John Turpin, Ph.D., FIDEC

John Turpin is the founding Dean of the David R. Hayworth School of Arts and Design and Professor of Interior Design at High Point University. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate-level courses in interior design. Before coming to HPU, he was chair of the Department of Interior Design at Washington State University, where he participated in a number of interdisciplinary courses and activities at the Interdisciplinary Design Institute in Spokane. Turpin has a Ph.D. in Design History, Theory, and Criticism from Arizona State University. His research focuses on women and the development of the interior design profession and has been published in numerous journals and books. He is a member of the Interior Design Educators Council’s College of Fellows, a founding editor of Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture, and past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Interior Design. He is currently the supervising editor for Bloomsbury’sCultural History of Interiors division.

HIGHLIGHTS

Publications 

Journal Editor

Journal of Interior Design. Boston: Wiley Blackwell.

Editor-in-Chief (May 2015-2020)

Interiors: Design, Architecture, and Culture. London: Berg Publishers.

Co-editor with Anne Massey, Kingston University, UK (2009-2014)

Series Editor

Turpin, J. (in progress). Cultural History of Interiors. London: Bloomsbury.

Book Chapters

Turpin, J. (2017). Decorator turned merchandiser: The retail displays of Dorothy Draper. In A. Lasc, P. Betancourt, and M. Petty (Eds.) Architectures of Display: Department Stores and Modern Retail. London: Ashgate, pp. 92-105.

Turpin, J. (2015). Dorothy Draper and the American housewife: A study of class values and success. In N. Blossom and J. Thompson (Eds.) The Handbook of Interior Design. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 29-45.

Turpin, J. (2013). Rethinking canons + paradigms. In G. Brooker and L. Weinthal (Eds.)The Handbook of Interior Architecture and Design. London: Berg Publishers, pp. 28-39.

Turpin, J. (2013). Ornament: A physical language of design and culture. In T. Poldma (Ed.) Meanings of Designed Spaces: Social, Cultural and Philosophical Essays about People, Spaces and Interior Environments. New York: Fairchild Books, pp. 158-174.

Turpin, J. (2013). The dining room: Measuring the gap between the Edwardians and the Moderns. In G. Downey (Ed.) Domestic Interiors: Representing Homes from the Victorians to the Moderns. London: Berg Publishers, pp. 61-73.

Turpin, J. and Kucko, J. (2012). Relevance. In D. Guerin (Ed.) Exploration of Interiors Educational Strategies in North America. International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers.

Turpin, J. (2010). Designing for diverse users: A cultural imperative. In D. Guerin and C. Martin (Eds.), The State of the Interior Design Profession. New York: Fairchild Publishing, pp. 326-331.

Turpin, J., and Guerin, D. (2010). Women in Interior Design: The development of leaders. In K. O’Connor (ed.), Gender & Women’s Leadership: A Reference Handbook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, pp. 948-955.

Turpin, J. (2007). Chapter 10: Interiors: Cultural blueprints of human existence. In W. McClure and T. Bartuska (Eds.), The Built Environment: A Creative Inquiry into Design and Planning. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 119-129.

Turpin, J. (2006). Domestic doyennes: Purveyors of atmospheres spoken and visual. In M. Taylor and J. Preston’s (Eds.) Intimus: Interior Design Theory Reader. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 368-374.

Turpin, J. (1997).  Dorothy Draper. In J. Banham (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Interior Design. London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, vol. 1, pp. 385-388.

Refereed Articles 

Kucko, J., Turpin, J., and Pable, J. (2009). A single Interior Design professional association: The time is now. Journal of Interior Design 34(3), vii-xx.

Blossom, N. and Turpin, J. (2008). Risk as a window to agency: A case study of three decorators. Journal of Interior Design 34(1), 1-13.

Turpin, J. (2007). The history of women in Interior Design: A review of literature. Journal of Interior Design 33(1), 1-16.

Turpin, J. (2003). Interior space: A site for social criticism. Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education 21, 107-118.

Turpin, J. (2003). Domestic doyennes: Purveyors of atmospheres spoken and visual. In.Form: The Journal of Architecture, Design & Material Culture 3, 42-54.

Turpin, J. (2001). Omitted, devalued, ignored: Re-evaluating the historical interpretation of women in the history of the Interior Design profession. Journal of Interior Design 27(1), 1-11.

Turpin, J. (2000). The doors of Dorothy Draper: Vestiges of Victorian manners with a middle class sensibility. In.Form: The Journal of Architecture, Design & Material Culture 1, 8-15.

Turpin, J.  (1997).  Diplomat, democrat, dictator: The client/designer relationships of Dorothy Draper. In In the Mix: Designers, Clients, Critics. Iowa State University Printing Press, 15-18.

Awards / Honors / Accomplishments 

2019 Interior Design Educators Council’s Service Award

2014 Interior Design Educators Council’s Service Award

2012 Interior Design Educators Council’s Service Award

2012 Council of Editors of Learned Journals Best New Journal Award for Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture

2011 ASWSU-S Student Choice Award for Academic Excellence in Teaching

2010 DesignIntelligence Most Admired Educators of 2011

2010 University College Assessment Leadership Award for the Dept. of Interior Design

2010 Inductee of the Interior Design Educators Council’s College of Fellows

2010 Interior Design Educators Council’s Presidential Award

2010 IDEC Award of Excellence: Best Poster, (Mai Sairafi and John Turpin).

2010 IDEC Award of Excellence: Paper Presentation Finalist

2009 IDEC Award of Excellence: Best Paper

2008 ASWSU-S Student Choice Award for Academic Excellence in Teaching

2008 IDEC Award of Excellence: Best Paper

2006 ASWSU-S Student Choice Award for Academic Excellence in Teaching

2006 Successful completion of the LEED qualifying exam

2005 IDEC Award of Excellence: Best Paper

2004 Salve Regina University 8^th Annual Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation,

2003 Interior Design Educators Council’s Carol Price-Shanis Scholarship

2001 Invited participant for Between Curricula, the first Bittner’s Interior Design Dialog Series, University of Cincinnati

2000 World Congress on Environmental Design, Seoul, Korea.

Professional Service

Professional Leadership 

Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC)

Chair, Council of Fellows, 2019-present

Proceedings Coordinator, 2012-2014

Past-President, 2009-2010

President, 2008-2009

President-Elect, 2007-2008

Director of Membership and Communication, 2006-2007

Director of Membership and Special Projects, 2005 – 2006

Regional Chair Liaison, Board of Directors, 2004

Pacific West Regional Chair, 2002-2004

History, Theory, Preservation Network Chair, 2000-2002