Interior design is NOT a fairy tale. It is a profession that listens to real people. You reveal your dreams for an idyllic haven in the city, as well as the leaking ceiling in your apartment, the awkward corner in your bathroom, the guestroom that you want to turn into a nursery but have no idea where to start with and tons of other issues you have with your home, your office and even the commercial space that you own. Interior design hears all of that. The dilemmas don’t stay as they are for a long time, instead they are channeled as positive challenges that will be tackled and transformed into innovative opportunities and amazing possibilities.
It is of utmost importance for people to know that interior design is not a luxury but a necessity. Function is the paramount purpose of interior design. It dictates the form of creation and beauty naturally springs out from it. When a function is determined for a bare space, the core design elements are put together first then aesthetic principles polish them. Let’s consider a room with pristine white walls, a full-length window at the side and a light walnut platform bed situated at the back wall. That is a bedroom. Since we have already established its main function, we can now delve deeper into creating its form. Who better to determine that but the occupant who perhaps, needs a side table to put his phone and his unfinished book on, a reading lamp could also help, what about shelves for his numerous family frames and his plaques of achievement? This is what interior function is all about. It caters to a modern man’s necessity on a basic level.
It doesn’t stop there. Interior design also answers the complex demands of society in the changing times. Globalization is among us now. We are surrounded and affected by it in a positive and negative way. What we need today is a home that provides comfort and family togetherness, a workplace suitable for productive competition and professional camaraderie, commercial areas that offer recreation and relaxation. We have been busy building skyscrapers and mega-structures that we have taken for granted genuine human connection as social beings.
Multi-functional buildings are the latest fad nowadays, a modern interior design idea for this decade. They combine every type of space in a specific area conducive for the urban lifestyle. They consist of condo-resorts that can be permanent residential areas or transitory living space. Strategically located near schools, hospitals and major business districts hence the spiraling interests in pioneering condo, retail and restaurant interior design. This series of posts will feature all of that, especially original and revolutionary ideas that will open your eyes to the world of profitable yet people-oriented designs.
We will also furnish you with up-to-date designs that are not only involved with people but are also committed to the welfare of the environment. Mother earth has been tolerating our whims since time immemorial and now it is simply fair for us to listen to what she has to say. We should broaden our understanding regarding the calamities happening all over the world; determine the cause and find tangible and workable solutions. The call for modern interior design ideas that are not only personal but more significantly, is involved with our natural surroundings from which we benefit from is an awakening epiphany. It is never too late to act. We can gradually resolve the issue of global warming with eco-friendly designs that surpass the boundaries of unaccountable and irresponsible living. It is our duty to gather important information and educate others. We will bind interior architecture together with the outdoors to permit an unobstructed flow of natural elements back and forth with the selective use of material and ingenious space planning. A glass house built in the forest without cutting down the trees with large picture windows that allow natural lighting and skylights created by just clear polycarbonate sheet is a marvel in itself. Sunlight floods the bedroom as you gaze out into the trees in the morning. It is the manifestation of the genuine communing of man and nature. If we harness our knowledge in environmental awareness, however basic they may be, and we couple it with open-mindedness in useful technological advancements in the fields of interior design and architecture, then we can achieve this endeavor to save our planet together.