Interiors in the Era of Covid-19

<p>The Covid-19 lockdowns caused people worldwide to be confined to their homes for longer and on a greater scale than ever before. This forced many unprecedented changes to the way we treat domestic space - as relationships shifted between the public and the private worlds and homes were rapidly adapted to accommodate the additional roles of schools offices gyms restaurants making-spaces and more. Above all our understanding of the home as a site to support and enhance the well-being of its inhabitants changed in a variety of novel ways. <p/><i>Interiors in the Era of Covid </i>is a collection of essays which explore the complex ways in which our inside spaces (contemporary and historical) have responded to Covid-19 and other human crises. With case studies ranging from US and Europe to Japan China Colombia and Bangladesh this is a truly global work which examines wide-ranging subjects from home-working and home technologies to the impact of lockdown on people's identities gender roles in the home and the realities of domestic living with Covid in refugee camps. <p/>Exploring the roles played by designers (both amateur and professional) in accommodating changing requirements and anticipating future ones - whether Covid or beyond - this book is a must-read for students and researchers in interior design architecture architectural and design history and anyone interested in the home and the relationships between health and design.</p>