ABSTRACT

Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors addresses the broad cultural, historical, and theoretical implications of interiors beyond their conventionally defined architectural boundaries. With provocative contributions from leading and emerging historians, theorists, and design practitioners, the book is rooted in new scholarship that expands traditional relationships between architecture and interiors and that reflects the latest theoretical developments in the fields of interior design history and practice.

This collection contains diverse case studies from the late eighteenth century to the twenty-first century including Alexander Pope’s Memorial Garden, Design Indaba, and Robin Evans. It is an essential read for researchers, practitioners, and students of interior design at all levels.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part Section I|42 pages

The Compressed Interior

part Section II|72 pages

The Representational Interior

chapter 3|19 pages

“A Better World Through Creativity”

Interiors without Walls and Design Indaba, South Africa

chapter 4|13 pages

Furniture Thinking

Examining Robin Evans’ “The Developed Surface” Through Practice

chapter 5|19 pages

The Post-Wall–Era Club Culture of Berlin as Cultural Heritage

“Where There Was Jag, There Is Art”

chapter 6|19 pages

The Immersive Interior

From Vuillard to VR

part Section III|56 pages

The Un-Sited Interior

chapter 7|14 pages

Outdoor Rooms

Domesticated Landscapes in the UAE

chapter 9|20 pages

Turning Inward

Alexander Pope’s Memorial Garden

part Section IV|64 pages

The Technological Interior

chapter 10|25 pages

The Telegraphic Interior

Networking Space for Capital Flows in the 1920s

chapter |10 pages

Interior Provocations

A Conclusion