The Fairchild Dictionary of Interior Design (Fairchild Reference Collection) (2nd Edition)
Martin M. Pegler has been in the field of visual merchandising and store design for over fifty years and has authored and edited more than seventy books. Currently a professor in the Visual Presentation and Exhibit Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology, he is also a popular lecturer in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and the emerging Pacific Rim countries. The range of his experience includes retail design, cafÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â© and restaurant design, supermarket, market, and specialty food stores, shop exteriors, and streetscapes. He is the editor of two trade publications with world-wide distribution, as well as a contributing editor to Retail Asia, a Singapore based business magazine and POP Today out of India. Pegler has been honored by the Professionals for the Advancement of Visual Education (PAVE) with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was selected for the NY State's Chancellor's award for Excellence in Teaching. He is also an inductee in the Visual Merchandising / Display Industries Hall of Fame and an elected member of the Society of Visual Merchandisers of which he has served as secretary / treasurer.