Guide to Interior Design
Websites:
Comprehensive Web Sites | Specialized Web SitesHistory | Furniture | Textiles | Associations | News & Magazines | Home Improvement, Maintenance & Construction
Books:
Suggested Subjects Headings | Recommended Reference Books
Databases
Online
- WilsonWeb
- "Open database selection" to the following databases for the best results: Art Full-Text, Humanities Full-Text and Reader's Guide Full-Text. Biography Reference Center is very good for biographical and historical information on a person.
- Academic Search Complete
- Can be combined with other databases for a more powerful search - Business Source Complete, Newspaper Source, Regional Business News, World History.
- Business Source Complete (can be combined with other databases for a more powerful search - Academic Search Complete, Newspaper Source, Regional Business News...)
- Oxford Art
- Includes history of fashion and costume. Click under: EXPLORE > Art and Art Forms > Interior Design or Architecture > click on a topic that appears on the right side of the screen. Includes images.
- eLibrary
- Great source of images.
- InfoTrac Newspapers
Print Index
- Architectural Index
Check the Periodicals Guide to insure that the Library subscribes to the print journal you need. Request journals at the Circulation Counter.
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Comprehensive Web Sites
- Interior Sources: Links to the Best
- Links to: reference sources, organizations, career opportunities, computer design, environmental resources, lighting, and trade shows.
- Designare Interior
- Links to leading designers, associations, products, and more!
- Design Addict
- Modern and post-modern products and architecture. Links to over 350 designers. Products can be found by historical period, function, or material.
- About.com: Interior Design as a Profession
- Architecture-Design Links
- Links to: faqs, materials, architectural drawings, building materials, green architectural information, environmental resources.
- Building Environments: 3D Visualization of Buildings & Supplies
- Decorating Secrets
- Links to color scheme examples and tips, fabrics, tutorials (hanging pictures, hanging wallpaper), product FAQs, decorating FAQs...
- Designer Index **
- Directory of Design and Decoration
- E-teriors: Links to Interior Supplies
- Home Portfolio: Products Directory & Showcase Gallery
- Interior Design Directory
- Internet Design Center: Online Resource for Designers & Architects
- Styles for Living: Product Gallery & Showcase
History
- Intute: Directory of the Best Sites (formerly ADAM)
- History of Interiors
- Browse the links to information relevant to the past 100 years (not in a specific order) and then click on the images. Includes catalog reprints, etc.
- Geffrye Museum: Virtual Interiors Tours
- Covers the 1600 to present time periods.
- Modernism: History of Interior Design, Decoration, Furniture
- Covering the 1880's to the 1940's in America and Europe, providing a timeline and overview of the decoratvie arts (Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, De Stijl, Wiener Werkstatte, Art Deco...).
- Periods and Styles (About.com)
- Artlex Illustrated Dictionary
- Victoria & Albert Musuem: Virtual Collection
- Search over 30,000 works and 50,000 images, including ceramics, fashion, furniture, glass, metalwork, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and textiles from the VAM collection.
- Chipstone
- Early American furniture, British pottery, along with American historical prints.
- Bradbury & Bradbury Historic Wallpapers
- Over 140 patterns of Victorian, Arts & Crafts, neo-Classical designs from early British and American periods.
- American Homes in History: What Was It Like?
- Design Museum
- Focus on the 20th and 21st centuries
Furniture
- Illustrated History of Furniture: eBook
- FM4: Furniture History, Design and Industry
- French Furniture - Le Garde-Meuble (Smithsonian digital collection)
- Decorative Arts & Design of the 20th Century
- Design Boom: Modern Designers & Links to Their Collections
- Design Engine: Modern Furniture Gallery
- History of Chair Designs
- Modern Chairs
Textiles
- Vintage American Textiles
- History of Wool
- Textile Arts (includes historical swatches)
- FiberWorld Classroom
- AFMA Fiber World
- Baker Textiles Product Information
- CIRFS
- Fashion & Design Textile Dictionary
- Persian Rugs
- Textile Tradition in India
- Tribal Oriental Rugs & Textiles (Marla Mallett)
Specialized Web Sites
- Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities
- Code Check: Help with Building Codes
- Municipal Codes Online
- Zoning Codes
- Contractor License Reference Site
- Digital Library of the Decorative Arts
- Fabric Link
- Links to consumer tips, fabric care, fiber history & production, home furnishings, retail & manufacturing links.
- Feng Shui Made Easy
- Green Design
- History of Industrial Design
- Online book with information arranged by designer and by product.
- Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
- Institute of Store Planners
- Links to design resources (carpet, furniture, online design magazines.), think tank synthesizers, creative arts (CAD), green design, interior design schools, and lighting.
- Sweets On-Line
Associations
- Interior Designers Society of America
- Professional Directory of Associations and People in the Industry
- ASID
- ASID: Dallas Chapter
News & Magazines
The Library subscribes to the following publications. The most recent issue is on display and back issues are available at the Circulation Counter. Bound issues are shelved in the upper level of the Library. Check the Periodicals Guide for information on the previous years shelved or bound.
| Interior Design Architecture Architectural Digest Antiques Art in America |
Architectural Record House & Garden Southern Accents Old House Journal House Beautiful Southern Living |
Home Decorating, Improvement, Maintenance & Construction
- Advanced Building Technologies
- ASHI: Home Inspection
- Bob Vila
- Building Online
- DecoratingStudio
- Do It Yourself
- Do It Yourself
- Home and Garden TV
- Home Doctor: Home Remodeling & Repair Tips
- Home Guide 1 2 3...
- Includes tips on home remodeling, basic FAQs...
- About: Articles and Links to Home Repair
- Home Guide: 123...
- Links to home tips (such as bug entermination, home improvement tips, guides for updates, and more.
- Home Improvement: Best of the Links
- Home Portfolio: Decorating Tips
- Home Store: Remodeling Tips
- Home Time Home Improvement and Repair
- Improvenet
- Knowledge Hound How-tos: Home Improvement
- National Association of the Remodeling Industry
- Natural Handyman's Repair and Maintenance
- Old House Web
- Popular Mechanics Home Improvement Ideas and Tips
- Remodeling Show
- Start Remodeling (including pre-screened contractors by location)
- This Old House Online
- Tim Carter's Home Improvement Center
Suggested Subject Headings
Do a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search in the Online catalog for your topic. After doing your search, you can limit the results to books at El Centro by selecting the Limit Your Search button.
| architectural drawing architecture and society building decoration and ornament architectural color decoration and ornament furniture kitchens dwellings - remodeling |
lighting architectural and decorative design services drapery lighting store decoration visual communication textile fabrics interior decoration |
Recommended Reference Books
in-library use only
Encyclopedia of Interior Design
REF NK 1165 E48
Elements of Style
REF NA 2850 E44
Encyclopedia of Textiles
REF TTS 1445 A45
Architectural Graphic Standards
REF TH 2031 R35
Sweet File Catalogs
REF TH 455 S7864
Oxford Companion to the Decorative Arts
REF NK 30 O93
Building Design & Construction Handbook
REF TH 151 B825
Book of 20th Century Design
REF NK 1390 S62
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
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Dallas, TX
Last Updated:
October 2, 2008