Design Thinking for Interiors: Inquiry, Experience, Impact

by Joy H. Dohr, Margaret Portillo

Overview

Focusing on how people engage and experience interiors and design, Experiencing Interiors give students and practitioners alike the perspectives they need to understand the designer, client, and users of memorable interiors.

Using a holistic approach, Dohr and Portillo introduce design thinking and processes in the context of collaboration with allied professionals. ?Featuring the authors??method of narrative inquiry, stories from design professionals examine the principle hallmarks significant to the design of architectural interiors.

Experiencing Interiors will help the reader understand human-centered design, help apply narrative methods to evidence-based designing, and expand insights to professionalism generally.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118030530
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	06/24/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

JOY DOHR, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she also was chair of design studies and an associate dean of academic affairs. Dohr presents, writes, and consults on interior design education at graduate and undergraduate levels. She is past president and a Fellow of the Interior Design Educators Council, and has served on the boards of CIDA, the IIDA Foundation, and InformeDesign, among others. She is a recipient of numerous awards recognizing leadership and excellence in design education.

MARGARET PORTILLO, PhD, is Research Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Interior Design at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Portillo is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Interior Design (JID). As guest editor for a special issue of the journal, she helped introduce the JID readership to the potential of narrative inquiry in the field of interior design. As chair of the FIDER Research Council, Portillo spearheaded a major study exploring creativity, leadership, and technology strategies vis-à-vis narratives of designers, clients, and key stakeholders. She is a member of the Interior Design Educators Council and has served on the CIDA Standards Committee. Dr. Portillo is the author of Color Planning for Interiors, published by Wiley.

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Table of Contents

Preface.

List of Narratives.

Chapter 1. Introduction to Design Engagement.

Chapter 2. Why Narrative Inquiry?

Chapter 3. Impact Market: Process of Engagement.

Chapter 4. Impact Marker: Contextual Civility.

Chapter 5. Impact Marker: Empathy.

Chapter 6. Impact Marker: Place Identity.

Chapter 7. Impact Marker: Innovation.

Chapter 8. Impact Marker: Maturation.

Chapter 9. An Epilogue Integrating Impact Markers.

Chapter 10. Using a Narrative Approach.

Summary.

Bibliography.