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Mark Taylor (Ed.) - INTIMUS: Interior Design Theory Reader - 9780470015711 - V9780470015711
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INTIMUS: Interior Design Theory Reader

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Description for INTIMUS: Interior Design Theory Reader Paperback. This book presents a number of existing essays as an assemblage of theory on interior design. The approach recognizes the complexity of the term 'interior' as it describes spatial differentiation of physical place, and the psychological space of the unconscious. Editor(s): Taylor, Mark; Preston, Julieanna. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 666.
Walter Benjamin observed in his writings on the interior that 'to live means to leave traces.' This interior design theory reader focuses on just how such traces might manifest themselves. In order to explore interior design's links to other disciplines, the selected texts reflect a wide range of interests extending beyond the traditional confines of design and architecture. It is conceived as a matrix, which intersects social, political, psychological, philosophical, technological and gender discourse, with practice issues, such as materials, lighting, colour, furnishing, and the body. The anthology presents a complex and sometimes conflicting terrain, while also creating a distinct body of knowledge particular to the interior. Locating theory on the interior through these multifarious sources, it encourages future discourse in an area often marginalised but now emerging in its own right.

Within the reader individual excerpts are referenced to their place in the matrix and sequenced alphabetically. This organising strategy resists both a chronological and themed structure in order to provoke associations and inferences between excerpts. In this way the book offers the possibility of examining the interior from multiple vantage points: a disciplinary focus, the spatial and physical attributes of interiors, historical sequence, and topical issue based. Excerpts from Thomas Hope, Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edith Wharton and Charles Eastlake provide contemporary nineteenth century accounts as the profession emerges, whereas Barbara Penner, Penny Sparke, Charles Rice, Georges Teyssot and Rebecca Houze offer re-interpretations of this period. The complexities of the twentieth-century interior are revealed by Robyn Longhurst, Kevin Melchionne, George Wagner, John Macgregor Wise, Joel Sanders and many others.

Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
712g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780470015711
SKU
V9780470015711
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Mark Taylor (Ed.)
Julieanna Preston is a Senior Lecturer of Interior Design at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand. This book extends her interdisciplinary practice and commitment to further developing interior design as a spatial art and intellectual endeavour. Mark Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in architectural theory and design studio at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand. Recent publications include guest editor of Surface Consciousness (Wiley-Academy, 2003) and co-author of Moments of Resistance (Archadia Press, 2002) with Julieanna Preston.

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