Design related television : influence on the interior design profession.

Abstract

Interior design is commonly thought to be in the domain of the home, interior design business, or architectural firm. With the emergence of the lifestyle programming genre on television since the early 1990's, interior design is now a part of many design related television programs. The emergence of these programs and entire networks devoted to interior design related programming leads to questions regarding its purpose and impact on the profession of interior design. The purpose of this research is to examine what effect, if any, interior design related television programming has had on the practice of interior design as seen by interior design professionals.