background: in our competing educational world, students spend a considerable part of their daily life, studying at library furniture. not surprisingly, due to lack of proper anthropometric databases, these products have typically been ill fitted for the intended user populations. objective: to verify the optimum anthropometric match of library furniture within an academic environment, through ...

Indoor air quality is one of the factors that determine human well-being and health. Being aware of this fact, it is essential to identify the origin, kind, mechanism, and effects of harmful substances contained in the air. The issue concerning the contents and primary emission of these substances from building materials and interior furnishings is well known. Adverse effects of environmental t...

Understanding sensory stimulation of people in human environments is vital to designing an interior space. The senses play critical roles in human experience and the memories and emotions tied to it. In retail design brands associated to sensory experience attract customers and stimulate strong, positive, and distinctive impression across all five senses. In this case multiple sensory cues are ...

This paper describes the idea of using context aware soft furnishing for decorations. Textile has the ability to easily change the experience of an environment. This quality combined with the dynamics of ubiquitous computing and context awareness creates an interesting design space to investigate. The examples we show, a tablecloth and a drapery, are designed for use on festive and social event...

An aircraft livery design comprises comprehensive insignia that include colour, visual, and typographic identifiers. Stagecoaches, railroad trains, steamships all appeared, the term "livery" came to refer interior of these vehicles. Parts airline liveries have become increasingly intertwined with ground transportation, advertising, exclusive airport furnishings, promotional materials, aircrew u...

The article discusses the differences and monotony of traditional types’settlements Circassians, forms estates courtyards.All main elements dwelling are considered in detail: its layout, building material construction technique, shape roofs, structure types hearths their location, interior, home furnishings utensils etc. covers period IV - XIX centuries.

This article examines the problem of depicting a home interior as setting with reference to French literary illustration eighteenth century. Referring scenes from two different series illustrations same texts, author considers role texts in formation visual images interior; methods by artists; prototypes image interior. The main sources research are editions Molière’s Works: engravings based on...

Taking the residential buildings in Guangzhou under influence of modern western as an example, based on a large number historical materials, this paper makes field investigation and existing excellent Guangzhou, deeply analyzes interior decoration style Guangzhou. By sorting out styles west, explores causes paths relevant characteristics, traces origin, which helps us to find uniqueness develop...

Abstract The Interior designers’ role in the built environment is creating spaces that meet needs of their clients through a process critical thinking, research, and creative solutions. In addition to considering other aspects such as client’s health, safety, wellbeing well environmental impact which considered sustainable thinking by designer. This paper will focus on analysing interior charac...