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Rethinking design and interiors : human beings in the built environment / Shashi Caan.

By: Caan, Shashi.
Contributor(s): Caan, Shashi.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Laurence King, 2011Description: 200 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781856697569 (pbk.) :; 1856697568 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Interior architecture | Architecture -- Human factorsDDC classification: 729 Online resources: RKL e-book viewer
Contents:
The Search for Shelter -- Shelter's Human Roots -- The Lost Origins of Building -- Reclaiming the Past -- Being -- Interior Space and the Second Skin -- Extensions of Self -- The Un-Universal Man -- Design for Basic Human Needs (Measures of Man) -- Design for Well-Being -- Inside -- The Emergence of Prevailing Stereotypes -- The Psychology Analogy -- Empirical Knowledge -- Designing Habitable Space -- Design -- Toward a New Design -- Acknowledging Design's Complex Nature -- The Development of Experiential Knowledge -- Establishing a Protocol for Phenomenological Investigations -- The Identification of Qualitative Design Factors.
Summary: "Rethinking Design and Interiors explores the position of design in relation to our complex and ever-changing world and promotes a deeper knowledge - with input from the arts sciences, and technology - that will support design's integral role in the advancement of humankind in the twenty-first century."--From back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Search for Shelter -- Shelter's Human Roots -- The Lost Origins of Building -- Reclaiming the Past -- Being -- Interior Space and the Second Skin -- Extensions of Self -- The Un-Universal Man -- Design for Basic Human Needs (Measures of Man) -- Design for Well-Being -- Inside -- The Emergence of Prevailing Stereotypes -- The Psychology Analogy -- Empirical Knowledge -- Designing Habitable Space -- Design -- Toward a New Design -- Acknowledging Design's Complex Nature -- The Development of Experiential Knowledge -- Establishing a Protocol for Phenomenological Investigations -- The Identification of Qualitative Design Factors.

"Rethinking Design and Interiors explores the position of design in relation to our complex and ever-changing world and promotes a deeper knowledge - with input from the arts sciences, and technology - that will support design's integral role in the advancement of humankind in the twenty-first century."--From back cover.