This comprehensive, practical guide explores how contemporary furniture
is used within interior design to define a space, create division and
enclosure, and alter or redefine circulation.
Initial chapters
illustrate the different contexts in which furniture is used, from the
office and domestic interiors to retail and exhibition space; look at
types of furniture, whether off-the-shelf or bespoke; and explore the
new vogue for recycling and vintage. Later chapters examine both
traditional materials such as wood and the more unusual such as stone
and glass, while also explaining new methods of manufacture – such as
Computer Numerical Controlled and Selected Laser Sintering. The final
chapter looks at how a design is developed, the site surveyed,
prototypes made, and specifications and schedules drawn up.
