ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at interior design, and design in general, from a wider perspective and discusses the ever-changing intercultural and societal challenges that continually reshape the profession. Many successful practising interior designers have come from related design professions where a move to designing interiors seemed like a logical next step. Precious McBane is recognised for its original British design output. The studio has maintained a tradition of absorbing talent from outside the world of interiors where the disciplines of art and sculpture combine to create environments that are reassuringly warm, detailed and layered with visual interest. Active Design builds on health research showing that design can impact biggest challenges around the physical, mental, and social well-being of communities around the world. Finding ways of encouraging people to move and be active both mentally and physically should be ingrained in the design of interiors.
