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Interior Design: Background Information

The Hunter M. Adams Design Collection

The Hunter M. Adams Design Collection houses the majority of the university's collections which pertain to architecture, interior design and historic preservation.  The collection is primarily a design collection with strong emphasis on works by architects and designers in the U.S.and Europe.  Furniture, urban planning, adaptive reuse, construction materials and methods, building types, some landscape are examples of other topics included in the collection.

Interior Design Useful Books

The items below are housed in the Lucille Little Fine Arts Library.

Portfolio Design for Interiors - Harold Linton and William Engel

     NK 2113.5 .L56 2017

Professional Practice for Interior Designers in the Global Marketplace - Susan Winchip

     NK 2116 .W56 2013

The Codes Guidebook for Interiors - Katherine Kennon

     KF 5701 .H37 2018

Interior Design Visual Presentation: a guide to graphics, models and presentation techniques - Maureen Mitton

    NK 2113.5 .M58 2018

Professional Practice for Interior Designers - Christine Piotrowski

    Fine Arts Reference NK 2116.2 .P57 2020

Interior Design Reference Manual: Everything you need to know to pass the NCIDQ exam - David Ballast

     NK 2116.5 .B35 2013

NCIDQ Fundamentals: Practice questions and mock exam - David Ballast  

     NK 2116.4 .B35 2021

The Interior Design Reference + Specification Book - Chris Grimley and Mimi Love

     NK 2115 .G75 2013

Interior Graphic Standards - Corky Binggeli et al

     TH 2031 .M34 2011

Universal Principles of Interior Design: 100 ways to develop innovative ideas, enhance usability and design effective solutions - Smith & Grimley

    NK 2110 .S65 2022

 

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