To me, interior design is the spacial planning of an environment and the experience it creates for its’ inhabitants/users. Which means, interior design has always been around; a cave can be an interior space so the act of inhabiting it and changing it can be considered interior design. Interior design is also about problem solving; practicality and functionality are key aspects to make a space inhabitable and enjoyable.
I also believe, maybe because I grew up in Dubai
during its boom, that the ‘wow-factor’ could be a very pleasant and enjoyable
experience in commercial and public spaces especially.
Studying about the history
of design is also very important because in order to be great at
anything and improve, we need to go back in time and study how and why design
changed. Why was it affected and how did the change of people’s behaviours and
circumstances result in a change of design.
Materials are a big
component of design, and through time the designer pioneers have come up with
new innovative solutions using new materials and the ways to use them. One of
those examples would have to be the Eames chair by Charles Eames, who set out
to re-invent the very idea of a chair. He thought they could mould the new
miracle material at the time, plywood, into two directions at once to make a
comfortable, form-fitting shell. After many failed attempts and years or
development, the Eames chair was successfully built the way it was intended,
and to this day it is one of the most famous chair designs that has contributed
to today’s technology.
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