ABSTRACT
This chapter examines what is meant by a ‘successful project’. Interior design has long suffered from the populist view of being fashion- and trend-led, short-term, disposable and all about aspiration and making money; and, yes, there are many designers out there whose sole purpose is to make a ‘fast buck’ for themselves and their clients. Design is for people: for clients, for users, for makers, for manufacturers. It is people who should receive the most benefit from interior design: benefits that perhaps are not obvious and are more important, but yet more hidden, than just the aesthetic appearance. Alongside specific benefits related to the project, there are some general benefits that good design can consistently include that should be on every designer’s radar on every project, and to which clients should be alerted. These are health related – both physical and mental – and are often described by the catch-all term ‘wellbeing’.
