Presents an introduction to interior design, both residential and contract, explaining the history and development of interior design and looking at what designers need to know about color, lighting, art, and technical systems
John F. Pile Libri
John Pile è Professore Emerito di interior design e industrial design presso il Pratt Institute di Brooklyn, New York. Il suo lavoro approfondisce i principi fondamentali del design estetico e funzionale. Ha educato e ispirato numerosi studenti, plasmando in modo significativo il campo. La sua vasta conoscenza ed esperienza sono preziose per chiunque sia appassionato di design.


In this is a survey on the development of interior design, detailed discussions of famous buildings, from the Parthenon to the Pompidou Centre, are interspersed with investigations of the domestic vernacular - the cottages, farmhouses, and city terraces inhabited by ordinary people.