Mid-Century Modern Interiors explores the history of interior design during arguably its most iconic and influential period. The 1930s to the 1960s in the United States was a key moment for interior design. It not only saw the emergence of some of interior design's most globally-important designers, it also saw the field of interior design emerge at last as a profession in its own right. Through a series of detailed case studies this book introduces the key practitioners of the period – world-renowned designers including Ray and Charles Eames, Richard Neutra, and George Nelson – and examines how they developed new approaches by applying systematic and rational principles to the creation of interior spaces. It takes us into the mind of the designer to show how they each used interior design to express their varied theoretical interests, and reveals how the principles they developed have become embodied in the way interior design is practiced today. This focus on unearthing the underlying ideas and concepts behind their designs rather than on the finished results creates a richer, more conceptual understanding of this pivotal period in modernist design history. With an extended introduction setting the case studies within the broader context of twentieth-century design and architectural history, this book provides both an introduction and an in-depth analysis for students and scholars of interior design, architecture and design history.

《中世纪现代室内设计》探讨了室内设计的历史，可以说是其最具标志性和影响力的时期。20世纪30年代至60年代在美国是室内设计的一个关键时刻。它不仅见证了一些室内设计中最具有全球影响力的设计师的出现，也见证了室内设计领域最终作为一种职业而出现。本书通过一系列详细的案例研究，介绍了这一时期的主要从业者--包括雷和查尔斯-埃姆斯、理查德-诺伊特拉和乔治-纳尔逊在内的世界知名设计师--并研究了他们如何通过应用系统和理性的原则来创造室内空间来发展新方法。它带领我们进入设计师的头脑，展示他们各自如何利用室内设计来表达他们不同的理论兴趣，并揭示了他们开发的原则如何在今天的室内设计实践中得到体现。这种专注于发掘他们设计背后的基本思想和概念，而不是关注最终的结果，这为现代主义设计史上的这一关键时期创造了更丰富、更有概念性的理解。本书通过扩展的介绍，将案例研究置于二十世纪设计和建筑史的大背景下，为室内设计、建筑和设计史的学生和学者提供介绍和深入分析。