The Senses in Interior Design: Sensorial Expressions and Experiences
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The Senses in Interior Design: Sensorial Expressions and Experiences
By (Author) John Potvin
Edited by Marie-ve Marchand
Edited by Benoit Beaulieu
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st July 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Architecture: interior design
Decorative arts
Social and cultural history
747
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 170mm, Height 240mm
Description
The senses in interior design examines how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors.
The chapters explore how the body navigates and negotiates the realities of designed interiors and challenge the traditional focus on star designers or ideal interiors that have left sensorial agency at the margins of design history. From the sensually gendered role of the fireplace in late sixteenth century Italy to the synaesthetic decors of Comte Robert de Montesquiou and the sensorial stimuli of Aesop stores, each chapter brings a new perspective on the central role that the senses have played in the conception, experiences and uses of interiors.
Author Bio
John Potvin is a Professor of Art History at Concordia University
Marie-ve Marchand is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Art History at Concordia University
Benoit Beaulieu is a PhD Candidate in Art History at Concordia University
