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Shaping Interior Space

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Shaping Interior Space

with STUDIO

  • Textbook
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Available on Oct 15 2026
$99.00

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Description

Shaping Interior Space, 5th Edition, emphasizes the experiential contributions of interior design. Intended for all design students, the author covers strategies for creating interior environments that work as a total system to enhance the experience of the user. The book is organized into three parts, a background part introduces ways of designing for experience and reviews design principles and strategies. Part Two focuses on the three experiential goals that form the backbone of the book, order, enrichment, and expression. These serve as overall umbrellas that capture the many dimensions of users' experiences in the built environment. Part Three is devoted to design process. The process is broken up into understanding, ideation, and development and covers many tasks performed during the early and intermediate stages of design.

New to this Edition:
-All new case studies including examples around post-pandemic considerations and how diversity and inclusion interact with design.
-Updated Chapter 2 on how people end-users interact with a space, be it a built space or an environment.
-Updated Chapter 3 and 11 on how furniture affects a space.

Shaping Interior Space STUDIO
-Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
-Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary

Instructor Resources
-Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes
-PowerPoint® presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion

Table of Contents

Part One: General Principles
1. Mastering Interior Design
2. People in Buildings
3. Interior Place and Its Components
4: The Basics of Space

Part Two: Aims of Design
5. Function
6. Order
7. Enrichment
8. Expression

Part Three: Design Process
9. Understanding
10. Ideation
11. Development and Resolution

Product details

Fairchild Books
Published Oct 15 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 5th
Extent 328
ISBN 9798765115985
Imprint Fairchild Books
Illustrations 500 bw illus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Roberto J. Rengel

Roberto J. Rengel, MArch, MIArch, IDEC, IIDA, is a…

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