Residential Interior Design: Fractals Concept Boards
A fractal is “a geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. ” In other words, a fractal is a shape that repeats itself at progressively smaller scales. This design’s concept is titled “Fractals” because it seeks to exemplify the concept of repeating shapes.
Residential Interior Design: Antithesis Concept Boards
Too often, a disability defines the person with the disability: one can either see or cannot, one can either walk or cannot. Unfortunately, design and architecture frequently contribute to the problem by neglecting the needs of the disabled. Addressing the oppositions apparent between disabled individuals and the average population, “Antithesis” is an apartment concept that demonstrates how opposites can live side-by-side harmoniously.
Juxtaposing modern western functionality with ancient Japanese decor, this design represents the codependent relationships between the East and the West, which are frequently depicted as opposites. Moreover, it incorporates universal design principles that empower and enable all individuals, regardless of handicap, while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing design.
Residential Interior Design: Timelines Concept Boards
Timelines is a kitchen and bath concept that combines nostalgic design with modern utility. The Matthews, a young family living in a 1950′s row house, are redesigning their kitchen and bath to support their aspirations. The concept is based on their home’s architecture.
Styled after the streamlined interiors popular when the house was built, “Timelines” utilizes bold horizontal lines and curved edges. Additionally, appliances are seamlessly integrated into the kitchen to create a clean look and recreational atmosphere. Contrasting materials lend the interior a contemporary feel.
drawing with light?
Reblogged from patternsthatconnect:
Photography is literally “drawing with light”, so what is it when you “draw” a line by folding the paper, maybe it’s sculpture?
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Sweet insight on light and pattern. I could see a applications in design and architecture.
Untethered
It may not always be clear that there are problems to be solved, but if people can learn to identify problems and develop solutions, people can increase their long-term happiness and productivity. Sometimes these solutions may be natural, while others they may be technological. By natural solutions, I’m referring to non-material approaches such as psychotherapy or behavioral modification. By technological solutions, I’m referring to physical interventions such as buying products or taking medicine. Often, a combination of natural and technological solutions is required.
Consider poor time management. An entire market exists to address this problem (clocks, alarms, to-do lists, planners, motivational seminars, and self-help books). In the workplace, systems like “Six Sigma” and “Just In Time Inventory” are a testament to the reign of time management as a top priority. Like all problems, time management can be approached from a natural or technological perspective.
Some may argue that time management is a matter of following your body’s natural rhythms. In the wake of emerging scientific research, environmental degradation, and high levels of isolation, attitudes are changing regarding the industrial scale of technology and its effect on our biology, society, and earth. Scientists are beginning to question the role devices like alarm clocks, lights, and phones play in our lives. As society becomes increasingly complex and intertwined with technology, many individuals are opting for a back-to-basics mentality: home grown fruits and vegetables, organic products, and a rejection of materialism.
On the other hand, others will point out our undeniable reliance on technology in ways big and small. The intervention of timekeeping devices enables even the tardiest individuals to conform to some degree of routine. Lights keep us awake long after dusk, reducing our reliance on daylight to work; thus, lights expand the range of possible time in which to complete tasks, slackening out tether to routine. With the extra time gained through the use of technology, we can utilize more of our human potential for the things that make life meaningful.
The question may appear to be whether people need social or technological solutions, but this is a false dilemma. People need both. People need technological devices that perform and people need a social upbringing that respects technology. People need to keep all their options on the table, there are problems to be solved.
Hubris
Sometimes when we’re flying, we forget to look where we’re going.
