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.
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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.
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These are some key journals for the interior design field.
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.