Kitchen and Bath Design Principles: Elements, Form, Styles

Kitchen & Bath Design Principles, Second Edition explains the elements and principles of design and applies them to actual kitchen and bath situations, enabling the designer to clearly understand how to apply the tools of design to their daily business practice. Completely revised and greatly expanded, this Second Edition more closely corresponds with the standards of interior design education, including the global and cultural influences on kitchen and bath design. A major component of this book remains the stylistic themes used in these rooms, from Italian Tuscan, to Japonisme, to Urban Contemporary. After surveying this section, the designer will be able to translate the information on the architecture, furniture, styles and fashions of each era in order to establish a theme for a kitchen or bathroom project. As part of the NKBA's Professional Resource Library, this volume shows that aesthetic design is as important as functional space planning in kitchens and bathrooms.