History of Interiors and Furnishings

  Arts Nouveau January 31st, 2023 The art that was brought into the new era in a way that was unseen before. The Arts Nouveau is “ new art” that is brought into spaces that are designs that originated from new and past designs. This type of design was not based on  the traditional and historical designs that we saw in the past eras. This design is based on new technology and manufacturing processes. More or less it's embracing the new and upcoming design . Art nouveau was inspired by medieval history and embraces change and process. This started back in 1895 when a man by the name of Maison Bing opened a shop in Paris called “Art Nouveau”. As shown below.   Maison de l'Art Nouveau ("House of New Art")   Art nouveau was inspired by Japanese art from the flowers, birds, vines and  also insects which was used as sources of inspiration to create a design for space that is more artistic and attractive to the eye. Inspiration from these features created more curvilin...

  Japan and Japanisme   January 25, 2023 The essence of culture had interior designers and architects creating spaces according to how the individual lived. In this sense Japan had many qualities that needed to be included in their spaces. Such as impromptu and off-centered, serendipity and change,and treasured variation and imperfection are some qualities that they focus on in their culture. While creating design they pay very close attention to detail and naturalness. These charastics of Japan are what make their country so unique. Yet their design and attributes were influenced by China which is quite interesting as they go hand in hand with designs.  Above is an image of one common building in Japan seen everywhere in their country.  Natural wood and geometric shapes were very prominent in the use of creating their exterior. The structure was formed in panels and rows while including movable panels. In Japanese architecture I noticed that movable panels were used...

  Arts and Crafts Movement  January 15, 2023 The Arts and crafts movement was heavily focused on materials and how they are used in the interior aspect to create the essential Victorian look, which is what the era was striving for. In these chapters I have learned what materials were mainly used for furniture, the positives and negatives, and also the variety of designers who have contributed to this era. Where it all began was with Queen Victoria. She was born in the era of Neoclassicism. With her being born in that era she grew up with a lot of background on classical style in the arts. She sprung off an idea that was called Victorian. This is the sentiment that is frequently superimposed with an idea of sexual and moral property. This is a very broad example to say the least . To break it down it's considered to be the modernist movement. Beginning with consumer culture.  As you can see above this era was heavily focused on the interior of spaces, beginning with materi...