Interior design, as a relatively young discipline
within the academic world of design, has historically
been interpreted as an extension of other fine arts.
Narratives exist, but they all too often treat interior
design as a function of architecture or display rather
than experience. An independent interior design theory
is virtually nonexistent. Professor Lois Weinthal
envisions a future where interior design is treated with
parity to architecture and industrial design, a future
with a new interior. A reader for architects and
interior designers, Weinthal has carefully curated a
collection of forty-eight essays that will form the
foundation of interior design theory and shape future
interior space. Her introductory essays illuminate each
source, prefacing and directing discussion of the
material as it relates to interior design theory.
Alluding to Le Corbusier's classic text, she has
organized this material into a framework that inspires
conversation, marking a break with the past and forming
a new vocabulary for the discourse. Contributions to the
book's eight sections include essays by David Batchelor,
Aaron Betsky, Petra Blaisse, Andrew Blauvelt, Beatriz
Colomina, Le Corbusier, Robin Evans, Adolf Loos, Ellen
Lupton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Michel Serres, Henry
Urbach, Wim Wenders, and Mark Wigley. |
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