Story of the interior : how we have shaped rooms and how they shape us /
"Why do we live the way we do? We spend our lives indoors-at home or at work, in stores and train stations, museums and restaurants- but how often do we stop to consider the ideas behind and the forms of the spaces around us? 'The story of the interior' does just this, tracing how int...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thames & Hudson,
2025
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| Summary: | "Why do we live the way we do? We spend our lives indoors-at home or at work, in stores and train stations, museums and restaurants- but how often do we stop to consider the ideas behind and the forms of the spaces around us? 'The story of the interior' does just this, tracing how interiors have evolved and revealing how they influence the way we live, work, learn, and play. Educator and design writer Graeme Brooker delves into the history of the room and the cultural, social, and technological factors that have given rise to spaces as diverse as nomadic dwellings, state-of-the-art airports, monumental temples, baroque palaces, high-rise apartments, and high fashion boutiques. The result is a dazzling global tour of interiors that points out the drastically different and suprisingly similar spaces we inhabit. A wealth of examples, both ancient and modern, iconic and offbeat, helps us understand how we shape our indoor invironments and how they shape us."--back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 398 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780500027592 0500027595 |