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Introduction to Interior Design

Foundations of Interior Design

Susan J. Slotkis
  • ©2006
  • 520 Pages
  • illustrated, full color, hardcover, 9 x 12
  • 978-1-56367-286-6
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Foundations of Interior Design introduces readers to the creative, technical, and business skills required by the career on which they are about to embark. The service approach focuses on creating safe, comfortable, aesthetically pleasing spaces for residential and contract clients and addresses the current concerns of the design process, sustainability, universal design, and adaptive reuse. Works of professionally-trained interior designers and students richly illustrate the stages of the design process. A variety of engaging presentations on the accompanying CD-ROM reinforce readers understanding and appreciation of the subject.

• Organization from the general to the specific, building a foundation for understanding the scope and details of the design process

• Two full chapters tracing the history of interior design styles, including the development of the profession from the society decorators of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as "Sister" Parrish and Eileen Gray, to such modern luminaries as Clodagh and Philippe Starck

• Interviews with design professionals and case studies of contemporary projects throughout the text and an end-of-chapter list of key terms, summary of key concepts, and exercise for each chapter

• A glossary and appendices providing contact information for professional organizations and resources as well as names of major designers, past and present

• The Field of Interior Design
• Aesthetics, Elements, and Principles of Design
• Color Theory and Applications
• Light and Lighting Systems
• Socially Responsible Design
• The Design Process
• Communicating the Vision
• Architectural Elements of Interior Design
• Furnishing the Interior: The Lining
• Furnishing the Interior: Furnishings and Accessories
• Period Design Styles: The Classics and Their Successors
• Modern Design Styles
• Trends and Forecasting
• The Business of Interior Design

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Susan J. Slotkis , ASID Allied Member, IDEC Educational Affiliate, IFDA Professional, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Interior Design Department of Fashion Institute of Technology and an adjunct instructor at New York University. For 25 years she has provided interior design services through her firm Profiles–Personalized Interiors. She develops and delivers seminars on a variety of design topics. In 2011, Slotkis received the National ASID Chapter Medalist Award, the highest award bestowed by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) on Society members at the chapter level in recognition of outstanding service and significant contributions to their chapter and to the body of knowledge that supports the profession of interior design. She currently serves on both the International and NY Chapter boards of directors for the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA) as Director at Large and Director of Branding, respectively. Slotkis currently serves on the International Board of Directors for the International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA) as Director at Large, producing their quarterly newsletter Network.

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