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This is the go-to-guide for anyone wanting to create healthy, humane and sustainable working and living spaces. Whether you're a design professional or just someone who cares about their living space, discover how to create designs that promote mental and physical wellbeing whilst being good for the planet.
From wall coverings to floor coverings, furniture to fabric, and with a special note on nurseries, Rachel Fowler uses her background in healthcare alongside her design expertise to reveal how the way we furnish our living spaces impacts on our health and happiness.
Richly illustrated, with top tips for selecting products, questions to ask when buying materials, information on suppliers and a glossary of sustainable and vegan certifications, this is a unique resource for creating a kinder, more beautiful way of living.
Rachel Fowler used to be a paediatric intensive care nurse before swapping scrubs for a sketch-pad and committing herself to a full-time 3-year degree in interior design. Having graduated with Honours, she now runs her own design business focused on healthy, humane design, including her own line of sustainable wallpaper.
Rachel Fowler used to be a paediatric intensive care nurse before swapping scrubs for a sketch-pad and committing herself to a full-time 3-year degree in interior design. Having graduated with Honours, she moved to Germany and immersed herself further in the design industry, working for an architectural/interior design house in Hamburg. In 2020 she founded her own sustainable and vegan interior design studio, Rachel Fowler Interiors, and developed a new line of bespoke, hand-illustrated, sustainable wallpaper.
Table of Contents
Section
Information
Preface
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Introduction
Chapter 1
Wallcoverings
Introduction to wall coverings.
Paint
Wallpaper
Wood
Concrete
Natural stine
Clay plaster
Cork
Chapter 2
Floor Coverings
Introduction to floor coverings
Bamboo
Palm wood
Natural stone
Tiles
Natural linoleum
Chapter 3
Furniture
Introduction to furniture
Basic materials used in furniture design.
Cheap versus expensive
What makes an item of furniture sustainable and animal friendly.
Alternative approach to buying to furniture.
Made to order or mass produced.
What does furniture add to a space.
Top tips when selecting furniture
Chapter 4
Lighting
Introduction to lighting.
Effects of lighting on our wellbeing.
Environmental effects of lighting.
Traditional methods of lighting.
Sustainable methods of lighting.
Top tips when selecting lighting.
Chapter 5
Fabric
Introduction to fabric
What makes a fabric sustainable and animal friendly.
What fabrics are Considered to be sustainable and animal friendly?
Top tips when buying sustainable and animal friendly fabrics.
Chapter 6
Accessories
Introduction to accessories.
How to successfully accessorize your home or work space.
Top tips
Chapter 7
Infant nurseries
Introduction.
Designing an infant's nursery
Glossary of sustainable and vegan product suppliers
Glossary of sustainable and vegan certifications
Bibliography
Acknowledgment
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