Interior designers draw Interior designers draw upon many disciplines to upon many disciplines to enhance the function, enhance the function, safety, and aesthetics of safety, and aesthetics of interior spaces. interior spaces. Their main concerns Their main concerns are with how different are with how different colors, textures, colors, textures, furniture, lighting, and furniture, lighting, and space work together to space work together to meet the needs of a meet the needs of a building's occupants.building's occupants.

Designers Designers plan plan interior interior spaces of spaces of almost almost every type every type of of building, building, including including offices, offices, airport airport terminals, terminals, theaters, theaters, shopping shopping malls, malls, restaurantrestaurants, hotels, s, hotels, schools, schools, hospitals, hospitals, and private and private residences.residences.

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TraditionalTraditionally, most ly, most interior interior designers designers focused on focused on decoratingdecorating—choosing —choosing a style and a style and color color palette palette and then and then selecting selecting appropriatappropriate e furniture, furniture, floor and floor and window window coverings, coverings, artwork, artwork, and and lighting. lighting.

Interior designers Interior designers must be able to must be able to read blueprints, read blueprints, understand understand building and fire building and fire codes, and know codes, and know how to make how to make space accessible space accessible to people who are to people who are disabled. disabled. Designers Designers frequently frequently collaborate with collaborate with architects, architects, electricians, and electricians, and building building contractors to contractors to ensure that ensure that designs are safe designs are safe and meet and meet construction construction requirements.requirements.

Most Most famous famous designers designers are: are: Barber Barber & Osgerby& Osgerby, , Achille Achille CastiglioniCastiglioni, , Aalto, Arne Aalto, Arne JacobsenJacobsen, , Marcel Lajos Marcel Lajos BreuerBreuer, , Verner Verner PantonPanton, and , and so on.so on.