Jo Ann Asher Thompson - The Handbook of Interior Design

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The handbook of interior design / edited by Jo Ann Asher Thompson and Nancy H. Blossom.

pages cm

Summary: The Handbook of Interior Design offers a compilation of current ways of thinking that inform the discipline of interior design Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4443-3628-3 (hardback)

1. Interior architecture. 2. Interior architecturePhilosophy. 3. Interior decoration. 4. Interior decorationPhilosophy. I. Thompson, Jo Ann Asher, 1948 editor. II. Blossom, Nancy H., editor.

NA2850.H365 2014

729dc23

2014018382

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Cover image: Photo of Tietgenkollegiet, restad Nord, near Copenhagen, Denmark. Interior design by Aggebo & Henriksen. Photo OLE AKHJ

Abimbola O. Asojo, PhD, Associate Professor of Interior Design, University of Minnesota, studied in the US, the UK, and Nigeria. Her research includes cross-cultural design issues, African architecture, computing and design, lighting design, and global design issues. She has published in the Journal of Interior Design, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Designing for the 21st Century journal, and the Journal of Design Communication.

Janice Barnes, PhD, is the Global Discipline Leader, Principal, Planning+Strategies for the design firm Perkins+Will. With nearly twenty-five years of experience in design practice and research, the focus of Janice's work is on work practices. By bringing practical experience together with empirical research, Janice recognizes the critical aspects of business processes and links these to appropriate organizational responses.

Mary Anne Beecher, PhD, heads the Department of Design at the Ohio State University. She holds a doctoral degree in American studies (with an emphasis in material culture studies) from the University of Iowa, and interior design degrees from Iowa State University. Her research explores the evolution of interior space in the 20th century through the influence of design and culture. She has taught in the United States and Canada.

Nichole M. Campbell, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Department of Interior Design at the University of Florida. She holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Illinois State University, and DePauw University. Her teaching foci are environment and behavior theory and interior design studio. Current research interests are on the design and construction of buildings that optimize health and wellness, with a particular emphasis on elderly inhabitants and supportive social interaction through the built environment.

Ji Young Cho, PhD, Leed-AP, is an Assistant Professor at the Interior Design Program in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University. She received her PhD in architectural studies from the University of Missouri, Columbia, and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in architecture from the Pusan National University in South Korea. Her research interests include pedagogy of design education, design cognition and process, and environmentbehavior relations. As a designer for 10 years, she has completed more than 50 projects in South Korea. In 2008 one of her projects received first place in the Interior Design Educators Council Creative Scholarship category.

Stephanie A. Clemons, PhD, is Professor and Coordinator of the Interior Design Program at Colorado State University. She holds degrees from Colorado State University, Utah State University, and Michigan State University, and is certified by the National Council of Interior Design Qualifications (NCIDQ) as a professional interior designer. Her research interests are K-12 linkages with interior design, third places, and sense of self and place. She has served in several leadership roles including president of the Interior Design Educators Council and president of the American Society of Interior Designers.

Shauna Corry Hernandez, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Interior Design Program at the University of Idaho. She received her PhD and MA from Washington State University and has taught at the University of Idaho and North Dakota State University where she served as Interior Design and Facility Management Program Coordinator. She has been with the University of Idaho since 2001, and enjoys teaching history of interiors and design studios. Her research focuses on universal design, social justice issues, and cultural responsibility in design. She has been recognized for her prowess in the classroom as the recipient of the Alumni Awards of Excellence for mentorship and the Hoffman Teaching Excellence Award.

Erin Cunningham, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Interior Architecture Program at the University of Oregon. She holds degrees from the University of Florida, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Victoria. Her research focuses on the history and preservation of 19th- and 20th-century interior spaces. Her research interests include social settlement houses, vernacular architecture, and public housing interiors. Erin's current work also explores the development of a social welfare focus in the interior design profession, and the application of narrative methodology to the study of historic spaces. In both her research and teaching, Erin explores interior space from a socio-historical perspective, concentrating on issues of race, gender, and class. She has presented on her research at conferences and the Vernacular Architecture Forum, and recently published Renovating an Industry: The Expanding Role of Interior Design in Times of Recession in