Your child’s room is more than just a place for sleeping . . . A treasury of innovative design ideas for creating environments in which children learn as they grow From America’s foremost communicator on designing supportive home environments for kids, here is a design treasury that no parent or professional designer will want to be without. All but a few of the 130 striking full-color photos depict actual kids rooms, not studio setups, that demonstrate workable solutions to design challenges that arise from today’s lifestyles. From space-savers that eliminate the squeeze in tight quarters to home computer stations that adapt to growing bodies, from nurturing nests for newborns to teen retreats that express fledgling maturity, here are quick-change, minimal-expense settings that keep up with a child’s physical, mental, and emotional development.
Focuses on stimulating ways to encourage kid’s special interests–transforming wasted space under stairs into a play nook; recasting the attic and upper section of a closet as an intriguing hideaway; using walls for 3-D display and interactive learning
Features child-welcoming decor for residential kitchens, bathrooms, family, and play areas Taps the latest research and includes insights and suggestions from a variety of experts–from leading psychologists’ ideas on room features that help bridge the divide in shared custody, to an architect’s tips on how to enliven allergy-free settings Ro Logrippo’s internationally syndicated column, „In My Room,” is a continuing source of ideas and inspiration for parents and design professionals interested in creating supportive home environments for infants, young children, and teenagers. Now, in In My World, Ms. Logrippo shares the fruits of nearly a decade of researching, writing, and consulting about living and learning environments for the young.
Part design treasury, part design guide, this stunningly illustrated book provides hundreds of design ideas while it describes a dynamic approach to designing for children that was developed by the author’s late partner, legendary children’s designer Antonio Torrice.
