Post by afnan ashraf

Recognition in architectural discourses are historically anchored and mediated through institutional authority, publications, pedagogical frameworks and canon formations. This bandwagon of exclusion and recognition extends beyond architecture into interior design, where historical patterns of erasure and marginalization continue to persist. The marginalization of interior design as a profession is mirrored in media representation and publications where magazines have shaped interior design as a matter of taste, emotion, and intuition, reinforcing its association with femininity. Unlike architecture, which is supposedly rooted in Vitruvian ideals of mathematical precision and intellectual rigor, interior design remains tethered to perceptions of decorative embellishment. To read further, the full essay is shared below. #architecture #interiordesign #visibility #designdiscourse