Interior Design Resources

Databases Associations & Organizations Interior Designers
Materials/Lighting Color in Design & Feng Shui Universal Design
General Resources
On-line Interior Design Magazines and Journals at Smith

Lighting

Lightforum.com The resource center and reference library for the lighting community.

Lighting Research Center World's largest university-based center for lighting education and research. Information on residential and commercial lighting. Links to other WWW sites on lighting issues.

Lightsearch.com Source for Lighting Specifiers & Buyers. Searchable.

Marble, Granite, & Stone

Beauty with Marble, Inc. Images of marble, saturnia, and granite.

Eurostone Marble, Inc. Images of marble, granite, travertine and limestone.

Furrer Images of marble, and granite.

International Granite & Marble Corporation Images of different varieties of marble, granite, and limestone.

Tennessee Marble Company Images of Tennessee and Vermont marble.

Tile

A & L Tile, Inc. Images of tile divided into four categories; mosaic, wall, floor, and deco ceramic tile.

American Slate Company Information and images on Slate Tile. Scroll down the page to "Floor Tile" or "Roofing Tile" and click on type to see image and information.

Dal-Tile International Information and images ceramic tile.

Interstyle Ceramic & Glass Ltd Outstanding spectrum of color ceramic and glass tiles.

Tiles on the Web Comprehensive list of tile.

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Color in Design & Feng Shui

Color in Design

Color Association of the United States Professionals in the field of color styling, color use, color research, marketing and merchandising.

Color Matters-Color Theory An explanation about color theory.

Inter-Society Color Council Professional society in the field of color in the United States, encompassing the arts, sciences and industry,

Thinking of Hue An article from Home and Garden about colors and their effect on people.

Feng Shui

Feng Shui (wind and water) Created by a Ke-Tsung Han, a Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Regional Science, Texas A&M University.

Feng Shui Articles Full articles on different aspects of Feng Shui compiled by the Feng Shui Directory.

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Universal Design

Blueprint for Aging Proceedings from a two-day conference, on bringing researchers and gerontologists together with architects and designers. Transcript of the conference.

Center for Health Design A nonprofit, nonmembership organization working to demonstrate that supportive building design can enhance health and well-being. Links to Center's research, and resources.

Center for Universal Design "A national research, information, and technical assistance center that evaluates, develops, and promotes universal design in housing, public and commercial facilities, and related products."

HDFS Elderly and Disabled Links to assistive technology; elderly housing options & preferences; housing, aging, and disability statistics; universal design & home accessibility; and disability and housing information.

Home Modification Action Project "Toolbox" contains information on how to create a more accessible home.

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General Resources

Architecture and Interior Design for Twentieth Century America The Gittscho-Schleisner Collection is "comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures." They are located primarily in the northeastern United States, mainly the New York City area, and Florida. Also included are the homes of notable Americans and several U.S. presidents, as well as the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. This is part of the American Memory project of the Library of Congress."

Suggested Books located at Smith

The following books are located on the Fine Arts and Design Resource Table on the main floor of Smith Library.

Interior design sourcebook : a guide to resources on the history and practice of interior design / by Susan A. Lewis R747.016 In8in 1998. Smith Reference Collection.

Encyclopedia of interior design edited by Joanna Banham R747.03 En1en 1997. Smith Reference Collection.

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Online Interior Design Magazines

Canadian Interiors Online version.

House Beautiful Online version.

ISdesigNet Online version of Interiors & Sources Magazine.

National Floor Trends Online Combines Western Floors and Eastern Floors magazines into one online magazine.

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Design Journals at Smith Library

This list contains several, but not all of the journals on interior design at Smith Library. All journals are located alphabetically by title.

Architectural digest Located on the second floor of Smith.

Better Homes and Garden Located on the second floor of Smith.

House Beautiful Located on the second floor of Smith.

Interior Design Located on the second floor of Smith.

Interiors Located on the second floor of Smith.

Interiors & Sources Located on the second floor of Smith.