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Recommended OER for Interior Design
How to Become an Interior Designer
"The guide provides an overview of things for prospective students interested in this field to contemplate, including how to become an interior designer, types of schools and training programs, the skills they’ll need to succeed and in-depth look at related careers, job prospects and growth outlooks."
Illustrated History of Furniture
"This book represents an account of the changes in the design of Decorative Furniture and Woodwork, from the earliest period of which we have any reliable or certain record until the present time."
Interior Materiality
"This book is authored to form a comprehensive resource for the “hows” and “whys” surrounding the functional and aesthetic contributions of a wide selection of materials and finishes used in multiple spatial design contexts."
Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design
"This book is for the beginning level of both architecture and interior design students who learn computer graphic communication software."
Canvas Commons
This links to Interior Design courses available from Canvas Commons.
Roman Architecture
"This course examines the architecture of Ancient Rome, beginning with its origins in the eighth century BC and continuing through the fourth century AD with the move of the Roman capital to Constantinople."
Digital Commons
This site links to OER articles from the Digital Commons.
Green Store Design
"This document from Tami Katz provides an outline for a classroom unit on designing a "green" or sustainable retail space. The classroom activity asks students to create their own definition of green/sustainable design as applied to the built environment, design a sustainable retail space and research current sustainable building methods."
Journal of Learning Spaces
"A peer-reviewed, open-access journal published biannually, The Journal of Learning Spaces provides a scholarly, multidisciplinary forum for research articles, case studies, book reviews, and position pieces related to all aspects of learning space design, operation, pedagogy, and assessment in higher education."
OER Commons
OER Commons provides a variety of design resources for students.
Professionalism in Design - Is it Possible?
"This seminar covers education of designers, their position in the working global environment and professional practice and what that actually means."
