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The history of women’s involvement in interior design is rich and varied. It is a discipline where women enjoy an equal standing with their male counterparts, yet it is typically framed as a design practice especially suited to women, secondary to the heroic role of architect or furniture designer.
This timely survey explores the ways in which women have shaped the built environment beyond the confines of the home, revealing their careers as true tastemakers of the twentieth and twenty-first century.
Making Space shines a light on the diverse and influential work of 250 women who design interiors – well-known, unsung, and emerging – from more than 50 countries.
The featured designers represent myriad styles, from flamboyant maximalism to artfully arranged minimalism. There are the big names, such as Rose Uniacke, Kelly Wearstler, and Brigette Romanek; pioneers, including Dorothy Draper, Sibyl Colefax, and Elsie de Wolfe; and those who have been almost entirely written out of history.
Beautifully designed and illustrated with hundreds of striking photographs, Making Space will inspire anyone who cares about the spaces within which they live.
Designers featured include: Sophie Ashby, Sofía Aspe, Gae Aulenti, Kelly Behun, Madeleine Castaing, Sibyl Colefax, Athena Calderone, Ilse Crawford, Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei, Dorothy Draper, Nathalie and Virginie Droulers, Shahira Fahmy, Beata Heuman, Katie Lockhart, Yana Molodykh, Tekla Evelina Severin, and Pamela Shamshiri.
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A global survey of 250 of the most creative women practicing interior design from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day.
Making Space: Interior Design by Women
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socius (SOH-shee-uhss) design is a locally-owned design shop, studio & lifestyle boutique located in the Lowertown neighborhood near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Explore an edited mix of beautiful and practical objects in the categories of lighting and decor, furniture, kitchen and bath, dining and entertaining, fashion and self-care, creative process and inspiration, renovation materials and supplies, and more. Shop these goods online or in-person at our brick and mortar shop.
We also offer private before/after-hours shopping reservations, event-based shopping, workshops and classes, space rental for events, design services, custom consultations, and product and material sourcing from an exhaustive collection of design goods, furniture, lighting, wallpaper, tile, fabric and supplies that are outside of our day-to-day inventory.
Above all, we seek to be a style and design resource—a place to find inspiration, community, and learning.
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