Our homes are an expression of how we want to live they shape our everyday routines and
fundamentally affect our well-being. Interior design for the home sustains a giant global
industry and feeds an entire branch of the media. However the question of dwelling or how to
live is found increasingly to be lacking in serious discourse. This book sets out to review
the interior design of our homes. It discusses 20 iconic residential interiors from the present
back to the 1920s by architects and designers such as Assemble Arno Brandlhuber Lina Bo
Bardi and Josef Frank and by artists such as Cecil Beaton and Andy Warhol. Including historic
and recent photographs drawings and plans the book explores these case studies as key moments
in the history of the modern interior. Penny Sparke provides a concise history of the
discipline of interior design Alice Rawsthorn investigates the role of gender and Mark Taylor
discusses the discourse on interior design in the twenty-first century. Adam stech offers
insights into the use of colour in residential interiors and Matteo Pirola offers a detailed
and richly illustrated chronology of significant events in the history of interior design. In a
portfolio of photographs selected exclusively for this book Jasper Morrison explores what
makes a good interior. In addition to inter-views with contemporary interior design
practitioners experts in the fields of the sociology of living and psychology provide further
insight. This book a valuable resource for anyone interested in interior design.
