Rethinking design and interiors : human beings in the built environment - Caan, Shashi (London : Laurence King, 2011)
Preface / Susan S. Szenasy -- Introduction -- 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 -- Epilogue: out from within.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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