Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accessibility -- Acoustics -- Adaptability -- Adjacency -- Alignment -- Anchoring -- Aperture -- Asymmetry -- Balance -- Biomimicry -- Biophilia -- Character -- Circular design -- Circulation -- Codes -- Collaboration -- Color palette -- Color scheme -- Color theory -- Composition -- Connection -- Contrast -- Craft -- Creativity -- Depth -- Design process -- Detail -- Discovery -- Durability -- Egress -- Emphasis -- Ergonomics -- Finishes -- Form -- Function -- Furniture -- Geometry -- Gradation -- Grid -- Harmony -- Health, safety, and welfare -- Hierarchy -- History -- Hue -- Human-centered design -- Human scale -- Hybridization -- Inclusivity -- Innovation -- Inspiration -- Layering -- Lighting -- Line -- Materiality -- Measurement -- Modeling -- Modularity -- Monochrome -- Mood -- Movement -- Natural lighting -- Occupancy -- Organic -- Orientation -- Pattern -- Perspective -- Philosophy -- Placement -- Preservation -- Program -- Proportion -- Prototyping -- Ratio -- Red thread -- Regionalism -- Representation -- Rhythm -- Rule of thirds-- Scale -- Shape -- Sight lines -- Social impact -- Space -- Specifications -- Storytelling -- Styling -- Surface -- Sustainability -- Symbolism -- Symmetry -- Technology -- Texture -- Tone -- Transparency -- Typology -- Unity -- Universal design -- Volume -- Wayfinding -- Zones.

Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, this comprehensive reference pairs clear explanations of every topic with visual examples of it applied in practice. By considering these concepts and examples, you can learn to make more informed and ultimately better design decisions. The book is organized alphabetically so that principles can be easily and quickly referenced. For those interested in addressing a specific challenge or application problem, the principles are also indexed by questions commonly confronting designers. Each principle is presented in a two-page format: The left-hand page contains a succinct definition, a full description of the principle, and examples of and guidelines for its use. Side notes, which appear to the right of the text, provide elaborations and references. Visual examples and related graphics on both pages support a deeper understanding of the principle. Side notes, captions, and cross-referenced to related principles provide elaborations and stimulating points of view. This comprehensive reference is the standard for interior design students, practitioners, and educators, and others who seek to broaden and improve their understanding of and expertise in interior design--