Patterns in Interior Environments Perception, Psychology, and Practice

by Rodemann, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780471241621
• ISBN10: 0471241628
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Patterns in Interior Environments lets you zero in on your clients' needs and preferences by asking just a few simple questions-saving time and reducing frustration while enhancing customer satisfaction.

Author Biography

<b>PATRICIA A. RODEMANN</b> is President and owner of Designed for Success, a product design, development, and interiors market research firm. She has 20 years of experience in the design industry and her articles have appeared in such publications as the ASID Report, Contract Wallcoverings, Specifiers Guide, the Wall Paper, the Color Marketing Groups Color Chips, and Neocon conference proceedings.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(2)
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
CHAPTER 1 The Patterns We Select. The Patterns That Surround Us.	7	(12)
CHAPTER 2 Who Selects Which Type of Pattern	19	(12)
CHAPTER 3 Pattern Language and Response	31	(50)
CHAPTER 4 Perception Psychology: How Our Eyes and Brain Process Pattern	81	(26)
CHAPTER 5 Psychological Effects of Pattern Design and Our Cultural Perceptions	107	(26)
CHAPTER 6 Cultural, Historic, and Environmental Nuances of Pattern	133	(18)
CHAPTER 7 Pattern Rules, Principles, and Techniques	151	(18)
CHAPTER 8 Color Combinations, Styles, and Pattern	169	(24)
CHAPTER 9 The Style Language of Pattern in Home and Workplace	193	(28)
CHAPTER 10 Working with Pattern for Specific Effect	221	(22)
Bibliography and Sources	243	(6)
Index	249