92 Texture
The visual or tactile surface characteristics and appearance of a material.
Further Reading
Fashionary, Textilepedia (Fashionary International Limited, 2020).
Kelly Wearstler, Evocative Style (Rizzoli, 2019).
There are two basic types of texture in interior design visual and tactile. Examples of materials with visual texture are wood and stone, typically smooth to touch, and defined by their natural grain and veining. Tactile textures have a three-dimensional quality that can be felt with one’s hand and include textiles or carpets, which may be hand- or machine-crafted, and can vary from smooth to rough or uneven, but add to the overall character of a space.
To work with texture, interior ...
Get Universal Principles of Interior Design now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
