Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 21 Summary ■ Interior design supports the function, aesthetics, and culture along with protecting the health, safety, and well-being of those who inhabit spaces. ■ Interior design involves working with many people, including clients, team members, and people who inhabit designed spaces. ■ As a valued profession, interior design is multidimensional and complex. ■ Interior design has personal value to designers and clients and shapes behaviors, feelings, and perceptions about a space. ■ A fulfilling career in interior design provides an opportunity to use creativity to meet the needs of others. ■ The design of quality spaces begins with caring about people and the desire to make work and personal spaces function better. ■ Understanding psychological, physical, and sociological needs of humans is important to designing spaces to meet such needs. ■ Effectively designed spaces offer an economic advantage to clients and enhance customer loyalty and brand recognition. ■ Interior design has local, national, and global value that impacts economies. ■ Interior designers support cultural value by creating designs that reflect client cultures. ■ Interior design is human-centered in recognizing the special needs of people and in shaping interior spaces that support cultural and ethnic identify. ■ Interior design is socially responsible in addressing such issues as sustainable design and design for all. Chapter Vocabulary Write the defi nition of each of the following terms. Then write a sentence using each term in a design-related context. built environment collaborate congress design thinking focus group Gross World Product (GWP) health, safety, and well-being (HSW) intangible interior interior design knowledge economy privacy territoriality Chapter 1 Review and Assess