Foundations of Interior Design This text balances the theory of interior design with its practice as an applied art, combining real-life examples with a historical and conceptual look at design theory.



The Design Process This text explores the route of a design from the World of Imagination to the World of Objects, guiding the reader through seven stages of the journey.



Fabric for the Designed Interior Interior designers and architects need to thoroughly understand fabric in order to create effective design—and satisfy their clients. This text is a comprehensive guide for both students and professionals.



Interior Design Materials and Specifications This book and CD-ROM combination covers the selection, care, and code compliance associated with materials for interiors. It addresses the topic of material and trade resources from the viewpoint of the working designer, describing each material's characteristics alongside information about specification and project management.

Fundamentals of Lighting Focusing on the basics of lighting, this book explains the fundamentals of designing quality lighting environments within the context of the design process. Students will learn the principles of lighting, effects on color, elements of lighting systems, and styles of luminaires.


Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual Guide to AutoCAD AutoCAD has long been the industry standard for digital drawing—but how do you decide which manual to use? Neither simplistic nor exhaustive, this text teaches by relating to what architects and interior designers understand best: the visual world.


The Design Studio: Developing Technical and Creative Skills Using AutoCAD and ADT This workbook integrates AutoCAD technology with the traditional design studio techniques of space planning and drawing. It will help students become more conversant with the technology they're using, while also relating it to its practice use in the fields of interior design and architecture.


Sketching Interiors at the Speed of Thought This CD-ROM and workbook package helps students and professionals pursuing a career in interior design to improve their impromptu sketching skills when working face to face with clients.



Interior Design Illustrated In an age of reliance on CAD programs, the skill to express a vision with a hand-rendered drawing gives an interior designer a distinct advantage in communicating with clients. This timely text helps students develop this powerful marketing tool.


Designing Your Business: Strategies for Interior Design Professionals This book serves as a strong reference for basic business and legal concepts. It aims to make students savvy business people as well as creative interior designers. In an accessible tone, the text explores business organization, and legal and ethical issues that arise in the practice of interior design.


Design Portfolios: Moving from Traditional to Digital This book teaches students how to use their portfolios as a marketing tool for the most important thing they will ever sell—themselves!



Shaping Interior Space, 2nd Edition With new and improved illustrations, the second edition of the text emphasizes the impact that designers make through their spatial compositions and design manipulations. Intended for intermediate and advanced students focusing on commercial design, the text covers strategies for creating interior environments that work as a total system to enhance the experience of users.

Environmental Psychology for Design This text introduces the discipline of environmental psychology in different and more meaningful ways to design students encouraging them to embrace the concepts as well as incorporate them into their daily practices.


Home Design in an Aging World This text examines changing norms and social strains in an aging world, and looks at their implications for home design. Comparing the United States to six other nations with growing populations of seniors, the text explores the ways that home-design is shaped by the interplay of demographics, social norms, and government policy and energized by the availability of new technologies and new building materials.

The Fairchild Dictionary of Interior Design, 2nd Edition This handy reference text presents design terminology from both historical and contemporary viewpoints—from antiquity to the 21st Century. Building types, architectural details, interior details, design motifs, space planning, textiles, materials, color, lighting, furniture accessories, styles, periods, designers, architects, and business practices all contribute to the language of design.