I'm teaching on the MA Interiors course at the RCA for a bit. The current project is a retail interior design for a charity shop. Not having met any of the students before and being unsure of their skill set & knowledge I decided to bring in a small selection of my books relevant to the project and to my tastes. So many specific retail design books line my shelves, I tried to avoid them.
By the end of the day I had only referenced 3 of the 15 books, conversations and ideas were flowing and books weren't needed.
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| Fitted Furniture - Architect's Detail Library 4 / Iliffe / 1966 |
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| Flea markets in Europe / Chartwell / 1982 |
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| Felixstowe at work / 1994 |
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| Colour and Architecture / Konrad Gatz & Gerhard Achterberg / Batsford / 1967 |
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| Victorian Good and Merchandise / Dover / 1997 |
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| Our true intent is all for your delight / Boot / John Hinde - Martin Parr / 2002 (note to self - clean cover) |
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| Exhibition Design / Arnold Rattenbury / Studio Vista - Van Nostrand Reinhold / 1971 |
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| Haberdashery / William Amsden / Practical Press / c.1920s30s |
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| Cool Shops London / teNeues / 2005 ...the only 'retail design beginners guide' type book in this selection as it gives students a good quick idea of independent retail spaces during the past 10-15years in london |
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| English Shops and Shopping / Kathryn A. Morrison / 2003 |
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| Display Design & Presentation (magazine) / 1946-48 |
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| Welcome to Britain / Jan Williams & Chris Teasdale / headline / 2005 |
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| Memphis / Richard Horn / 1986 I try to fit a bit of Memphis onto every reading list |
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| Rethink / Tom Dixon / Conran Octopus / 2000 |
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| Staircases / Eva Jiricna / Laurence King / 2001 ...not a retail design book but the author Eva is also teaching on the course so i had hoped that she might sign it but i wasn't brave enough to ask her |
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