The interior design guide
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The interior design guide. A definitive knowledge base for interior designers.

From first principles to the finishing touches: shell, surfaces, space planning, furniture, electrics, plumbing and joinery, in the order a project runs.

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Every term, in plain words.

From hue and light reflectance to bonding and kick space, every term the guide uses has a short definition, what to know in practice and the pages that use it.

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The interior design guide.

A definitive knowledge base for interior designers.

Eleven chapters take a home from first principles to the moment you show it to the client. Start with Foundations and read in order, or search for a topic, a term or a rule of thumb.

Chapters.

Eleven steps, from principles to presentation.

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Foundations.

How does space act on people?

Before any decision about walls, sockets or sofas come the principles every room obeys. This chapter covers how space is measured from the body and drawn, how colour and materials work together, how style, light and sound shape a room, what a room is for, and the codes that set its limits. Every later chapter builds on it.

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Everything about foundations.

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