Research-Inspired Design: A Step-by-Step Guide for Interior Designers

This textbook/workbook prepares interior design students for understanding how to change their professional practice from a project-based activity to a knowledge-based activity. Robinson and Parman address the different forms of quantitative and qualitative information, the different sources of materials (especially in the age of the Internet), and how to differentiate these sources and types of information. Instructors will find the text a vital research aid for the student to develop analytical skills and help them transform these scientific models into unique and innovative processes for their design projects.

Student resources featuring sample projects and documents and additional resources can be found at
https://www.fairchildbooks.com/studio-resources

Lily is a licensed architect in New York and California, NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualifications) certified, member of IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council) and member of ANFA (Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture) and ACE (ANFA Center for Education), a group of architects and neuroscientists interested in promoting new ways of teaching and evaluating architecture by incorporating the findings of natural and social sciences into design for the built environment.


In her professional practice, Lily specializes in residential remodels, additions and ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units).


She is currently an adjunct faculty in the Architecture Program in the College of Social/Behavioral Sciences and Multicultural Studies at San Diego Mesa College.