Acoustic Design and Interior Architecture.

Foreword by Simon Hamilton; Foreword by Kees Spanjers; IN BETWEEN
INTERIOR DESIGN BETWEEN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN; Public Image; Professional Profile; Interior Design as Corporate Design; The Social Dimension of Interior Design; Product Design; Integration; Colour; Material; Values; Trends; Interior Design is a Reflection of the Era; Building Types; DEVELOPING A DISCIPLINE: INTERIOR DESIGN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH; SUSTAINABILITY: INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND INNOVATION; Sustainability Through Industry Standards; Rating Systems; Evaluation; Sustainability Through Innovation. Building Small and the Influence of Economy and EcologyCase Study: Four Small Projects, New York, USA; Modular Means; Impermanence; Case Study: Illy Caffè; Case Study: Toolbox, Turin, Italy; The Performative: Flexibility to Multifunctionality; Adaptive Re-use; YOU HAVE TO BE INSPIRED ... FASHION, MUSIC, ART AND SCIENCE AS DESIGN INSPIRATION; What Does Design/Designing Mean and What Do We Understand by Qualities?; Inspiration: Between Emotion and Function; You Have to Be Inspired ... by Music; You have to Be Inspired ... by Art; You have to Be Inspired ... by Fashion. You have to Be Inspired ... by ScienceQUALITY OF LIFE; Quality
the Quiet Revolution; The Quality of Space: Order, Freedom, Structure and Pathways; Micro-stress Factors in Hotel Design: Do It Simple Do It Stupid; Living: From the Living Room to the Skyscraper and Back; The Quality of Life and Work: The Glory of Bore; Emotionality: Anthings Goes, but ... ; TRADITIONAL MATERIALS; Glass; Wood; Metals; ROADS OF MATERIAL INNOVATION; Mood; Protection; Wellbeing; Acoustics; Performance; Dynamic Decorative Surfaces; Personalisation; Responsible; SPACE-DEFINING SURFACES: FLOORS, WALLS, CEILINGS. Material LightLight Concrete; Spinning a Yarn; Reclamation; WOVEN MATERIALS: FROM WOOL FELT TO SMART TEXTILES; Wool; Three-dimensional Textiles; Laser-cut Textiles; Wooden Textiles and Textile Wood; Metallic Fabrics; Smart Hybrid Textiles; NANOTECHNOLOGY IN INTERIOR DESIGN; What is Nanotechnology?; (Almost) Self-Cleaning; Improved Indoor Air Quality; High-performance Low-thickness Insulation; Thermal Nanomaterials for Reducing Heating and Cooling Requirements; Elegant and Visionary Architectural Forms Using UHPC; Other Applications; Energy-efficient Light: Super-flat and Flexible. Paints and LightInformation Technology; THE AESTHETIC QUALITIES OF LIGHT, AIR AND ACOUSTICS; Light
a Sensual Building Material; Qualities of Light: from Richard Kelly to the Present Day; Light is Emotion; Light Sceneries; Cultural Aspects of Light; Light for Senior Living; Lighting Design and a Sense of Identity; Indoor Air
an Invisible Design Element; Components of Indoor Air Concepts; Indoor Air and Sustainability; Indoor Air and Interior Design; Acoustics
an Aesthetic Design Element; Facets of Acoustics; Acoustics and Well-Being; Acoustics is Communication.

The design of interiors, alongside the other design disciplines, is a vital task in the shaping of our built environment. In this book, an international and interdisciplinary team of authors gives an extensive account of today's main areas of work in interior architecture and design. Illustrations of contemporary projects, selected consistently throughout the book, cover the breadth of typical interior design tasks as well as a wide range of possible design approaches. This book is a fundamental reference work for all those professionally involved in the design of interiors.