We can also visit ancient buildings, such as quadrangles in Shanxi, hutongs in Beijing and Huizhou architecture. And extract a component or a pattern to explore the application of southern garden gardening techniques in interior design. At that time, I graduated and wrote about the application of pillar cornerstone for hotels, so the scope is very small, but there may not be much information in this area, so I need to find it carefully.
The paper with more information should be the application of China elements in interior design, but the scope of interior design is too large. You can narrow down the scope by choosing a specialty store or hotel lobby in a certain industry and applying traditional Chinese colors in new Chinese style rooms.
In short, the topic selection should also be combined with personal interests, otherwise the process will be very painful. I wish you success.