The Handbook of Interior Design

The Handbook of Interior Design offers a compilation of current ways of thinking that inform the discipline of interior design. In doing so, the Handbook offers examples of interior design research, and presents a detailed overview of current research and critical thinking; it brings together a broad range of essays from an international group of scholars who represent the diversity of interior design research. The Handbook is designed to engage those involved in the study and practice  of interior design to consider questions concerning the connections between theory, research, and practice, and the critical underpinnings that have shaped (and are shaping) interior design as a discipline and practice, as well as the theoretical perspectives that guide interior design thought. The volume contains over thirty essays which, together, demonstrate the wide range of opinions and knowledge in interior design, and which are grouped in sections to reflect key components of their content. A close reading of the essays uncovers contradictory, as well as supporting positions on aspects of interior design, challenging the reader to think critically and develop a personal stance on subjects within the field.

Section 1: Introduction:  The Shaping of Interior Design Section 2: Explorations of the History of Interior Design Chapter 1:  An Overview of Phenomenology for the Design Disciplines David Wang Chapter 2:  Dorothy Draper and the American Housewife: A Study of Class Values and Success John Turpin Chapter 3: The Political Interior Mary Ann Beecher Chapter 4:  Taylorizing the Modern Interior Ronn Daniel Chapter 5: Bringing the Past In: Narrative Inquiry and the Preservation of Historic Interiors Erin Cunningham Section 3: Perspectives of the Practice of Interior Design Chapter 6:  Aesthetic Coding in Interior Design Mads Nygaard Folkmann Chapter 7: Toward a Creative Ecology of Workplace Design Margaret Portillo and Jason Meneely Chapter 8:  Designing Emotional Connection into the Workplace: A Story of Authentic Leadership Sheila Danko Chapter 9   Exploring the Schism: Toward an Empathetic Language Shauna Corry  Chapter 10:  Ways of Knowing: a Position on the Culture of Interior Design Practice Janice Barnes Chapter 11: Sustainable, Life span Design, a New Model Amber Joplin Chapter 12: Frameworks for Decision making in Design for the Aging Halime Demarkin Chapter 13: Designing More Successful Social Spaces: Lessons Learned from a Continuing Care Retirement Community Study Nichole M. Campbell Chapter 14:  Developing a Person Centric Design Philosophy Jill Pable Chapter 15: In Support of Contemporary Identity: the Modern Palestinian Home May Sayrafi Chapter 16: Creativity in Interior design: Cross–cultural Practitioners’ Reviews of Entry–level Portfolios Siriporn Kobnithikulwong Chapter 17: Human Responses to Water Elements in Interior Environments: A Culture and Gender Comparison Gwo Fang Lin Chapter 18:  Concerns with Daylight and Health Outcomes Michael Kroelinger Chapter 19:  Healthy Interiors for the Visually Impaired Dak Kopec Chapter 20:  Interior People Places: The Impact of the Built Environment on the Third Place Experience Dana Vaux   Chapter 21:  Places in the Virtual and Physical Continuum: Examining the Impact of Virtual Behaviors on Place Attributes of Wireless Coffee Shops Newton D’SLuouza, Yu–Fong Lin        Chapter 22:  The Relationship between Historic Preservation and Sustainability in Interior Design Lisa Tucker   Chapter 23:  Forging Empathetic Connections to Create Compatible Designs in Historic Buildings Jessica Goldsmith Section 4:  Considerations of Education in Interior Design Chapter 24: The Phenomenological Contribution to Interior–Design Education and Research:  Place, Environmental Embodiment, and Architectural Sustenance David Seamon Chapter 25:  Testing a Culture–Based Design Pedagogy, a Case Study Abi Asojo Chapter 26:  Connecting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to the Discipline of Interior Design Isil Oygur and Bryan Orthel Chapter 27:  Engaging Voices within a Dynamic Problem–based Learning Context Tiiu Poldma  Chapter 28:  Aesthetic Theory and Interior Design Pedagogy Ji Young Cho and Benyamin Schwarz   Chapter 29:  Interior Design Teaching and Learning in Elementary and Secondary Education (K–12) Stephanie A. Clemons Chapter 30:  Community Building through Interior Design Education Patrick Lucas   Chapter 30:  A Reflective Journey in Teaching Interior Design: The Virtual Studio Kathleen Gibson

Jo Ann Asher Thompson , Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Interior Design at Washington State University. Thompson served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) and served five years as Editor–in–Chief of the Journal of Interior Design . She is a recipient of the International Interior Design Association’s (IIDA) Educator of the Year Award. Amongst other publications, Thompson is editor of The ASID Professional Manual (1992). Nancy Blossom is Professor of Interior Design at Washington State University and served as Director of the Interdisciplinary Design Institute and as the Director of the Doctor of Design Program. Blossom is a Fellow of the Interior Design Educators Council and served as the Council’s President and Chairman of the Board. In 2010 Blossom joined other leaders in the field of Interior Design on a panel of experts in review of the Body of Knowledge (of Interior Design) project sponsored by professional organizations of the U. S. and Canada. Blossom has served as reviewer of interior design programs in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and the United States.