New York School of Interior Design: Home: The Foundations of Enduring Spaces

754 Pages·2018·208 MB·English

by  Ellen S. Fisher

CONTENTS
Foreword by Alexa Hampton
Preface by David Sprouls
Introduction
THE DESIGN PROCESS
The Professional Mind-set
Hiring an Interior Designer
Defining the Project
Creating a Budget
Assessing the “Givens”
Sizing Up the Space
Documenting the Space
Inventorying Belongings
Finding Inspiration
Choosing a Concept
The Big Picture
Design Elements & Principles
Analyzing the Space
Laying Out the Space
Creating the Scheme
Creating a Palette
Coordinating the Color Scheme
Style & Lifestyle
Organizing & Keeping Track
Specifying & Purchasing
Collaborating with Contractors & Workrooms
Delivery & Installation
ELEMENTS OF A ROOM
Woodwork
Architectural Features
Hardware
Flooring
Paint
Wallcoverings
Fabrics & Textiles
Furniture & Upholstery
Window Treatments
Soft Floor Coverings
Lighting
Lampshades
Art & Accessories
Universal Design
ROOM-BY-ROOM CONSIDERATIONS
Entryways
Living Areas
Work Areas
Dining Areas
Kitchens
Bedrooms & Sleeping Areas
Kids’ Rooms & Play Spaces
Bathrooms
Outdoor Spaces
AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO DESIGN DOCUMENTS & PROCEDURES
The Designer Contract Decoded
Purchasing: The Ordering Process & Documentation
Construction: The Bidding Process & Contract Documentation
Acknowledgments
Credits
FOREWORD
For decades, the business of interior design has thrived. The
discipline’s success—and that of its practitioners—has largely
been based on talent in design over talent in business. That equation
has borne rooms of unspeakable beauty at the very time that it
has doomed some careers to brevity. Never has it been more
essential to be successful in both halves of the profession than it is
now. The present day thankfully demands seriousness in all
aspects of the business of design. Talent and instinctual gifts will
always be intrinsically important to the production of great art.
However, those ingredients are not enough by themselves. As
such, education is of course the cornerstone of any proper design
endeavor.
No one is more qualified to “write the book” (figuratively and
literally) on the practice than the New York School of Interior
Design. In this book, design strategies walk hand in hand with the
more mundane, though no less important, practices and
intricacies of the profession. The distillation of vital though
sometimes nebulous or abstract topics—ranging from how to
address color to the implementation of various types of lighting—
lives on these pages. So does that which contends with more
concrete, quantifiable issues like space planning and how to
address a design brief, all while working with clients to achieve
their goals.
This book is an essential text for all students of design.
Furthermore, it is inspiration and intel for those simply interested
in the art and practice of the discipline. I am glad to welcome this
book to the important canon of interior design, where it will help
make this very worthy career all the more credible through its
acknowledgment of the seriousness of its pursuit.
—ALEXA HAMPTON
Principal, Mark Hampton LLC,
and member of the board of trustees for the New York School of Interior Design