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Interior designers draw
upon many disciplines to enhance the function, safety,
and aesthetics of interior spaces. Their main concerns
are with how different colors, textures, furniture,
lighting, and space work together to meet the needs of a
building’s occupants. Designers plan interior spaces of
almost every type of building, including offices,
airport terminals, theaters, shopping malls,
restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, and private
residences. Good design can boost office productivity,
increase sales, attract a more affluent clientele,
provide a more relaxing hospital stay, or increase a
building’s market value.
Traditionally, most interior designers focused on
decorating - choosing a style and color palette and then
selecting appropriate furniture, floor and window
coverings, artwork, and lighting. However, an increasing
number of designers are becoming involved in
architectural detailing, such as crown molding and
built-in bookshelves, and in planning layouts of
buildings undergoing renovation, including helping to
determine the location of windows, stairways,
escalators, and walkways. |
