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Interior Design

Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. Not to be confused with interior decoration, interior design draws on aspects of environmental psychology, architecture, and product design in addition to traditional decoration. 

Here you will find information on where to look for books on your topic. We also have sections on digital images, reference sources, and organizations involved with interior design.

Finding Books

Library of Congress subjects

  • Furniture
  • [NA1995] Architecture vocational guidance
  • [NK1160-1590] Decoration and ornament
  • Design services
  • [NA2835-4050] Details and decoration
  • [TA] Engineering (general), civil engineering
  • Interior architecture
  • [NK1700-2195] Interior decoration
  • Interior decorators

Databases

These are some databases that will index and provide article abstracts for journals related to Interior Design. Because this is a crossover discipline, searching in multiple databases will provide the most broad coverage of a topic.


     

Conferences

Conferences are an important source for current information in the field because new research will often be presented. Here is a list of associations and organizations whose conferences will be of use. Conference proceedings can also be found through Search Our Collections.

Do a SUBJECT search for:

Computer Aided Design- Congresses or Architecture- Computer Aided Design

The following associations are indexed in CuminCAD.  

  • Design Computing and Cognition (DCC)
  • Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA)
  • Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe)
  • Association for Computer Aided Architecture Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
  • Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics (SIGRADI)
  • Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH)