Introduction

Tone Transparency Typology Unity Universal Design Volume Wayfinding Zones Orientation Pattern Perspective Philosophy Placement Preservation Program Proportion Prototyping Ratio Red Thread Regionalism Representation Rhythm Rule of Thirds Scale Shape Sight Lines Social Impact Space Specifications Storytelling Styling Surfaces Sustainability Symbolism Symmetry Technology Texture Accessibility Acoustics Adaptability Adjacency Alignment Anchoring Aperture Asymmetry Balance Biomimicry Biophilia Character Circular design Circulation Codes Collaboration Color Palette Color Scheme Color Theory Composition Connection Contrast Craft Creativity Depth Design Process Detail Discovery Durability Egress Emphasis Ergonomics Finishes Form Function Furniture Geometry Gradation Grid Harmony Health, Safety, and Welfare Hierarchy History Hue Human-Centered Design Human Scale Hybridization Inclusivity Innovation Inspiration Layering Lighting Line Materiality Measurement Modeling Modularity Monochrome Mood Movement Natural Lighting Occupancy

The profession of interior design is a complex, wide-ranging, and creative career. The skills that an interior designer needs are similarly expansive—from the large gestures of space planning, to the finer scales of wall and millwork details, to knowledge of furniture and upholstery techniques, to final styling, artwork selection, and photographic documentation of a project once complete. The kinds of projects that an interior designer is engaged with can range from work of all scales and types, to work in a single, specialized, category. All types of spaces—single homes and dwellings, apartments and condominiums, retail and hospitality ...

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