Interiors in the Era of Covid-19
Interior Design between the Public and Private Realms
Penny Sparke editor Stephen Knott editor Pat Kirkham editor Dr Ersi Ioannidou editor Dr Jana Scholze editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:23rd Feb '23
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Examining the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns on the domestic interior worldwide.
The Covid-19 lockdowns caused people worldwide to be confined to their homes for longer and on a greater scale than ever before. This forced many unprecedented changes to the way we treat domestic space – as relationships shifted between the public and the private worlds, and homes were rapidly adapted to accommodate the additional roles of schools, offices, gyms, restaurants, making-spaces and more. Above all, our understanding of the home as a site to support and enhance the well-being of its inhabitants changed in a variety of novel ways. Interiors in the Era of Covid is a collection of essays which explore the complex ways in which our inside spaces (contemporary and historical) have responded to Covid-19 and other human crises. With case studies ranging from US and Europe to Japan, China, Colombia, and Bangladesh, this is a truly global work which examines wide-ranging subjects from home-working and home technologies, to the impact of lockdown on people’s identities, gender roles in the home, and the realities of domestic living with Covid in refugee camps. Exploring the roles played by designers (both amateur and professional) in accommodating changing requirements and anticipating future ones – whether Covid or beyond – this book is a must-read for students and researchers in interior design, architecture, architectural and design history, and anyone interested in the home and the relationships between health and design.
Addressing interiors from Sweden to Bangladesh, practices from bedroom Zumba to home museology, and sounding echoes from 17th century plagues and 1930s mediascapes, this timely book explores two years in which domestic interiors, everywhere, were transformed, and became an everywhere. * Ed Hollis, Professor of Interior Design, University of Edinburgh, UK *
This compelling collection turns the interior during the Covid-19 crisis into a kind of window through which we see beyond the present to a range of historical crises in diverse global locations. The question of domestic arrangement in a seemingly limited space turns into an expansive kaleidoscope of normally veiled ecologies of health, whiteness, hygiene, plants, exercise, media, justice, art, education, advertising, and secrets. * Beatriz Colomina, Howard Crosby Butler Professor of the History of Architecture, Princeton University, USA *
ISBN: 9781350294226
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312 pages