Hussein Chalayan: No Man's Land

Interior design, as a relatively young discipline within the academic world of design, has historically been interpreted as an extension of other fine arts. Narratives exist, but they all too often treat interior design as a function of architecture or display rather than experience. An independent interior design theory is virtually nonexistent. Professor Lois Weinthal envisions a future where interior design is treated with parity to architecture and industrial design, a future with a new interior.

First published in Hussein Chalayan, by Caroline Evans, Suzy Menkes, Bradley Quinn & Ted Polhemus, NAi Publications, 2005

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