Gay Until Proven Straight: Exploring Perceptions Of Male Interior Design

By using the articles, “A View from the Margin: Interior Design” and “Gay Until Proven Straight: Exploring Perceptions of Male Interior Designers from Male practitioner and Student Perspectives”, and other references, I will explain how my office design is based on these theories. I will have an in-depth explanation of my design concept. Annotated analytical sketches will be included to show how the theory is applied.
There has always been a negative association to the label of an “Interior designer”. Interior design is perceived as being feminine, superficial, and mimetic as compared to a male, rational, and original architecture. Although the subtext is not said out loud, it is still clear: interior design is inferior to architecture. “The

Researches have explored the experiences of gay men working “straight jobs” and men doing “women’s work”, very little research to date has focused on the experience of men (gay and straight) in careers that are stereotypically identified with gay men. This gap will be addressed.
The overall view of interior design is seen as “feminine”. Some see it as a gender neutral profession, but very little see it as masculine. Men in gender-inconsistent occupations face unique challenges that are unlikely those faced by women in the same fields.
Heterosexual men could be concerned that others may stereotype them as “gay” and consider the field itself a stigma while straight men in interior design could consider their heterosexuality a negative stigma. There is a social view that homosexuality correlates to creativity and contributes to a unique design sensibility and methodology, thus making gay men superior

Women are more collegial; women are eager to get the job done and willing to innovate so it can be done successfully. Perhaps; perhaps not” (in-text)
”Women do indeed have different needs from men, and people involved in hospital, auto and other designs specify them. It isn't about pastels and lace; it's about scale, and about the stronger need women have for some personal privacy (intext)”.
Women strongly need a connection to nature (windows, access to the outdoors) and are more sensitive to noise than men—in fact, noise is at the top of their list as a cause of environmental stress. They also seem to have a greater need for moments of personal privacy: the open office is sometimes a pleasure, but women also need a place to withdraw from all that and center themselves in a way men don't.
Women need different things in design than men do. They look for quality, reliability and