Interior Design and Decoration

The most comprehensive authority on interior design and decoration ever written. Architecture, history, art, furniture, and interior design at your fingertips.

I got this book for an intro level course to an Interior Design program in College. Anyone considering entering the field of Interior Design should get this book. It introduces you to all the different areas an interior designer needs to learn to work in the field. Then of course more in depth study is needed to actually work as a designer.

The book is used, but no pages missing. Its is a good book, but since it is a previous edition, I am constantly looking for the pages that my instructor wants me to read. But for the price, I can deal with it. Shipment as expected. Too bad, that was an option for rushed shipment since I needed the book and my class has already resumed. Thanks.

This book really helped with providing a historical background for design throughout the centuries, and does so in a very consice, well written way thats easy to understand, remember and give context and understanding to design movments, prominent figures, and furniture throughout history. If you feel like you could use a buffer in your art history or design history, this book wont leave you dissapointed. The bibliography has been expanded a lot in this edition and provides a lot of valuable further links and materials you may choose to expand upon.

This book is a required textbook for my interior design classes. I believe it will be a useful resource for years to come.