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Fairchild Books Interior Design Library: Introduction

Fairchild Books Interior Design Library

       

Fairchild Books Interior Design Library

Fairchild Books Interior Design Library is the leading resource for students and researchers of interior design studies. It provides all in one digital access to textbooks and supplementary teaching and learning resources. Interdisciplinary in nature with great visual and integrated content, it is designed to support course delivery and learning across all levels of the interior design curriculum from the history of interior design to professional practice. It is invaluable for researchers in the areas of interior design construction, building systems, space design, drawing, textiles, design theory, history and criticism. 

It can be accessed through the library catalogue or through Open Athens by selecting Fairchild Books Interior Design Library.

 

Content Highlights of Fairchild Books Interior Design Library 

 

Benefits for Research and Learning:

  • Harness teaching resources that integrate directly with reading assignments and classroom teaching - developed by authors expressly to support tutors
  • Enhance student learning with tools including quizzes, videos, revision flashcards, personalisation features allowing them to share and print content
  • Support close engagement with visual materials via the high resolution one and two-page PDF viewer, which makes it easier for students to follow along with techniques, concepts and text book assignments.
  • Browse content of interest seamlessly by pre-grouped subject areas searching the tailored taxonomy for keywords or navigate straight to relevant teaching or learning resources 

Subject Area

Browse Fairchild Books interior Design Library database by Subject Area:

  • Interior Construction and Building Systems
  • Representing Space: Drawing, Modelling and Cad
  • Interior Design: Principles and Approaches
  • Professional and Business Practice
  • Elements of Interior Design
  • Interior Design: History, Theory and Criticism 

Video Resource

STUDIO Features

Enhance your learning experience with interactive digital materials including:

  • Self-assessment quizzes
  • Vocabulary and visual flashcards
  • Videos 
  • PDF and excel forms 

STUDIO features can be accessed via the table of contents on the book page for the relevant titles or in the STUDIO section at the top of the chapters.

References

References 

Bloomsbury Digital Resources n.d, About fairchild books interior design library. Available at: https://www.fairchildbooksinteriordesign.com/about-fairchild-books-interior-design-library [2 February 2023]

Bloomsbury Publishing (2020) Introducing fairchild books interior design library. 5 August. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HAVv571V4k [Accessed 6 February 2023]

Spacejoy Photography (2021) White and brown living room set. Available at: https://unsplash.com/photos/9M66C_w_ToM [Accessed 7 February 2023]