Research Methods for Interior Design

<p>Interior design has shifted significantly in the past fifty years from a focus on home decoration within family and consumer sciences to a focus on the impact of health and safety within the interior environment. This shift has called for a deeper focus in evidence-based research for interior design education and practice. </p><p>Research Methods for Interior Design provides a broad range of qualitative and quantitative examples each highlighted as a case of interior design research. Each chapter is supplemented with an in-depth introduction additional questions suggested exercises and additional research references. The book’s subtitle <i>Applying Interiority </i>identifies one reason why the field of interior design is expanding namely all people wish to achieve a subjective sense of well-being <i>within</i> built environments even when those environments are not defined by walls. The chapters of this book exemplify different ways to comprehend interiority through clearly defined research methodologies. </p><p>This book is a significant resource for interior design students educators and researchers in providing them with an expanded vision of what interior design research can encompass. </p>