News•Apr 6, 2026
Graeme Brooker's Hefty New Book Analyzes the ‘DNA of the Interior’
Graeme Brooker’s new 400‑page book, *The Story of the Interior*, surveys how rooms shape and are shaped by humanity from prehistoric caves to late‑20th‑century capsules. Featuring over 500 photographs, the work is organized into three essays that dissect the “DNA of the interior” through material facts and cultural fictions. A key chapter on “Atmospheres” links light, surface, and mood, citing installations like Olafur Eliasson’s *The Weather Project*. Brooker also revisits modernist debates over ornament, arguing that surface treatment remains central to interior narrative and designer agency.
