1st Edition
Research Methods for Interior Design Applying Interiority
Introduction Dana E. Vaux and David Wang
Chapter 1 Focus Groups
Introduction
Interiority at the Scale of Neighborhoods: Exploring the health experiences of three cultural groups Tasoulla Hadjiyanni
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 2 Design ethnography
Introduction
Understanding User Experience within Flexible Workplaces: An Ethnographic Approach Isil Oygur, Ozgur Gocer and Ebru Ergoz Karahan
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 3 Narrative inquiry
Introduction
Narratives of Healing: The Records of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in the Era of the Great Depression Erin Cunningham
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 4 Applied historic preservation:
Introduction
A Local Meeting Place: The Adaptive Reuse of the Huffman House Lisa Tucker
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 5 Oral histories
Introduction
Living and Moving, Thingly (Interior) History Bryan D. Orthel
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 6 Philosophical method
Introduction
Interior Design in the Common Sense David Wang
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 7 Logical argumentation
Introduction
Understanding Place Meaning through Ethos Intensive Objects Dana E. Vaux
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 8 Mixed methods
Introduction
Validating ‘feeling at home’: Developing a Psychological Construct Pattern to aid in the Design of Environments for the Homeless Jill Pable
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 9 Correlation
Introduction
Correlating Interior Lighting with Teacher Productivity Levels in the Public preK-12 Classroom Alana Pulay
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 10 Scale Creation
Introduction
Measuring the "Thirdplaceness" of Social Media Platform Michael R. Langlais and Dana E. Vaux
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 11 Virtual simulation
Introduction
Biometric Data and Virtual Response Testing in a Classroom Design Saleh Kalantari
Discussion and Exercises
Chapter 12 Creative scholarship
Introduction
Computational design: organic growth and research tactics. Interview with Andrew Kudless by David Wang and Dana E. Vaux
Discussion and Exercises
Index
Biography
Dana E. Vaux, PhD, is Associate Professor of Interior and Product Design at University of Nebraska Kearney. Her interdisciplinary scholarship investigates the connections between cultural-historical meanings and place.
David Wang, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Washington State University. He has published extensively on design research, most notably, with Linda Groat, Architectural Research Methods, 2nd edition, 2013.
