Inside Information: The Defining Concepts of Interior Design maps the intellectual and practical territory of interior design through 26 key terms, building a vocabulary that connects spatial theory, material culture, and the philosophy of inhabitation.
About This Book
We are always inside. That simple fact — that built interiors are the primary environment of human life — is the animating argument of this book. Structured as a treasury of 26 terms running from ante- to zeitgeist, Inside Information constructs a working language for interior design that moves between the concrete and the conceptual. Decoration, structure, and sustainability sit alongside gender, space, and light. Le Corbusier and Norman Foster share the conversation with Jacques Derrida, Noam Chomsky, and Virginia Woolf. The result is a primer that refuses to reduce interior design to style or finish, insisting instead on its historical depth and philosophical complexity. Essential reading for students and practitioners working across the full breadth of interior design.
Key Features
- 320 pages of illustrated lexical entries combining critical text with over 100 photographs and drawings
- Authors: Sally Stone and Ed Hollis
- Published by RIBA, ISBN 9781859469248
What You'll Discover
- How 26 defining terms — from the architectural to the philosophical — form a coherent intellectual framework for understanding and designing interiors
- The way thinkers outside architecture, including Derrida, Chomsky, Woolf, and Orwell, have shaped how interiors are theorised and experienced
- A critical survey of interior design that spans practical concerns — structure, decoration, sustainability — and speculative ones: gender, light, space
- How the history of the interior opens onto its future potential, positioning interior design as a discipline with genuine intellectual stakes
About the Author
Sally Stone is one of the book's two authors, working alongside Ed Hollis on this survey of interior design concepts and vocabulary. Further biographical details are not provided in the source material.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 320
- Dimensions: 240 x 167 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781859469248
- Publisher: RIBA
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Interior design students building foundational knowledge, practitioners seeking a critical vocabulary, and architects interested in the theory and history of inhabitation.