Deborah Schneiderman

Deborah Schneiderman, PhD, RA, LEED-AP, is a tenured Professor of Interior Design at Pratt Institute and principal/founder of deSc: architecture/design/research. Schneiderman’s scholarship and praxis explore the emerging fabricated environment and its materiality. Schneiderman’s publications include the books The Prefabricated Interior, Upkeep, Repair, and Maintenance in Adaptive Interiors, Textile, Technology and Design: From Interior Space to Outer Space, Interiors Beyond Architecture, Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors, Inside Prefab: The Ready-Made Interior, The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History,  Interior Design on Edge, and Appropriated Interiors. She has published multiple journal articles and chapters in edited volumes, including The Interior Architecture Theory Reader (Routledge) and The Handbook of Design for Sustainability (Bloomsbury). Schneiderman has exhibited work and lectured internationally at peer-reviewed conferences and invited venues, including the Storefront for Art and Architecture, The Center for Architecture, and Van Alen Institute. She is also the recipient of multiple awards, including the Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal for Architecture and Allied Arts, The inaugural Pratt Research Recognition Award, the Interior Design Educators Council Book Award for Interiors Beyond Architecture, the Interior Design Educators Council Service Award, CIDA (Council for Interior Design Education) Excellence in Interior Design Education Honorable Mention, and the Interior Design Educators Council Book Award for Inside Prefab: The Ready-Made Interior. Schneiderman earned her Bachelor of Science in Design and Environmental Analysis from Cornell University, an MArch from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), and a PhD in Architecture from the University of Westminster (London, UK).

B.S. Design and Environmental Analysis | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY

M.Arch. |  SCI-Arc | Los Angeles, CA

PhD Architecture | University of Westminster |  London, UK

The Prefabricated Interior | Author
Inside Prefab: The Ready-Made Interior | Author
The Prefab Bathroom: An Architectural History | Author
Textile Technology and Design: From Interior Space to Outer Space | Editor and Author
Interiors Beyond Architecture | Editor and Author
Appropriated Interiors | Editor and Author
Interiors Design on Edge: History, theory, Praxis | Editor and Author
Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors | Editor
Upkeep, Repair, and Maintenance in Adaptive Interiors | Editor