The senses in interior design Sensorial expressions and experiences
Synopsis
The senses in interior design examines how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors. The chapters explore how the body navigates and negotiates the realities of designed interiors and challenge the traditional focus on star designers or ideal interiors that have left sensorial agency at the margins of design history. From the sensually gendered role of the fireplace in late sixteenth century Italy to the synaesthetic décors of Comte Robert de Montesquiou and the sensorial stimuli of Aesop stores, each chapter brings a new perspective on the central role that the senses have played in the conception, experiences and uses of interiors.Book details
- Series:
- Studies in Design and Material Culture
- Author:
- John Potvin, Marie-Ève Marchand and Benoit Beaulieu
- ISBN:
- 9781526167811
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781526167835, 9781526167828
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2024-11-01
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2023
- Copyright by:
- John Potvin, Marie-Ève Marchand and Benoit Beaulieu
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture, History, Home and Garden, Nonfiction