Rethinking Design and Interiors : Human Beings in the Built Environment.

Intro -- Rethinking Design and Interiors -- Cover -- Contents -- Picture Credits -- Author's Acknowledgements -- Preface: Rethinking Design by Susan S. Szenasy -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Search for Shelter -- Shelter's Human Roots -- The Lost Origins of Building -- Reclaiming the Past -- Chapter Two: Being -- Interior Space and the Second Skin -- Extensions of Self -- The Un-Universal Man -- Design for Basic Human Needs (Measures of Man) -- Design for Well-Being -- Chapter Three: Inside -- The Emergence of Prevailing Stereotypes -- The Psychology Analogy -- Empirical Knowledge -- Designing Habitable Space -- Chapter Four: Design -- Toward a New Design -- Acknowledging Design's Complex Nature -- The Development of Experiential Knowledge -- Establishing a Protocol for Phenomenological Investigations -- The Identification of Qualitative Design Factors -- Epilogue: Out from Within -- Endnotes -- Further Reading -- Index.

The world is increasingly and rapidly being affected by environmental and technological changes. It is imperative that the design profession address these developments with a new way of thinking. This book points the way for the design of interiors in this newly complex world and will be indispensable for students, practitioners, and theoreticians.The book is divided into four chapters that explore aspects of the human experience of the interior, from man’s earliest search for shelter to an outline of past and current thinking on design, psychology and well-being. An epilog looks at such future concerns as population growth and sustainability and suggests how the design profession can confront these challenges.Rethinking Design and Interiors is a fascinating exploration of how art and science can come together for the benefit of those who inhabit the built environment.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.