The Interior Design Reader

Judith Gura is a design historian, author, and educator. Her published works include Postmodernism Design Complete, Interior Landmarks: Treasures of New York (coauthor), A History of Interior Design (coauthor), Design After Modernism: Furniture and Interiors 1970–2010, New York Interior Design: 1935–1985, Sourcebook of Scandinavian Furniture: Designs for the Twenty-First Century, and Guide to Period Styles for Interiors. A graduate of Cornell University, she has a master’s degree in history of design and the decorative arts from the Bard Graduate Center. She is on the faculty of the New York School of Interior Design and has taught at Pratt Institute and FIT. She has curated exhibitions at the New York School of Interior Design and worked on exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum, and the National Museum of Women in Arts. She writes and lecture frequently about Twentieth Century design and decorative arts. She lives in New York, New York.Sarah Falls is the University Librarian at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She has worked as an art librarian in such institutions as the Ohio State University and the New York School of Interior Design. She also serves as a commissioner for the Council of Interior Design Accreditation. She lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.