TRNOVSKA, Katarina: Design and the culture of the internal environment. The development of residential interior design with a focus on the design of industrially produced furniture during the end of the 50. to early 70. of the 20th century in Slovakia . Dissertation thesis. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Faculty of Architecture, Department of Interior and Exhibition Design. Instructor: doc. Ing. arch. Peter Daniel PhD. Degree of academic qualification: Doctor of Arts. Bratislava 2016. The aim of this dissertation thesis is to summarize residential interior and in particular furniture design during the end of the 50. to early 70. of the 20th century in Slovakia. This work further highlights the development of post-war housing in Czechoslovakia in the wider cultural and economic context and evaluates the quality of furniture produced by national furniture companies in Slovakia. This paper also analyzes the factors determining the functional shape and level of furnishings through the work of selected designers Viktor Holestak Holubar Frantisek Jirak Magda Sepova Jan Simo Svrcek and Jiri Petrivy.