Each issue or publication often acts as a “how to” guide for interior decorating and styling, as well as providing readers up to date design news and the latest trends.
Koch's Innendekoration started publication in January 1890, while his Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (1897–1932) also focused primarily on interiors.
House Beautiful was a consumer driven magazine that aimed to fulfill the aspirations of the reader, rather than presenting an actually achievable or affordable home.
Often the interior schemes were represented from above and from a diagonal axis, emphasizing the angularity of the composition with a rapidly receding vanishing point.
The introduction of the digital camera in the late 20th century allowed photographers to capture the interiors of celebrities as well as everyday people.
The manual Hints on Household Taste by Charles Eastlake first published in 1868 dealt explicitly with decorative choice and consisted of articles that were first successive in magazines.
Terrance Conran's Habitat, founded in 1964, came about to service a growing number of affluent consumers, intent on purchasing a cost-efficient interior presented in ready-to-made rooms.
Swedish company IKEA created the same room-set device to document its tens of thousands of products and in the process dominated the global market in the late 20th century.