Color For Interior Design

For the design student.

A lavishly illustrated guide to using color in the home.

Describes how colors interact to affect the ambiance and atmosphere of a room.

Evidence-based approach to color planning lets you discover theimpact of color on people and space. You'll learn to systematically develop innovative, holisticcolor solutions in interior design with this book's evidence-basedapproach to color planning. The author sets forth a color planningframework that integrates multiple criteria, enabling you to fullyconsider the complex role that color plays in interior design. Color Planning for Interiors is based on the findingsfrom a national study that the author conducted, which identifiedfive categories of color criteria: Color as Composition Color Preferences Color as Communication Color Pragmatics Color for Engagement The author interviewed noted designers and colorists about theprojects that best represented their approach to color. As aresult, you'll discover how leaders in the field examine color fromcompositional, symbolic, behavioral, preferential, and pragmaticperspectives in order to arrive at a carefully considered solution.Moreover, you'll see how designers and architects apply thisknowledge to a broad range of interior spaces, includingworkplaces, restaurants, retail settings, healthcare facilities,and private residences. Complementing theory and research, real-life examples arepresented from interior design projects that consider color inrelation to light, materiality, and interior architecture. Inaddition, full-color diagrams, photographs, and design renderingsillustrate concepts throughout the book to help you understand howto select and work with color. From the fundamental principles of color theory to innovativeapplications, all aspects of designing interiors with color areexamined, making this book ideal for all professionals and studentsin interior design who want to develop the full potential of theircolor palettes.

DIVA comprehensive handbook of all the crucial information interior designers need to know on a daily basis. In the world of interior design, thousands of bits of crucial information are scattered across a wide array of sources. Color, Space, and Style collects the information essential to planning and executing interiors projects of all shapes and sizes, and distills it in a format that is as easy to use as it is to carry. Section 1, Fundamentals, provides a step-by-step overview of an interiors project, describing the scope of professional services, the project schedule, and the design and presentation tools used by designers. Section 2, Space, examines ways of composing rooms as spatial environments while speaking to functional and life-safety concerns. Section 3, Surface, identifies options in color, material, texture, and pattern, while addressing maintenance and performance issues. Section 4, Environments, looks at aspects of interior design that help create a specific mood or character, such as natural and artificial lighting, sound and smell. Section 5, Elements, describes the selection and specification of furniture and fixtures, as well as other components essential to an interior environment, such as artwork and accessories. Lastly, section 6, Resources, gathers a wealth of useful data, from sustainability guidelines to online sources for interiors-related research. Throughout Color, Space, and Style appear interviews with top practitioners drawn from across the field of interior design./div

Internationally renowned textile designer Lori Weitzner presents a novel, layered perspective on the use and significance of color in design and culture in this spectacular treasury illustrated with 225 full-color images. Ode to Color, a stunning anthology by renowned and award-winning textile and wallcovering designer Lori Weitzner, principal of Lori Weitzner Design, Inc., offers an immersive, sensual, and engaging journey in the world of color as it applies to culture, design, mood, and memory. Each of the ten chapters in this richly illustrated volume presents a distinct color world through an intimate and often kaleidoscopic perspective, a compilation of the numerous—and often shifting—associations and emotions we assign to a color or group of colors. Each chapter combines diverse imagery—evocative fine art and photography, environmental interiors, details of Weitzner’s gorgeous designs as well as her sketches and watercolors—with excerpts from literature and her own essays on a wide array of topics relating to the palette. The result is a fully sensory conveyance of each palette’s particular power as well as a consideration of its tangible and intangible connections, from its place in religion, pop culture, and commerce to the impact it has upon our decision making, our moods, and our tastes. While each chapter is unique in its approach to the ten worlds, with its mix of essays, prose and range of art, from a Technicolor Disney cartoon in Out Loud to David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust in Silverlight, each chapter includes: An introductory essay on a subject that characterizes the palette A two-page photographer of an open drawer in Weitzner’s studio that she has arranged with various fabrics, skeins, and objects that, together, comprise the palette; An evocative two-page word collage that presents both color names and the words commonly associated with the palette; Design pointers that provide in-depth insight to working with color and to decorating with each palette throughout the home, from wall treatments to accessories. Spectacular and imaginative, this experiential volume will captivate, inspire, and inform a broad audience, including interior designers and decorators, architects, graphic and fine artists, and anyone interested in art, design, fashion, pop culture, and spiritual discovery. Sumptuous, beautifully designed, and filled with wondrous imagery and compelling stories and facts, it makes an inspiring and unusual gift for almost any occasion.

"The second edition of Color + Design: Transforming Interior Space presents color theory in terms of design principles such as balance, rhythm, emphasis, proportion, unity, and variety. This new edition includes an updated art program with expanded coverage of current commercial and residential environments; updated insights into how people perceive color, including new content about different cultures and ageing populations; and updated and expanded pedagogical features and exercises"--