The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Interior DesignBloomsbury Publishing USA, 2021 M11 4 - 352 pages This seminal text demystifies the terminology around being an interior designer today, providing definitions of processes, techniques, features, and even some historical terms that a designer must know. The dictionary now includes coverage of sustainability, smart materials, new technologies, and processes. Coverage of non-Western cultures is expanded and provides insights into their influence in a global marketplace. This comprehensive reference covers multiple aspects of interior design and architecture, addressing structural and decorative features of interiors and their furnishings, business practices, green design, universal design, commercial and residential interiors, new workplace design, and institutional and hospitality facilities. The fourth edition also includes vocabulary and image flashcards via STUDIO for on-the-go studying. |
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18th century 18th-century English American arch architecture Art Deco Art Nouveau base Bauhaus brick building cabinet cabriole leg called carpet carved ceiling chair chest CHINOISERIE Chippendale classical color column construction cotton created cupboard curved decorative Designers and Architects desk device DORIC ORDER drapery drawers ébéniste element England fabric fibers finish foot frame French furniture designer glass Gothic Gothic architecture grain Greek Hepplewhite horizontal Imperial Metric inches inlay interior design Italian Jacobean late 17th legs light Louis XV Louis XVI period mahogany marquetry metal modern molding motif neoclassicism Originally ornament painted panels pattern piece of furniture popular produced projects Queen Anne Renaissance resembles Rococo Roman scroll seat shape side silk similar sofa sometimes stretchers strip structure style surface synthetic technique textile texture tiles trademark name unit upholstered upholstery usually veneer vertical wall wallpaper window Windsor chair wood woven yarns