Description
Shaping Interior Space, 5th Edition, emphasizes the experiential contributions of interior design. Intended for all design students, the author covers strategies for creating interior environments that work as a total system to enhance the experience of the user. The book is organized into three parts, a background part introduces ways of designing for experience and reviews design principles and strategies. Part Two focuses on the three experiential goals that form the backbone of the book, order, enrichment, and expression. These serve as overall umbrellas that capture the many dimensions of users' experiences in the built environment. Part Three is devoted to design process. The process is broken up into understanding, ideation, and development and covers many tasks performed during the early and intermediate stages of design.
New to this Edition:
-All new case studies including examples around post-pandemic considerations and how diversity and inclusion interact with design.
-Updated Chapter 2 on how people end-users interact with a space, be it a built space or an environment.
-Updated Chapter 3 and 11 on how furniture affects a space.
Shaping Interior Space STUDIO
-Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
-Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary
Instructor Resources
-Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes
-PowerPoint® presentations include images from the book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion
Accessibility Information
Additional accessibility information
- PDF/UA-2, 1.4
- Accessibility request contact
Support for non-visual reading
Has alternative text descriptions for images
Navigation
- Page list to go to pages from the print source version
- Elements such as headings, tables, etc for structured navigation
- All or substantially all textual matter is arranged in a single logical reading order
Table of Contents
1. Mastering Interior Design
2. People in Buildings
3. Interior Place and Its Components
4: The Basics of Space
Part Two: Aims of Design
5. Function
6. Order
7. Enrichment
8. Expression
Part Three: Design Process
9. Understanding
10. Ideation
11. Development and Resolution
Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 5th |
| Pages | 328 |
| ISBN | 9798765115985 |
| Imprint | Fairchild Books |
| Illustrations | 500 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |

















