and Biophilic Design1Attention-Restoration Theory 1Stress Reduction and the Aesthetic-Affective Model 1Toward an Integrative Framework 1References 1CHAPTER 3. RECONNECT PEOPLE AND NATURE THROUGH WINDOWS IN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENTS 1Effects of Windows and No Windows1Windowed versus Windowless Environments1Window Attributes1Size and shape of windows1Distances to the window1Content and Quality of Window Views1Views of nature versus built environments1Complexity of window views1Windows and Natural Daylight1Visual and Thermal Comfort1Windows, Views, and Daylight in Healthcare Environments1Windows in Healthcare Environments1Window effects for patients1Window effects for staff 1Natural Daylight in Healthcare Environments1Natural daylight for patients1Natural daylight for staff1References 1CHAPTER 4. HOSPITAL GREENSPACES AND SOME USAGE ISSUES 1People–Nature Relationship in Hospitals in History1A General Negligence 1From Courtyard Hospitals to Pavilion Plans1Lessons Learned from Tuberculosis Sanatoriums1Tuberculosis Sanatorium Movement 1Paimio Sanatorium1The site1The windows1The indoor–outdoor transition1Greenspaces in Contemporary Hospitals 1The Revival of Hospital Greenspaces1Current Usage Issues of Hospital Greenspaces through Post Occupancy Evaluations1Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE)1Study Sites1Findings from the Site Evaluation and Audit 1Focus Group Results 1Visual and experiential quality1Wellness programs and supportive features1Landscape maintenance and operation1Garden Locations Matter1References 1CHAPTER 5. TRANSPARENCY AND TRANSPARENT SPACES IN HOSPITAL DESIGN: FROM THEORIES TO PRACTICES1Phenomenal Transparency and Spatial Continuity as an Urban Approach 1Transparency: From Rowe and Slutzky (1963) to Hoesli (1997)1Phenomenal Transparency and Spatial Continuity 1A Continuum of Indoor–Outdoor Spaces 1Phenomenal Transparency: An Urban Design Approach 1Lessons Learned from the Venice Hospital1A Preliminary Pattern Language of Transparent Spaces in Hospitals1Pattern 1: Hierarchy of Landscape Realms1Pattern 2: Courtyards that Breathe1Pattern 3: Courtyards that Breathe1Pattern 4: Positive Outdoor Spaces1Pattern 5: Micro-Landscapes Along Narrow Wings 1Pattern 6: Cascading Roof Terraces 1Pattern 7: Transparent Arteries 1Pattern 8: Landscaped Arrival Zones 1Pattern 9: Dematerialized Edges 1Pattern 10: Atrium Gardens and Lightwells 1Pattern 11: Sequestered Gardens 1Pattern 12: Therapeutic Viewing Places1References 1CHAPTER 6. THE EFFECTS OF WINDOWS AND TRANSPARENCY ON PEOPLE’S WAITING EXPERIENCE IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS 1Research Questions and Hypotheses1Research Design1Study 1: Image Selection1Study 2: The Survey-Embedded Quasi-Experiment1Data Analysis and Results1Stress-Inducing Effect of Watching A Movie Stressor1Comparison of Psychophysiology Readings1Comparison of Mood Scores1Visual Preference Analysis 1Comparison of means1Level of transparency and visual preference 1Seat arrangement and visual preference 1Correlations among Psychophysiology Readings, Mood States, and Visual Preference1Factor Analysis1Six factors1Between-group comparison of visual preference scores by factors1Contribution to Existing Knowledge1Implications for Hospital Waiting Area Design1Spatial Layout, Amenities, and Aesthetics1Positive Distractions1Privacy, Support, and Control1Seating and Furniture1Health Information and Resources 1References 1CHAPTER 7. THE EFFECTS OF WINDOWS AND TRANSPARENCY ON PEOPLE’S WAYFINDING BEHAVIORS AND NAVIGATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN HOSPITALS1Large Hospitals and the Wayfinding Issues1Research Questions and Hypotheses1Research Design1Experiment Setup1Measurements and Data Collection Procedures1Data Analysis and Results1Wayfinding Performance and Behaviors in IVE Hospitals 1Participants’ Mood States Scores 1Environmental Attractiveness and Atmosphere Metrics Scores1Level of Presence in IVE Hospitals 1Preliminary Findings from Interviews 1Additional Takeaways1Summary of Findings from the Current Study1Additional Implications for Healthcare Circulation Spaces Design1Spatial Configuration and Design Elements1Environmental Identity, Signs, and Landmarks1Wayfinding Systems and Technology1For Specialty Facilities and Vulnerable Patients1References 1CHAPTER 8. CASE STUDIES1Pattern 1: Hierarchy of Landscape Realms1Pattern 2: Courtyards that Breathe1Pattern 3: Courtyards that Breathe1Pattern 4: Positive Outdoor Spaces1Pattern 5: Micro-Landscapes Along Narrow Wings 1Pattern 6: Cascading Roof Terraces 1Pattern 7: Transparent Arteries 1Pattern 8: Landscaped Arrival Zones 1Pattern 9: Dematerialized Edges 1Pattern 10: Atrium Gardens and Lightwells 1Pattern 11: Sequestered Gardens 1Pattern 12: Therapeutic Viewing Places1References 1CHAPTER 9. TOWARD THE SHIFTED PARADIGMS FOR HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT DESIGN 1Patient-Centered Care and User-Centered Design1Integrating Evidence-Based Research and Design1The Shifting Paradigms of Hospital Environment Design1Roles of Landscape Architects1Trends of Hospital Greenspaces in the Pandemic Context1Disappearing Waiting Rooms: Wait in a Garden! 1Expanded Public Spaces with Integrated Nature Experience1Gardens in Intensive Care Units1Toward the Concept of Community Wellness Centers1References 1INDEX
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Beyond the Workplace Zoo
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Taylor & Francis Practical Ethics in Architecture and Interior Design Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd On Altering Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd On Altering Architecture
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Taylor & Francis The Distributed Workplace
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Taylor & Francis The Emergence of the Interior
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Taylor & Francis From Organisation to Decoration
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Taylor & Francis Product Configurators Tools and Strategies for
Book SynopsisThis book provides a source of inspiration and a manual for designers, entrepreneurs and professionals who are looking into the practical application of product configurators. In this growing profession, there is a need for a book which focuses on the configuration process from a design perspective. The book delves into the practical application of configurators using case studies of selected firms that present their most significant works. It offers the reader tips, suggestions, technical details and critical issues which need to be considered, from experienced actors and pioneers worldwide, which include: Unfold, Belgium In-flexions, France Nervous System, USA Okinlab, Germany SkimLab, France Twikit, Belgium INDG, The Netherlands ZeroLight, United Kingdom 3Dimerce, The Netherlands 3DSource, USA Bagaar, Belgium MyCustomizer, Canada Combeenation, Austria Table of ContentsPart 1: The Context 1. Strategic foundations and capabilities of mass customization Frank T. Piller and Ning Wang 2.The evolutionary process of product configurators and characteristics of configurable products Paul Blažek 3. The role of representation and technology in product configuration Fabrizio Avella and Saverio Albano 4. Digital ArtsandCrafts: Encouraging mass customization as a relational model of production Fabio Schillaci Part 2: The gallery: From conceptual to commercial applications 5. Unfold L’Artisan Electronique 6. In-Flexions Vase#44 series and KiLight 7. Nervous System Kinematics 8. Okinlab form.bar 9. SkimLab Jweel, online personalized jewelry 10. Twikit Mr. Maria Night Lamp Configurator 11. INDG Amikasa 3D Room Designer 12. ZeroLight Pagani Huayra 13. 3DiMerce Leolux Creator 14. 3DSource Elkay configurator 15. Bagaar BekaertDeslee configurator 16. MyCustomizer SUUNTO configurator 17. Combeenation SaaS Configurator Management System Part 3: Behind the scenes 18. How we built a configurator Reyk Buchenberg Contributors Index Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Language of Space
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Architects Guide To Feng Shui Exploding the Myth
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Taylor & Francis Design for Critical Care An EvidenceBased Approach
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Stories from Home English Domestic Interiors 17501850 History of Retailing and Consumption
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Taylor & Francis Technique and Sensibility in the Fiction and Poetry of Raymond Carver
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Taylor & Francis Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran Interior Revolutions of the Modern Era Iranian Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Big Little Hotel
Book SynopsisThis book showcases small hotels, all located in the United States, designed by architects who use light and materials in interesting and intentional ways. The designs also deliberately connect to their local history, context, or land â in many cases all three. Both the architecture and the operations harmonize with the place, whether that is a bustling city, small town, or natural area. Many are new buildings but some are adaptive reuse projects or renovations of historic properties, extending the connectivity of the place into the future.A condensed history of lodging helps to place the many typologies and histories of hospitality in relationship to world events and includes the many factors that influence hotel development such as business practices, technology, and even politics. Hotels are influenced by larger trends and innovations in hospitality such as the emergence of a variety of creative possibilities for future travel. A final chapter includes speculation on traveTable of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 001 PREFACE 01. INTRODUCTION TIMELINE 02. HOTEL HISTORIES 1. Hotel Magdalena, Lake|Flato Architects 2. Wild Rice Retreat, Salmela Architect 3. Rolling Huts, Olson Kundig 4. Geneseo Inn, Ecotech Design 5. Carpenter Hotel, Specht Architects 6. Harmon Guest House, David Baker Architects 7. Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills, KoningEizenberg 8. The Revolution Hotel, PCA / Prellwitz Chilinski Associates 9. Tourists, HANK + Julie Pearson 10. AutoCamp Joshua Tree, HKS + Narrative Design Studio 11. Kinship Landing, Echo Architecture + Interiors 12. Eaton DC, CallisonRTKL + Gachot Studios + Parts and Labor Design 13. Hutton Brickyards, Kristina Dousharm and Zachary Hall of KDA 14. Society Hotel Bingen, Waechter Architecture 15. 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City, Deborah Berke Partners 16. Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm, John Gaw Meem + Moule & Polyzoides + Atkin Olshin Schade Architects 17. Hotel Greystone, Shulman + Associates + Holly Muhl + Salt Hotels 18. The Robey, Antunovich Associates + Nicolas Schuybroek Architects + Marc Merckx Interiors 19. The Guild House, Moto Designshop + Rohe Creative 20. TRAVEL NOW 21. DIRECTORY OF HOTELS 22. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Big Little Hotel
Book SynopsisThis book showcases small hotels, all located in the United States, designed by architects who use light and materials in interesting and intentional ways. The designs also deliberately connect to their local history, context, or land in many cases all three. Both the architecture and the operations harmonize with the place, whether that is a bustling city, small town, or natural area. Many are new buildings but some are adaptive reuse projects or renovations of historic properties, extending the connectivity of the place into the future.A condensed history of lodging helps to place the many typologies and histories of hospitality in relationship to world events and includes the many factors that influence hotel development such as business practices, technology, and even politics. Hotels are influenced by larger trends and innovations in hospitality such as the emergence of a variety of creative possibilities for future travel. A final chapter includes speculation onTable of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 001 PREFACE 01. INTRODUCTION TIMELINE 02. HOTEL HISTORIES 1. Hotel Magdalena, Lake|Flato Architects 2. Wild Rice Retreat, Salmela Architect 3. Rolling Huts, Olson Kundig 4. Geneseo Inn, Ecotech Design 5. Carpenter Hotel, Specht Architects 6. Harmon Guest House, David Baker Architects 7. Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills, KoningEizenberg 8. The Revolution Hotel, PCA / Prellwitz Chilinski Associates 9. Tourists, HANK + Julie Pearson 10. AutoCamp Joshua Tree, HKS + Narrative Design Studio 11. Kinship Landing, Echo Architecture + Interiors 12. Eaton DC, CallisonRTKL + Gachot Studios + Parts and Labor Design 13. Hutton Brickyards, Kristina Dousharm and Zachary Hall of KDA 14. Society Hotel Bingen, Waechter Architecture 15. 21c Museum Hotel Oklahoma City, Deborah Berke Partners 16. Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm, John Gaw Meem + Moule & Polyzoides + Atkin Olshin Schade Architects 17. Hotel Greystone, Shulman + Associates + Holly Muhl + Salt Hotels 18. The Robey, Antunovich Associates + Nicolas Schuybroek Architects + Marc Merckx Interiors 19. The Guild House, Moto Designshop + Rohe Creative 20. TRAVEL NOW 21. DIRECTORY OF HOTELS 22. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Hybrid Drawing Techniques for Interior Design
Book SynopsisHybrid Drawing Techniques for Interior Design shows you a flexible and productive design workflow that starts with hand drawing and moves on to digital techniques. In this book, digital and freehand images are displayed side-by-side, so that you can choose at every step which method is best for your desired effect. You will also learn how to draw freehand using a digital tablet, and how to render perspective views, elevations and floor plans. This book includes more than 400 color images and practice exercises that can be referenced online.Trade ReviewThis step by step approach greatly encourages the beginner and the advanced renderer to discover and utilize necessary tools to improve their skills. The attention to, and technique for placing humans within the environment along with the development of outdoor views, will promote improvement of the human connection & conceptual presentations.This resource will be extremely useful for both students and professors. Lisa Tucker Cross, Ph.D. RID, IIDA, IAPSProfessor of Interior DesignAs in his renowned classroom teaching, Jorge’s book clearly guides aspiring architects and designers to find the harmonious balance between the poetry of hand-drawing and the powerful capabilities of computerized rendering. Via a range of real-life projects including individual furniture surfaces to floor plans and elevations for hotel lobbies, offices, kitchens and other residential rooms, you’ll learn how to create dynamic, professional images for interior design or architectural presentations. Throughout the book, his insightful techniques will demonstrate how to solve various problems that may arise in the creative process without having to start over, using both physical and digital methods. Marisa Gutmacher, RISD BFA’90, BIA ‘91This step by step approach greatly encourages the beginner and the advanced renderer to discover and utilize necessary tools to improve their skills. The attention to, and technique for placing humans within the environment along with the development of outdoor views, will promote improvement of the human connection & conceptual presentations. This resource will be extremely useful for both students and professors. Lisa Tucker Cross, Ph.D. RID, IIDA, IAPSProfessor of Interior DesignTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Preparing Linework and Material for Freehand and Digital Rendering. Introduction to Photoshop and Sketchbook Chapter 2. Furniture and Small ItemsChapter 3. Soft and Hard Surfaces, Rendering Reflections, Metals and Translucent MaterialsChapter 4. Natural and Artificial Light Configurations on Floor Plans and ElevationsChapter 5. Rendering Floor Plans and Elevations. Working with Patterns and ShadowsChapter 6. The Human FigureChapter 7. Plants and Outside ViewsChapter 8. Putting Our Interiors TogetherChapter 9. Working with Architectural RenderingsBibliographyIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Interior Urbanism Theory Reader
Book SynopsisThe Interior Urbanism Theory Reader expands our understanding of urbanism, interiority, and publicness from a global perspective across time and cultures. From ancient origins to speculative futures, this book explores the rich complexities of interior urbanism as an interstitial socio-spatial condition. Employing an interdisciplinary lens, it examines the intersectional characteristics that define interior urbanism. Fifty chapters investigate the topic in relation to architecture, planning, urban design, interior architecture, interior design, archaeology, engineering, sociology, psychology, and geography. Individual essays reveal the historical, typological, and morphological origins of interior urbanism, as well as its diverse scales, occupancies, and atmospheres. The Interior Urbanism Theory Reader will appeal to scholars, practitioners, students, and enthusiasts of urbanism, architecture, planning, interiors, and the social sciences.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The New Curator Exhibiting Architecture and
Book SynopsisThe New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design examines the challenges inherent in exhibiting design ideas. Traditionally, exhibitions of architecture and design have predominantly focused on displaying finished outcomes or communicating a work through representation.In this ground-breaking new book, Fleur Watson unveils the emergence of the new curator'. Instead of exhibiting finished works or artefacts, the rise of performative curation' provides a space where experimental methods for encountering design ideas are being tested. Here, the role of the curator is not that of custodian' or expert' but with the intent to create a shared space of encounter with audiences.To illustrate this phenomenon, the book explores a diverse, international range of exhibitions. Divided into six themes, a series of project profiles are contextualized through conversations with influential curators and cultural producers such as Paola Antonelli, Kayoko Ota, MiTrade Review“At a time of unprecedented interest in design and architecture, experimenting with new approaches to curation is more important than ever. In this timely and incisive book, Fleur Watson deftly maps the terrain while enabling design and architecture curators from all over the world to describe their practices in their own words.”Alice Rawsthorn, author of Design as an Attitude“If the traditional curator squirrels away and the acknowledged curator beavers away, well, Fleur Watson is a veritable sniffer dog who knows just when, where and how to pounce. The book is cosmopolitan and fearless in amassing both evidence and anecdote to suggest that curating is a creative as well as a coercive activity. In particular her sensitivity to place, context and appropriate action is fascinating.”Sir Peter Cook, Architect, CRAB Studio, co-founder of ArchigramTable of ContentsForeword: Deyan Sudjic Introduction: Fleur Watson 1. Design as Exhibit: (Curator as Space-maker) 2. The Prosthetic: (Curator as Interloper) 3. The Mediator of Process / Research: (Curator as Translator) 4. The Hybrid to the Digital: (Curator as Speculator) 5. The Advocate/Activist: (Curator as Agent) 6. The Event as Performance: (Curator as Dramaturge) Conclusion: The New Curator: Towards a Specialised Practice Afterword: Professor Leon van Schaik AO Selected Bibliography Credits and Acknowledgements Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Creating Sensory Spaces
Book SynopsisCreating Sensory Spaces celebrates spaces enlivened with sensual richness and provides you with the knowledge and tools necessary to create them. Drawing on numerous built case studies in ten countries and illustrated with over 85 full color images, the book presents a new framework for the design of sensory spaces including light, color, temperature, smell, sound, and touch. Bridging across disciplines of architecture, engineering, phenomenology and perceptual psychology, this book informs the design of buildings and neighborhoods that reclaim the role of the body and all the senses in creating memorable experiences of place and belonging.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Image Credits. Introduction. 1. The World is Flat 2. Celebration of the Senses 3. Light Space 4. Somatic Space 5. Thermal Space 6. Acoustic Space 7. Olfactory Space 8. Multisensory Design 9. Time and Movement: Rituals of Change 10. A Sense of Place Bibliography. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Making Homes
Book SynopsisMaking Homes: Anthropology and Design is a strong addition to the emerging field of design anthropology. Based on the latest scholarship and practice in the social sciences as well as design, this interdisciplinary text introduces a new design ethnography which offers unique and original approaches to research and intervention in the home.Presenting a coherent theoretical and methodological framework for both ethnographers and designers, the authors examine hot' topics ranging from movements and mobilities to im/material environments, to digital culture and confront the challenges of a research and design environment which seeks to bring about the changes required for a sustainable, resilient, safe', and comfortable future.Written by leading experts in the field, the book draws on real-life examples from a wide range of international projects developed by the authors, other researchers, and designers. Illustrations throughout help to convey the methods and research visually. Readers Trade Review"The home is a familiar space, a place we inhabit in one form or another. Making Homes presents ways not just for observation of that space, but for projection too. Pink et al. brilliantly succeed in both illustrating the manifold complexities of home—""making the familiar strange""—and in portraying the home as a space for future-making. Making Homes is relevant for a wide array of people, social scientists, architects and basically anyone who wants to know more about how we inhabit space. - Gareth Doherty, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, USA A landmark contribution to our understanding of home cultures and the emergent field of design ethnography. The authors rightly understand the home as a site of both habitual everyday life and change. Making Homes is essential reading for designers and researchers concerned with how we create better futures. - Philip Crang, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK"Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of AuthorsAcknowledgmentsSeries Preface: Why Home?Rosie Cox, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and Victor Buchli, University College London, UK1. Design, Ethnography and Homes2. Temporalities3. Environments4. Activity and Movement5. Methods for Researching Homes6. Homes in TranslationIndex
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Minimalism and Color DesignSource
Book SynopsisMinimalism in interior design goes beyond plain white surfaces to incorporate aspects like textural subtlety and colour accents. This title reminds us that the introduction of color accents within a world of whiteness recalls the fact that white light is the origin of the whole spectrum of colours.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Inspired Home Interiors of Deep Beauty
Book SynopsisReveals how simple principles borrowed from nature can inspire interiors that both calm and embolden us. This book teaches us how to feel visually, understand color and texture, and find objects, fresh and used, with a sense of life.Trade Review"The Inspired Home: Interiors of Deep Beauty sounds like yet another gorgeous coffee table book. But its author, Karen Lehrman Bloch, was determined to show homes that are not merely perfect; they also have a soul." -- The New York Times "Bloch chose to separate the projects [in The Inspired Home] into such categories as Restraint, Poetry, Stillness and Reduction. In the "Balance" chapter, you'll find [Donna] Karan's home ... a study in calmness and serenity - open, uncluttered spaces, simple furnishings, a restrained palette. But dull it's not." -- New York Post "The book looks at the dwellings of a variety of designers, artists, and stylists for whom the phrase 'less is more' is a mantra at home." -- Women's Wear Daily "Unique details and artifacts transform each of these interiors into a truly unique and beautiful oasis ... Lehrman Bloch explains how these professionals are evoking the most basic principles found in nature to create spaces that are as good for the soul as they are innovative." -- Luxury Interior Design Journal "What is the difference between a house that is merely pretty and one that speaks to the soul?... As Lehrman Bloch puts it, the secret lies in the ability to draw upon color, texture, and nature to imbue spaces and objects with imagination and meaning." -- Lonny Magazine "The Inspired Home is jam-packed full of stunning photography of some amazingly beautiful homes that I could spend hours drooling over ... .[Karen Lehrman Bloch] advocates the use of natural elements to create a home that we feel comfortable and at peace in." -- The Fantasy Decorator "Every once in a while the fruits of an author's labor brings forth a uniquely substantive and fresh approach to how we view and, therefore, interpret interior design ... Karen Lehrman Bloch has achieved this in her newly released book The Inspired Home." -- C. J. Dellatore "[Karen Lehrman Bloch] has a certain and constant focus-and with this new book she presents her ideas of authentic, uplifting, elegant, and enduring beauty." -- The Style Saloniste
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc 150 Best New Bathroom Ideas
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