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Author Guidelines

Notes for Contributors

As part of the submission process, author(s) are required to check that their submissions comply with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to the author(s) that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it currently being considered for publication in another journal or any other forms of publication.
  • The manuscript is formatted and referenced in accordance with the manuscript guidelines (see following).
  • The manuscript does not contain any identification of author(s). The author(s) information should be provided in the Title Page submitted as a separate file.
  • Author(s) are required to obtain necessary permission for reproduction of any figures, tables or extracts from other copyrighted sources.

Submitting Your Manuscript

Manuscript should be submitted through the journal submission portal. Author(s) are required to log into the journal website to submit the manuscripts.

Please use the following templates to prepare your submission files:

  • Interiority Manuscript Template
  • Interiority Title Page Template

      • Preparing Your Manuscript

      Types of Manuscript

      The journal accepts manuscripts in the forms of research papers, theoretical papers, design project reviews, exhibition reviews, and book reviews.

      Length of Manuscript

      Research papers and theoretical papers should be between 4000-6000 words. Project reviews, exhibition reviews and book reviews should be between 2000-3000 words.

      Language of Manuscript

      Manuscript should be written in English. The use of the terms in other languages should be explained clearly with appropriate English translation.

      Anonymity

      Author(s) are responsible to ensure that the manuscript does not contain any identification of the author(s), except on the Title Page. The citation and references to the authors' own work within the manuscript should be anonymised, for example (Author, 2012).

      Title Page

      The Title Page should contain the title of the manuscript, the name(s) of the author(s), the affiliation(s) of the author(s,) address and email of the corresponding author, author(s) biography, and acknowledgement of funding body and other relevant parties (if any), and submitted as a separate file.

      Layout and Style

      Manuscript should be submitted in Microsoft Word document file format (.docx). Manuscript should be typed double-spaced, on A4 portrait document settings, left justified, with no special formatting.

      Abstract and Keywords

      Manuscript should include an abstract of 150-200 words and up to five keywords.

      Figures and Tables

      All figures and tables should be included in the body text of the manuscript. When a manuscript is accepted for publication, the author(s) are required to supply all figures as separate .jpg files at 300 dpi. Tables should be presented as editable texts rather than as images.

      References

      References should be listed at the end of the document rather than as footnotes. Authors are suggested to use bibliography management tool such as Zotero or Mendeley. The manuscript should adhere to the APA 7th Edition referencing style

      Journal Article

      Hollis, E. (2018). Unreliable guides: Introducing, mapping, and performing interior. Interiority, 1(1), 21–35. https://doi.org/10.7454/in.v1i1.6

      Book

      Pallasmaa, J. (2012). The eyes of the skin: Architecture and the senses. John Wiley & Sons.

      Translated Book

      Alberti, L. B. (1988). On the art of building in ten books. (J. Rykwert, N. Leach, R. Tavernor, Trans.). The MIT Press. (Original work published 1485)

      Book Chapter

      Meade, T. (2013). Interior design, a political discipline. In G. Brooker & S. Stone (Eds.), The handbook of interior architecture and design (pp. 394-403). Bloomsbury.

      Dissertation/Thesis

      Stafford, L. (2013). The journey of becoming involved: The experience of participation in urban spaces by children with diverse mobility. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Queensland University of Technology.

      Web Page/Web Article

      Tenenbaum, J. (2020, February 4). Saving South Street through the lens of Denise Scott Brown. Hidden City. https://hiddencityphila.org/2020/02/saving-south-street-through-the-lens-of-denise-scott-brown/

      Artwork

      Ghirlandaio, D. (1480). Saint Jerome in His Study [Painting]. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domenico_ghirlandaio,_san_girolamo_01.jpg

      Exhibition Catalogue

      Carey, J. (2017). indeterminate duration [Exhibition catalogue]. Melbourne: Neon Parlour.