What is FF&E? Confusion abounds for this acronym, which really means “furniture, furnishings and equipment,” not “fixtures, furniture and equipment” or “furnishings, finishes and equipment,” etc. (For more, see AIA document A275, which defines a typical scope and general conditions for an FF&E contract). Should you specify an espagnolette for those doors and a night latch, as well? Do you really need French pleats or just pencil pleats for those dupioni drapes? Did you know that the acronym FOB on your furniture invoice means “free on board,” a pricing term indicating that the quoted price covers all expenses up to and including delivery of goods upon an overseas vessel provided by or for the buyer? For answers to these and other perplexing and exotic questions, please consult the resources listed below. Wishing you delightful reading and happy surfing!
Webography
AIA Interior Architecture Knowledge Committee
Furniture Websites of Interest:
1st dibs, portal site for vintage furniture and feature articles on heavy hitting interior designers
Wright, venerable auction house for vintage furniture and decorative art objects
Reform Gallery, Californian Modernism furniture and decorative arts
Blackman Cruz, eccentric collection of furnishings and decorative arts with a Hollywood point of view
Domestic Furniture, Roy McMakin’s idiosyncratic bespoke furniture with Shaker, California, and fine arts roots
Interiordezine, portal site for interior design and decorating education information
IIDA Knowledge Center, part of the International Interior Design Association web archive
Material ConneXion, a membership-based resource of innovative materials
Natural Colour System, created in Scandinavia as an international color language and adopted in Europe
Bibliography
Abercrombie, Stanley, A Century of Interior Design 1900-2000: The Designers, the Products, and the Profession. New York: Rizzoli, 2003.
Abercrombie, Stanley, A Philosophy of Interior Design. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1990.
Deliyannis, Melina, for the AIA Interior Architecture Knowledge Community, Significant Interiors. Victoria, Australia: Images Publishing Group, Pty., 2008.
Batchelor, David, Chromophobia. London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2000.
Kaufman, Donald and Taffy Dahl, Color: Natural Palette for Painted Rooms. New York: Random House, 1992.
Knackstedt, Mary V., The Challenge of Interior Design: Professional Values and Opportunities. New York: Allworth Press, 2008.
Malnar, Joy Monice and Frank Vodvarka, The Interior Dimension: A Theoretical Approach to Enclosed Space. New York: Wiley, 1991.
Pile, John, Interior Design, 4th edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2007.
Rice, Charles, The Emergence of the Interior: Architecture, Modernity, Domesticity. London: Routledge, 2007.
Taylor, Mark and Julieanna Preston, Intimus: Interior Design Theory Reader. Chichester, England; Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Academy, 2006.
Periodicals and Webzines
Abitare, a bi-lingual Italian publication with provocative articles across design disciplines: http://abitare.corriere.it/index_eng.shtml
ASID ICON, a publication of the American Society of Interior Designers
Contract, covering commercial interior projects
Core 77, an industrial design magazine and resource site for professionals and students
Domus, a bi-lingual Italian publication with international coverage of art, architecture, and design
Iconeye, a UK sister magazine to Icon, the UK lifestyle magazine, covering architects and designers, cultural movements, technologies and an eclectic range of films, books, and exhibits
Interior Design, covering a wide range of interior projects
Metropolis, up to the minute coverage of a wide range of design disciplines and topics
World of Interiors, a British publication primarily featuring residential projects wide-ranging in style
Originally published 4th quarter 2008, in arcCA 08.4, “Interiors + Architecture.”
