Interior Design Historical Overview

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Interior Design History

• No specific date
• No specific person

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• Interiors for storage, protection, and ceremony

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• As Greek and Roman civilizations constructed
  elaborate buildings for specific purposes with
  the architecture and interiors viewed as
  connected

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• As building were constructed the interior space
  became more significant

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• Interior decoration was preformed by architects

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• Architecture and interior design became a
  showcase for the wealthy

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• Not much has changed

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• The idea of decoration became thought of as a
  direction separate from architecture
• Decoration is concerned with the application of
  surface, ornament, color, textiles, furniture and
  accessories

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• The idea of interior design is more of the
  interior being thought of as a whole.
• The shape, function, activity and users became
  more important. All aspects of the interior
  became a single entity to create an environment

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• Frank Lloyd Wright

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• Frank Lloyd Wright

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• Frank Lloyd Wright

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• Women in interior design
• Elsie de Wolfe the first interior designer
• Member of the upper class
• she used her knowledge of
• art and furniture to create refined residential
  interiors

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• After WWI the middle class became more prosperous
  and the art deco style revolutionized the
  architecture and interior design of commercial
  buildings

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• Dorothy Draper became one the first female
  interior designers of commercial spaces

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• Today the role of interior designer is varied but
  the goal is to create interiors that reflect or
  ideals and inspire us to think, feel and believe.
  

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