Color Space and Style: All the Details Interior Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find

About this book

A comprehensive handbook of all the crucial information interior designers need to know on a daily basis. In the world of interior design thousands of bits of crucial information are scattered across a wide array of sources. Color Space and Style collects the information essential to planning and executing interiors projects of all shapes and sizes and distills it in a format that is as easy to use as it is to carry. Section 1 Fundamentals provides a step-by-step overview of an interiors project describing the scope of professional services the project schedule and the design and presentation tools used by designers. Section 2 Space examines ways of composing rooms as spatial environments while speaking to functional and life-safety concerns. Section 3 Surface identifies options in color material texture and pattern while addressing maintenance and performance issues. Section 4 Environments looks at aspects of interior design that help create a specific mood or character such as natural and artificial lighting sound and smell. Section 5 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. Lastly section 6 Resources gathers a wealth of useful data from sustainability guidelines to online sources for interiors-related research. Throughout Color Space and Style appear interviews with top practitioners drawn from across the field of interior design.