Part one of term paper
Television programmes, such as 'Changing Rooms' and lifestyle magazines such as 'Living etc' suggest criteria for designing your own individual space and are becoming ever more popular. For instance the increase of the number of home interest titles published has increased from 17 in 1993 to 27 in 1999 (MINTEL, 24/06/98 p.14), and the amount ...

Part two of term paper
... media coverage may suggest individuality but are we creating our own space or are these suggestions, dictations from designers on how we should live? This dissertation will examine this issue and shall also determine whether the market for home interest magazines can sustain the present number of titles and generate new ones; whether the general public has no more desire to decorate their homes; where this growth in the market for designing your own home interiors initially came from. But u ...