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Interior Design 1. What is Interior Design?. Interior Design is the planning and decorating of the space inside a building. An interior designer creates an environment suited to the people who live there by the use of architectural features, furniture and decorative techniques.
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What is Interior Design? • Interior Design is the planning and decorating of the space inside a building. An interior designer creates an environment suited to the people who live there by the use of architectural features, furniture and decorative techniques.
Good Decorating is made up of many factors. • Taste • Value • Style • Individuality • Comfort • Convenience
What is Good Taste? • Suitability of objects and the manner in which they are blended.
How do you acquire good taste? • Learn the principles and elements of design. Apply them repeatedly until they become second nature to you. • Observe good design in magazines, books, sample homes, historic homes, etc. • Practice analyzing good room designs to see if they have followed the principles and elements of design. • Learn about accessories and how they project taste. • Be discriminating – don’t follow fads. • Good taste is not determined by cost. Taste is a sense of what is appropriate to your way of life.
Types of Design Structural and Decorative.
Structural Design • “Form follows Function”: the function (purpose) of the object dictates the form it takes. Example: chair, table, bed. Enrichment comes from the material or the decorative design that is chosen.
Decorative Design • Naturalistic • Stylistic • Geometric • Abstract
Naturalistic – the motif is reproduced from nature in its natural form – birds, flowers, etc.
Stylistic – Motif is from nature but is adapted and does not appear as it would in real life.
Geometric – nature is not necessarily the source – based on shapes, plaids, stripes, checkers
Abstract – based on shapes but is less formal or rigid. Has “stylized geometric” shapes but no pattern.
Characteristics of Good Design • Function • Construction • Aesthetics (Beauty)
Function • Usefulness, convenience, and organization. • Good design makes a product or room better or easier to use. • Considers the needs of the people using the item. • Accommodates the ages, sizes and physical abilities of the user. • Provides easy access for all people and eliminates barriers.
Construction ( includes materials and structure) • Materials are the different kinds of fabrics, woods, metals, plastics or stones, used to build products used in a room • Materials need to be chosen to support the function of a room • When selecting materials: consider design , function, quality, initial cost, maintenance, and long-term cost of repair and replacement.
Aesthetics ( Beauty) • Pleasing appearance or effect. • Communicates a message or stimulates an emotion. • Personalized design reflects the aesthetics a person wants to express in a room. • Beauty is difficult to define because each person has their own personal taste. • Good aesthetic design is pleasing to many people.
Construction, Function and Aesthetics all must be considered to create a successful design