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similar but different

  • Specimen Specimen: a display strategy in which items are arranged in a taxonomic array. If a Specimen display is arranged by chromatic order, it may also be considered a Spectrum display.

expanded research

practice types

bibliographic citations

1) The Interior Archetypes Research and Teaching Project, Cornell University, www.intypes.cornell.edu (accessed month & date, year).

2) Cheng, Courtney. “Theory Studies: Archetypical Showroom Practices in Contemporary Interior Design.” M.A. Thesis, Cornell University, 2012, 186-207