Theorising Interior Architecture and Design: Identity, Practices, Education, and Beyond

Abstract

Theorising Interior Architecture and Design: Identity, Practices, Education, and Beyond examines interior architecture and design from a contemporary and international perspective, taking theory building to be one of the most important activities for a discipline. The volume explores the interior discipline's theoretical dimension and its pedagogical, professional, and creative practices in different settings across the globe. Organised in four thematic sections and an epilogue, 20 chapters address vital aspects of contemporary interior architecture and design, including the discipline's contested identity, its relationship to theoretical concepts such as surface, interiority/exteriority, and time, and the diverse roles of interior education and professional practice. The book investigates how the interior discipline, long classified as emerging or relatively young, has over recent decades come of age academically, in practice, and in theory, and what lies beyond its boundaries.