Some Place Like Home: Using Design Psychology to Create Ideal Places Second Edition - Softcover

Israel, Toby

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578060817 ISBN 13: 9780578060811

Publisher: Design Psychology Press, 2010

Synopsis

"Some Place Like Home" introduces the field of Design Psychology, the practice of architecture, planning and interior design in which psychology is the principal design tool. This 'must read' book continues to influence homeowners, home buyers, designers, teachers and students around the world who are seeking to create ideal, life-enhancing places. In-depth interviews with design superstars Michael Graves, Charles Jencks and Andres Duany illustrate how places remembered from the past contain the seeds of future home and design choices. The Design Psychology exercises used to delve into the 'environmental autobiographies' of Graves, Jencks and Duany can be used by readers to explore their own treasure chests of past places. "Some Place Like Home" is a book for anyone interested in creating authentic, nurturing places with meaning and soul. "Some Place Like Home" . .. is the bible of the field." - L.A. Times (2nd Edition in FULL COLOR)

About this title

From the Back Cover

Defined as "the practice of architecture, planning and interior design in which psychology is the principal design tool", the purpose of Design Psychology is to create environments that reflect the individual or group as well as encourage positive change.

Some Place Like Home introduces the new field of Design Psychology, using in-depth interviews with design superstars Michael Graves, Andres Duany and Charles Jencks to examine how places from the past contain the seeds of future choices – for home locations, dwellings and interior design.

The Design Psychology Exercises used to delve into the ‘environmental autobiographies’ of Graves, Jencks and Duany can in turn be used by readers, themselves, to explore their own environmental treasure chests.

The last portion of the book focuses on the practical application of Design Psychology by showing examples of residential, corporate and institutional projects created via the Design Psychology process. A Design Psychology Toolbox, provided at the end of the book, gives readers hands-on programming exercises they can use to explore and design from their most fulfilling inner experiences.

This is a groundbreaking, ‘must read’ book for anyone seeking to create an ideal environment that feels "Some Place Like Home".

About the Author

Toby Israel, Ph.D. is a founder of the new field of Design Psychology. This new discipline has gained international attention in "The New York Times", "The Financial Times", "The Wall Street Journal," and on NPR's, "Talk of the Nation" and "Radio Times." Trained as an Environmental Psychologist, Dr. Israel has more than thirty years of experience in design, psychology, the arts and education. She has served as a consultant in the USA and UK, as the Visual Arts Coordinator for the NJ State Council on the Arts, and as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln School of Architecture (UK). Through Toby Israel Consulting, Inc. in Princeton, N.J. she works nationally and internationally with designers and clients and as a world-class speaker spreading the word about Design Psychology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0578060817
• ISBN 13: 9780578060811
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248