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Ahwahnee Hotel Dining Room

Historical example: Balliol College Dining Hall, Oxford

Interior designFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interior designdescribes a group of various yet

related projects that involve turning an interior

space into an "effective setting for the range of

human activities" that are totake place there.[1]An

interior designer is someone who coordinates and

manages such projects. Interior design is a

multifaceted profession thatincludes conceptual

development, communicating with the stakeholders

of a project andthe management and execution of

the design.

Contents

1 History

1.1 Commercial interior design &

management

1.2 Transition to professional

interior design

1.3 Expansion

2 Interior decorators and interior designers

2.1 Interior designer

3 Specialties

3.1 Residential

3.2 Commercial

3.3 Other

4 Profession

4.1 Education

4.2 Working conditions5 Styles

5.1 Art Deco

5.2 Arab Materials

5.3 Japanese materials

6 Media popularization

7 Interior design examples

8 Notable interior decorators
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Illustrated catalog of the James

Shoolbred Company, published in

1876.

9 See also

10 References and sources

11 External links

History

In the past, interiors were put together instinctively as a part of the process of building. [1]The profession of interio

design has been a consequence of the development of society and the complex architecture that has resulted from

the development of industrial processes. The pursuit of effective use of space, user well-being and functional desig

has contributed to the development of the contemporary interior design profession.[2]

In ancient India, architects used to work as interior designers. This can be seen from the references of

Vishwakarma the architect - one of the gods in Indian mythology. Additionally, the sculptures depicting ancient

texts and events are seen in palaces built in 17th century India.

Throughout the 17th and 18th century, and into the early 19th Century, interior decoration was the concern of thehomemaker or, an employed upholsterer or craftsman who would advise on the artistic style for an interior space.

Architects would also employ craftsmen or artisans to complete interior design for their buildings.

Commercial interior design & management

In the mid- to late-19th century, interior design services expanded greatly, as the middle class in industrial countrie

grew in size and prosperity and began to desire the domestic trappings of wealth to cement their new status. Large

furniture firms began to branch out into general interior design and management, offering full house furnishings in a

variety of styles. This business model flourished from the mid-century to 1914, when this role was increasingly

usurped by independent, often amateur, designers. This paved the way for the emergence of the professional

interior design in the mid-20th century.[3]

In the 1850s and 1860s, upholsterers began to expand their business

remits. They framed their business more broadly and in artistic terms and

began to advertise their furnishings to the public. To meet the growing

demand for contract interior work on projects such as offices, hotels, and

public buildings, these businesses became much larger and more

complex, employing builders, joiners, plasterers, textile designers, artists,

and furniture designers, as well as engineers and technicians to fulfil the

ob. Firms began to publish and circulate catalogs with prints for different

lavish styles to attract the attention of expanding middle classes.[3]

As department stores increased in number and size, retail spaces within

shops were furnished in different styles as examples for customers. One

particularly effective advertising tool was to set up model rooms at national and international exhibitions in

showrooms for the public to see. Some of the pioneering firms in this regard were Waring & Gillow, James
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Illustration from The Grammar of

Ornament(1856), by interior designer

Owen Jones.

Shoolbred, Mintons and Holland & Sons. These traditional high-quality furniture making firms began to play an

important role as advisers to unsure middle class customers on taste and style, and began taking out contracts to

design and furnish the interiors of many important buildings in Britain.[4]

This type of firm emerged in America after the Civil War. The Herter Brothers, founded by two German emigre

brothers, began as an upholstery warehouse and became one of the first firms of furniture makers and interior

decorators. With their own design office and cabinet-making and upholstery workshops, Herter Brothers were

prepared to accomplish every aspect of interior furnishing including decorative paneling and mantels, wall and

ceiling decoration, patterned floors and carpets and draperies.[5]

A pivotal figure in popularizing theories of interior design to the

middle class was the architect Owen Jones, one of the most

influential design theorists of the nineteenth century.[6]Jones first

project was his most important - in 1851 he was responsible for no

only the decoration of Joseph Paxtons gigantic Crystal Palace for

the Great Exhibition, but also for the arrangement of the exhibits

within. He chose a controversial palette of red, yellow and blue for

the interior ironwork and, despite initial negative publicity in thenewspapers, was eventually unveiled by Queen Victoria to much

critical acclaim. His most significant work was The Grammar of

Ornament(1856),[7]in which Jones formulated 37 key principles

of interior design and decoration.

Jones was employed by some of the leading interior design firms o

the day; in the 1860s he worked in collaboration with the London firm Jackson & Graham to produce furniture an

other fittings for high-profile clients including art collector Alfred Morrison and the Khedive of Egypt, Ismail Pasha

In 1882 the London Directory of the Post Office listed 80 interior decorators. Some of the most distinguishedcompanies of the period were Crace, Waring & Gillow and Holland & Sons; famous decorators employed by

these firms, included Thomas Edward Collcutt, Edward William Godwin, Charles Barry, Gottfried Semper and

George Edmund Street.[8]

Transition to professional interior design

By the turn of the 20th century, amateur advisors and publications were increasingly challenging the monopoly that

the large retail companies had on interior design. English feminist author Mary Haweis wrote a series of widely rea

essays in the 1880s in which she derided the eagerness with which aspiring middle-class people furnished their

houses according to the rigid models offered to them by the retailers.[9]She advocated the individual adoption of a

particular style, tailor made to the individual needs and preferences of the customer:

One of my strongest convictions, and one of the first canons of good taste, is that our houses, like the fishs

shell and the birds nest, ought to represent our individual taste and habits.

The move towards decoration as a separate artistic profession unrelated to the manufacturers and retailers,

received an impetus with the 1899 formation of the Institute of British Decorators; with John Dibblee Crace as its

president it represented almost 200 decorators around the country.[10]By 1915, the London Directory listed 127
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This interior was designed by John Dibblee Crace,

President of the Institute of British Decorators,

established in 1899.

Elsie de Wolfe, taken from The House

in Good Taste, 1913.

individuals trading as interior decorators, of which 10 were

women. Rhoda and Agnes Garrett were the first women to

train professionally as home decorators in 1874. The

importance of their work on design was regarded at the

time as on a par with that of William Morris. In 1876, their

work - Suggestions for House Decoration in Painting,

Woodwork and Furniture- spread their ideas on artistic

interior design to a wide middle-class audience.

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By 1900, the situation was described by The Illustrated

Carpenter and Builder:

Until recently when a man wanted to furnish he

would visit all the dealers and select piece by piece

of furniture ....Today he sends for a dealer in art

furnishings and fittings who surveys all the rooms in

the house and he brings his artistic mind to bear on the subject.[12]

In America, Candace Wheeler was one of the first woman interior designers and helped encourage a new style of

American design. She was instrumental in the development of art courses for women in a number of major

American cities and was considered a national authority on home decoration (http://homedecornow.net/). An

important influence on the new profession was The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by

Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman in 1897 in America. In the book, the authors denounced Victorian-

style interior decoration and interior design, especially those rooms that were decorated with heavy window

curtains, Victorian bric-a-brac and overstuffed furniture. They argued that such rooms emphasized upholstery at th

expense of proper space planning and architectural design and were, therefore, uncomfortable and rarely used.The

book is considered a seminal work and its success led to the emergence of professional decorators working in themanner advocated by its authors, most notably Elsie de Wolfe.[13]

Elsie De Wolfe was one of the first female interior designers. Rejecting

the Victorian style she grew up with, she chose a more vibrant scheme,

along with more comfortable furniture in the home. Her designs were

light, with fresh colors and delicate Chinoiserie furnishings, as opposed t

the Victorian preference of heavy, red drapes and upholstery, dark woo

and intensely patterned wallpapers. Her designs were also more

practical;[14]she eliminated the clutter that occupied the Victorian home

enabling people to entertain more guests comfortably. In 1905, de Wolfwas commissioned for the interior design of the Colony Club on Madiso

Avenue; its interiors garnered her recognition almost over night.[15][16]

She compiled her ideas into her widely read 1913 book, The House in

Good Taste.[17]

In England, Syrie Maugham became a legendary interior designer

credited with designing the first all-white room. Starting her career in the

early 1910s, her international reputation soon grew; she later expanded
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her business to New York and Chicago.[18]Born during the Victorian Era, a time characterized by dark colors an

small spaces, she instead designed rooms filled with light and furnished in multiple shades of white and mirrored

screens. In addition to mirrored screens, her trademark pieces included: books covered in white vellum, cutlery

with white porcelain handles, console tables with plaster palm-frond, shell, or dolphin bases, upholstered and

fringed sleigh beds, fur carpets, dining chairs covered in white leather, and lamps of graduated glass balls.[19]

Expansion

The interior design profession became more established after World War II. From the 1950s onwards spending o

the home increased. Interior design courses were established, requiring the publication of textbooks and reference

sources. Historical accounts of interior designers and firms distinct from the decorative arts specialists were made

available. Organisations to regulate education, qualifications, standards and practices, etc. were established for the

profession.[17]

Interior design was previously seen as playing a secondary role to architecture. It also has many connections to

other design disciplines, involving the work of architects, industrial designers, engineers, builders, craftsmen, etc.

For these reasons the government of interior design standards and qualifications was often incorporated into other

professional organisations that involved design.[17]Organisations such as the Chartered Society of Designers,

established in the UK in 1986, and the American Designers Institute, founded in 1938, were established as

organisations that governed various areas of design.

It was not until later that specific representation for the interior design profession was developed. The US Nationa

Society of Interior Designers was established in 1957, while in the UK the Interior Decorators and Designers

Association was established in 1966. Across Europe, other organisations such as The Finnish Association of

Interior Architects (1949) were being established and in 1994 the International Interior Design Association was

founded.[17]

Ellen Mazur Thomson, author of Origins of Graphic Design in America (1997), determined that professional status

is achieved through education, self-imposed standards and professional gate-keeping organizations.[17]Having

achieved this, interior design became an accepted profession.

Interior decorators and interior designers

The profession of interior design is not clearly defined and projects undertaken by an interior designer vary widely

Terms such as decorator and designer are often used interchangeably. However, there is a distinction between the

terms that relates to the scope of work performed, the level of education achieved, and often, professional

accreditation as an interior designer.

Interior designer

Interior Designer implies that there is more of an emphasis on Planning, Functional design and effective use of spac

involved in this profession, as compared to interior decorating. An interior designer can undertake projects that

include arranging the basic layout of spaces within a building as well as projects that require an understanding of

technical issues such as acoustics, lighting, temperature, etc.[1]Although an interior designer may create the layout

of a space, they may not alter load-bearing walls without having their designs stamped for approval by an architec

Interior Designers often work directly with architectural firms.
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Interior design in a restaurant

The interior of a private residence

An electric wire reel reused like a center table in

a Rio de Janeiro decoration fair.

An interior designer may wish to specialize in a particular type

of interior design in order to develop technical knowledge

specific to that area. Types of interior design include residential

design, commercial design, hospitality design, healthcare

design, universal design, exhibition design, spatial branding, etc.

The profession of Interior Design is relatively new, constantly

evolving, and often confusing to the public. It is an art form that

is consistently changing and evolving. Not only is it an art, but it

also relies on research from many fields to provide a well-

trained designer's understanding of how people are influenced

by their environments. NCIDQ, the board for Interior Design

qualifications, defines the profession in the best way:

Specialties

Residential

Residential design is the design of the interior of privateresidences. As this type design is very specific for individual

situations, the needs and wants of the individual are paramount

in this area of interior design. The interior designer may work

on the project from the initial planning stage or may work on

the remodelling of an existing structure. It is often a very

involved process that takes months to fine tune and create a

space with the vision of the client.[20]Fine examples of

contemporary designers include Kelly Hoppen and Dee

Gibson who in keeping with current trends have both a strong

media presence and successful independent business.

Commercial

Commercial design encompasses a wide range of sub

specialties.

Retail: includes malls and shopping centres, department

stores, specialty stores, visual merchandising and

showrooms.

Visual and Spatial Branding: The use of space as a

media to express the Corporate Brand

Corporate: office design for any kind of business such as

banks

Healthcare: the design of hospitals, assisted living facilities, medical offices, dentist offices, psychiatric

facilities, laboratories, medical specialist facilities

Hospitality and Recreation: includes hotels, motels, resorts, cafes, bars, restaurants, health clubs and spas,
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etc.

Institutional: government offices, financial institutions (banks and credit unions), schools and universities,

religious facilities, etc.

Industrial facilities: manufacturing and training facilities as well as import and export facilities.[20]

Teaching in a private institute that offer classes of Interior Design

Self-Employment

Employment in private sector firms

Other

Other areas of specialisation include museum and exhibition design, event design (including ceremonies, parties,

conventions and concerts), theatre and performance design, production design for film and television. Beyond

those, interior designers, particularly those with graduate education, can specialize in healthcare design,

gerontological design, educational facility design, and other areas that require specialized knowledge. Some

university programs offer graduate studies in theses and other areas. For example, both Cornell University and

University of Florida offer interior design graduate programs in environment and behavior studies. Within this atUniversity of Florida, students may choose a specific focus such as retirement community design (under Dr. Nicho

Campbell) co-housing (Dr. Maruja Torres) or theft prevention by design (Prof. Candy Carmel-Gilfilen) (Campbel

2012, Personal Communication).

Profession

Education

There are various paths that one can take to become a professional interior designer. All of these paths involve

some form of training. Working with a successful professional designer is an informal method of training and has

previously been the most common method of education. In many states, however, this path alone cannot lead to

licensing as a professional interior designer. Training through an institution such as a college, art or design school or

university is a more formal route to professional practice.

A formal education program, particularly one accredited by or developed with a professional organisation of

interior designers, can provide training that meets a minimum standard of excellence and therefore gives a student a

education of a high standard. There are also university graduate and Ph.d. programs available for those seeking

further training in a specific design specialization (I.e. gerontological design or healthcare design) or those wishing t

teach interior design at the university level.

Working conditions

There are a wide range of working conditions and employment opportunities within interior design. Large and tiny

corporations often hire interior designers as employees on regular working hours. Designers for smaller firms usual

work on a contract or per-job basis. Self-employed designers, which make up 26% of interior designers, [21]

usually work the most hours. Interior designers often work under stress to meet deadlines, stay on budget, and

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Terracotta Art Deco

sunburst design above front

doors of the Eastern

Columbia Building in Los

Angeles; built 1930.

In some cases, licensed professionals review the work and sign it before submitting the design for approval by

clients or construction permisioning. The need for licensed review and signature varies by locality, relevant

legislation, and scope of work. Their work can involve significant travel to visit different locations, however with

technology development, the process of contacting clients and communicating design alternatives has become easi

and requires less travel.[22]They also renovate a space to satisfy the specific taste for a client.

Styles

Art Deco

The Art Deco style began in Europe in the early years of the 20th century, with

the waning of Art Nouveau. The term "Art Deco" was taken from the Exposition

Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, a worlds fair held in

Paris in 1925.[23]Art Deco rejected many traditional classical influences in favor

of more streamlined geometric forms and metallic color. The Art Deco style

influenced all areas of design, especially interior design, because it was the first

style of interior decoration to spotlight new technologies and materials.[24]

Art Deco style is mainly based on geometric shapes, streamlining and clean

lines.[25][26]The style offered a sharp, cool look of mechanized living utterly at

odds with anything that came before.[27]

Art Deco rejected traditional materials of decoration and interior design, opting

instead to use more unusual materials such as chrome, glass, stainless steel, shiny

fabrics, mirrors, aluminium, lacquer, inlaid wood, sharkskin, and zebra skin.[24]

The use of harder, metallic materials was chosen to celebrate the machine age.

These materials reflected the dawning modern age that was ushered in after the

end of the First World War. The innovative combinations of these materials

created contrasts that were very popular at the time - for example the mixing together of highly polished wood and

black lacquer with satin and furs.[28]The barber shop in the Austin Reed store in London was designed by P. J.

Westwood. It was soon regarded as the trendiest barber shop in Britain due to its use of metallic materials. [27]

The color themes of Art Deco consisted of metallic color, neutral color, bright color and, black and white. In

interior design, cool metallic colors including silver, gold, metallic blue, charcoal grey and platinum tended to

predominate.[25][29]Serge Chermayeff, a Russian-born British designer made extensive use of cool metallic colors

and luxurious surfaces in his room schemes. His 1930 showroom design for a British dressmaking firm had a silvergrey background and black mirrored-glass wall panels.[27][30]

Black and white was also a very popular color scheme during the 1920s and 1930s. Black and white

checkerboard tiles, floors and wallpapers were very trendy at the time.[31]As the style developed, bright vibrant

colors became popular as well.[32]
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Art Deco Furnishings and lighting fixtures had a glossy, luxurious appearance with the use of inlaid wood and

reflective finishes. The furniture pieces often had curved edges, geometric shapes and clean lines. [23][27]Art Deco

lighting fixtures tended to make use of stacked geometric patterns.[33]

Arab Materials

Majlis painting, also called nagash painting is the decoration of the majlis or front parlor of traditional Arabic

homes in the Asir province of Saudi Arabia and adjoining parts of Yemen These wall paintings, an arabesque formof mural or fresco, show various geometric designs in bright colors: Called 'nagash' in Arabic, the wall paintings

were a mark of pride for a woman in her house. [34]

The geometric designs and heavy lines seem to be adapted from the areas textile and weaving patterns. In

contrast with the sobriety of architecture and decoration in the rest of Arabia, exuberant color and ornamentation

characterize those of 'Asir. The painting extends into the house over the walls and doors, up the staircases, and

onto the furniture itself. When a house is being painted, women from the community help each other finish the job.

The building then displays their shared taste and knowledge. Mothers pass these on to their daughters. This artwo

is based on a geometry of straight lines and suggests the patterns common to textile weaving, with solid bands of

different colors. Certain motifs reappear, such as the triangular mihrab or 'niche' and the palmette. In the past, painwas produced from mineral and vegetable pigments. Cloves and alfalfa yielded green. Blue came from the indigo

plant. Red came from pomegranates and a certain mud. Paintbrushes were created from the tough hair found in a

goat's tail. Today, however, women use modern manufactured paint to create new looks, which have become an

indicator of social and economic change.[35]

Women in the Asir province often complete the decoration and painting of the house interior. You could tell a

familys wealth by the paintings, Um Abdullah says: If they didnt have much money, the wife could only paint th

motholath, the basic straight, simple lines, in patterns of three to six repetitions in red, green, yellow and brown.

When women did not want to paint the walls themselves, they could barter with other women who would do the

work. Several Saudi women have become famous as majlis painters, such as Fatima Abou Gahas.[34]

The interior walls of the home are brightly painted by the women, who work in defined patterns with lines, triangles

squares, diagonals and tree-like patterns. Some of the large triangles represent mountains. Zigzag lines stand for

water and also for lightning. Small triangles, especially when the widest area is at the top, are found in pre-Islamic

representations of female figures. That the small triangles found in the wall paintings in Asir are called banat may b

a cultural remnant of a long-forgotten past. [34]

"Courtyards and upper pillared porticoes are principal features of the best Nadjdi architecture, in addition to the

fine incised plaster wood (jiss) and painted window shutters, which decorate the reception rooms. Good examples

of plasterwork can often be seen in the gaping ruins of torn-down buildings- the effect is light, delicate and airy. It i

usually around the majlis, around the coffee hearth and along the walls above where guests sat on rugs, against

cushions. Doughty wondered if this "parquetting of jis", this "gypsum fretwork... all adorning and unenclosed"

originated from India. However, the Najd fretwork seems very different from that seen in the Eastern Province and

Oman, which are linked to Indian traditions, and rather resembles the motifs and patterns found in ancient

Mesopotamia. The rosette, the star, the triangle and the stepped pinnacle pattern of dadoes are all ancient patterns

and can be found all over the Middle East of antiquity. Qassim seems to be the home of this art, and there it is

normally worked in hard white plaster (though what you see is usually begrimed by the smoke of the coffee hearth)

In Riyadh, examples can be seen in unadorned clay."[36]
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Japanese materials

Japanese design is based strongly on craftsmanship, beauty, elaboration, and delicacy. The design of interiors is

very simple but made with attention to detail and intricacy. This sense of intricacy and simplicity in Japanese design

is still valued in modern Japan as it was in traditional Japan.

Japanese interior design is very efficient in the use of resources. Traditional and modern Japanese interiors have

been flexible in use and designed mostly with natural materials. The spaces are used as multifunctional rooms. The

rooms can be opened to create more space for an occasion or more private and closed-off by pulling closed pape

screens called shoji. A large portion of Japanese interior walls are often made of shoji screens that can be pushed

opened to join two rooms together, and then close them allowing more privacy. The shoji screens are made of

paper attached in thin wooden frames that roll away on a track when they are pushed opened. Another large

importance of the shoji screen besides privacy and seclusion is that they allow light through. This is an important

aspect to Japanese design. Paper translucent walls allow light to be diffused through the space and create light

shadows and patterns. Another way to connect rooms in Japans interiors is through Sliding panels made of wood

and paper, like the shoji screens, or cloth. These panels are called Fusuma and are used as an entire wall. They ar

traditionally hand painted.[37]

Tatami mats are rice straw floor mats often used as the actual floor in Japans interiors; although in modern Japan,

there usually are only one or two tatami rooms. A Tokonoma is often present in traditional, as well as modern

Japanese living rooms. This determines the focus of the room and displays Japanese art; usually a painting or

calligraphy. Interiors are very simple, highlighting minimal and natural decoration. Traditional Japanese interiors, as

well as modern, incorporate mainly natural materials including fine woods, bamboo, silk, rice straw mats, and pape

shoji screens. Natural materials are used to keep simplicity in the space that connects to nature. Natural color

schemes are used and neutral palettes including black, white, off-white, gray, and brown.[38]

Media popularization

Interior design has become the subject of television shows. In the United Kingdom (UK), popular interior design

and decorating programs include 60 Minute Makeover(ITV), Changing Rooms(BBC) and Selling Houses

(Channel 4). Famous interior designers whose work is featured in these programs include Linda Barker and

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. In the United States, the TLC Network aired a popular program called Trading

Spaces, a show based on the UK program Changing Rooms. In Canada, popular shows include Divine Design

with Candice Olsen and Design Inc., featuring Sarah Richardson. In addition, both Home & Garden Television

(HGTV) and the Discovery Home networks also televise many programs about interior design and decorating,

featuring the works of a variety of interior designers, decorators and home improvement experts in a myriad of

projects.

Fictional interior decorators include the Sugarbaker sisters onDesigning Womenand Grace Adler on Will &

Grace. There is also another show calledHome MADE. There are two teams and two houses and whoever has

the designed and made the worst room, according to the judges, is eliminated. Another show on the Style

Network, hosted by Niecy Nash, is Clean Housewhere they re-do messy homes into themed rooms that the

clients would like. Other shows includeDesign on a Dime,Designed to Selland The Decorating Adventures of

mbrose Price. The show calledDesign Starhas become more popular through the 5 seasons that have already

aired. The winners of this show end up getting their own TV shows, of which are Color Splashhosted by David

Bromstad,Myles of Stylehosted by Kim Myles,Paint-Over!hosted by Jennifer Bertrand, The Antonio

Treatmenthosted by Antonio Ballatore, and finally Secrets from a Stylisthosted by Emily Henderson.Bravo
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(US TV channel)also has a variety of shows that explore the lives of interior designers. These includeFlipping

Out, which explores the life of Jeff Lewis and his team of designers;Million Dollar Decoratorsexplores the lives

of interior designers Nathan Turner, Jeffrey Alan Marks, Mary McDonald, Kathryn Ireland, and Martyn Lawrenc

Bullard.

Interior design has also become the subject of radio shows. In the U.S., popular interior design & lifestyle shows

include "Martha Stewart Living" and "Living Large" featuring Karen Mills. Famous interior designers whose work

featured on these programs include Bunny Williams, Barbara Barry, and Kathy Ireland, among others.

Many interior design magazines exist to offer advice regarding color palette, furniture, art, and other elements that

fall under the umbrella of interior design. These magazine often focus on related subjects to draw a more specific

audience. For instance, architecture as a primary aspect of Dwell (magazine), while Veranda (magazine) is well

known as a luxury living magazine. Lonny Magazine and the now defunct, Domino Magazine, cater to a young, hip

metropolitan audience, and emphasize accessibility and a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approach to interior design.

Interior design examples

Hotel San Domenico in Taormina

Villa del Balbianello

Apothecary room

Lenno Villa
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A salong

Bar in Rotterdam

Balboa Bay Club

Springer- Hochhaus

Notable interior decorators

Other early interior decorators:

Sibyl Colefax

Dorothy Draper

Pierre Franois Lonard Fontaine

Syrie Maugham

Elsie de Wolfe

Arthur Stannard Vernay

Many of the most famous designers and decorators during the 20th Century had no formal training. Sister Parish,

Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade, Kerry Joyce, Kelly Wearstler, Stphane Boudin, Georges Geffroy, Emilio

Terry, Carlos de Beistegui, Nina Petronzio, Lorenzo Mongiardino, and David Nightingale Hicks.
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Notable interior designers in the world today include Jonathan Adler, Michael S. Smith, Kelly Hoppen, Kelly

Wearstler, Andrew Martin International, Nina Campbell, David Collins, Sandra Espinet and Nicky Haslam.

See also

American Society of Interior Designers

Blueprint

British Institute of Interior Design

Environmental psychology and Interior design psychology

Experiential interior design

Fuzzyarchitectural spatial analysis

Interior architecture

1960s decor

Window Treatment

Interior design photo bankInterior design regulation in the United States

Japanese Interior Design

Walldecals

Primitive decorating

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