Library Guides @ VIU: Interior Design: Professional/Technical Aspects of Design

Articles

Begin your search for articles in LibrarySearch. If the results prove unsatisfactory then consider try the article databases listed here.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
This database will be particularly useful for articles on design of offices and commercial spaces and on the business aspects of design.
JSTOR Journals Archive This link opens in a new window
Most useful for historical, philosophical, and theoretical aspects of design.
PsycINFO (Psychological Abstracts) This link opens in a new window
Use this database if you are interested in the behavioral and psychological aspects of design, places, and spaces.

Professional/Technical Books

Specifying interiors : a guide to construction and FF&E for residential and commercial interiors projects by McGowan, Maryrose
Call Number: TH 4311 M34 2006 (Nanaimo Stacks)

Hint: When searching the Library Catalogue for books and videos on interior design, use the term "Interior Decoration". Another useful term is "domestic architecture".

The interior designer's guide to pricing, estimating, and budgeting by Williams, Theo Stephan
Call Number: NK 2116.2 W55 2005 (Nanaimo Stacks)
Interior design visual presentation : a guide to graphics, models, and presentation techniques by Mitton, Maureen
Call Number: NK 2113.5 M58 2004 (Nanaimo Stacks)
Estimating for interior designers : [techniques for estimating materials, costs and time] by Sampson, Carol A.
Call Number: NK 2116.2 S26 2001 (Nanaimo Stacks)
Time-saver standards for interior design and space planning by De Chiara, Joseph
Call Number: NK 2110 T54 2001 (Nanaimo Stacks)