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1. Introduction to Modern Interior Design: You have dealt with interior
design projects like I did, you might get confused along the way in terms of these tiles, how to read the spaces, how to transform a certain style or theme to an actual project, and it gets quite hectic
because you do have in a lot of styles,
a lot of themes. So we need to understand
what are these styles? What are these themes, their components,
their characteristics. That way, we have a
clear idea how to apply these to interior design
projects and practices. In this current class,
we're going to examine modern and contemporary styles and themes, understanding
their characteristics, the key principles
that govern practice, such that by the
end of the class, you have a clear idea how to apply these interior
design principles, how to apply these
interior design styles to your own unique application.
2. Your Project: Your project for the class revolves around picking
one of the styles that we have covered to your own unique
design application, after which you're
going to be sharing your results with the rest of
the community for feedback.
3. Mid-Century Modern Interior Design Style: Welcome back. Diving into the modern and
contemporary styles, kicking things off, we do have
in the Mid-Century Modern. Take a look at the
image over here. What stands out? Obviously, the humongous library over here, which is something that's
quite popular mid centuries. Let's examine this even further. Mid-Century Modern is a
design movement that emerged between the 1940s and 1960s
primarily post World War two. It focuses on simplicity. Functionality and seamless
connection with nature. Despite being over 7-years-old, it remains highly
relevant today in both furniture and
interior layouts. As you can tell, both
of these arrangements, they are exposed to
outdoor elements such as nature, sunlight. You do have the woodwork quite apparent within
the furniture, including the rug and
the color palettes, which is more of earthy
related to nature. We got greens, we got browns, we got dark green, we got black. So it's resembling the
elements of nature. Now, let's examine
the characteristics. Specifically for such a style. First of all, we do
have clean lines and functional forms. And by the way, I've
got for you for every single main
characteristic, some important tips, some important benchmarks
or highlights and guides. Feel free to pause the lecture, and you can note them down
as well to help you dive into these characteristics
with a bit more detail. That way, if you're
trying to design this by yourself or trying to apply
this for your own project, you have a clear bullet points
which will help you tackle this style or design in
the best way possible. For example, clean lines and functional
forms, for example, we do have furniture
and decor pieces are defined by straight lines, smooth curves, and
geometric shapes. No heavy ornamentation
or detailing. You don't have statues
or artifacts or much of some wall art or
detailing of the furniture. It's quite basic. The focus
is on utility and flow. Examples would be tempered
wood legs on chairs, as we could see
over here, right? Also on the coffee table on the sides of
the coffee table. Sideboards with sleek surfaces, you can see the sideboards
over here, right? So the integration
of wood is quite prominent within such a
theme or such a style. Also natural materials. This is the biggest highlight
for the Mid-Century Modern. We do have the strong use
of wood, especially teak, walnut and rosewood along with the leather
glass and metal. You can spot the leather
seats over here. Right. You could spot the metal over here as well
on the sides of the sofa, and you could spot the metal as well within the
frames of the window, like a small balcony. You're able to spot this.
Even within the lamps, you can see that the hangar of the lamp or the bulb
is from metal as well. It could be coated or painted, but the material is metal, even the lamp over here. Then you do have the emphasis on organic forms that reflect
connection to nature. Obviously, we do have an
exposure to the forest through the long
windows, also over here. You don't have curtains
in this image, but you do have a basic
curtain over here, not to obstruct the view, but to provide control. Open spaces often have indoor
plants, wood paneling, or large windows, as you can see within the
current image. And this image as well, you do have plants over here. You got plants over here
inside and outside. Able to spot them as well
as the exposure, right? You do have in the
statement lighting. Take a look at the lights and the lighting
over here as well. Lighting is used as
a design feature. You do have them
bold, sculptural, and often futuristic, as we
could spot this over here. So we are maintaining
the natural element, but the modernization is
through the lighting. Examples include spotni
chandeliers, arc floor lamps. We have the floor
lamp over here. Geometric pendent lights, we do have the lights
over here as well. These are scones. These are
more spotlights and skid. These are skid spotlights. They are able to move them. We could have watces if you have a wall over here or we
could have one over here. You tend to find them applied
in such places as well. Lighting helps set a modern tone while also serving
practical functions. We're bringing in the
mid century classic vibe plus modernization
with the lighting. We do have in the fusion
of retro color palettes. Popular color schemes
include muted orange, as we can see over here. Mustard yellow, avocado green. We do have in the avocado green present as part of
the plant over here, as well as a certain shade
within the carpets as well. Take a look at the
pillowcase over here, also the pillowcase over here and over here
and over here. We do have in these
shades, including browns. So anything within this
color scheme works. You do have in the tones
which add warmth and character without
overwhelming the space. They are quite subtle. Like the colors work
together, nothing is popping. They're often paired with
white or neutral backgrounds to maintain balance. Take a look at the
ceiling paint, for example, it's white,
also white over here. The main background is white, and then you add in
all of these colors such as beige dark wood, mustard yellow, avocado
green to add some sort of some sort of a contrast
to the white background. Then we are going
to be including, as well, minimalism
with character. This is a very powerful
characteristic for the Mid-Century Modern. They are carefully curated with purposeful furniture
and axe and pieces. You don't overcrowd the place. You use what you need to
use seating arrangement, table for coffee or for reading. Same thing over here. Three sear, two arm chairs
or single sear sofa, gets the job done for
the seating arrangement, no extra stuff within the place. We do have the
decorative elements that revolve around
artwork or clocks, which are often used to reflect playful atomic or geometric
themes of the era. So you're able to
add this element of modernization through
these accessories. For example, a modern clock. We have used the
modern lighting, for example, to add
the modern feature. So it's a combination of the mid century style with a fusion of modern application. So these are some
important characteristics. If you are trying to follow the mid century design approach, Mid-Century Modern
design approach, where the main characteristics are clean lines and
functional forms, statement lighting,
natural materials, minimalism with character,
retro coolor palettes. These are the main characteristics
like I've mentioned. Under every single one of them, I've added for you some
extensive details. That way, you're able to pause the lecture, take some notes, and you can always
revert back to it if you are working on
a project of your own, such as your home decoration or if you're dealing
with a client as well.
4. Minimalist Interior Design Style: Now let's discuss one of my favorite styles and themes within the
interior design approach, minimalist style.
What does it mean? As the word minimalist says
or infers, less is more. We're going to be having
a very basic approach, yet a professional approach
to interior design. So a minimalist interior
design theme or style is based on the idea that
simplicity creates serenity. Sometimes it could
be challenging to achieve this goal and yet remain minimal in your design approach by strategically
selecting the colors, the pieces of furniture,
the arrangement, not to have the space
look quite empty, but at the same time,
not too crowded. It's a delicate balance. But the results, as
you can see over here, they are quite incredible. Whenever you step into a
minimalist design, on the spot, you're able to feel a sense of calm because you have
minimal distractions, minimal visual distractions,
colors, pieces of furniture. Everything seems quite
systematic and light. So it removes
unnecessary elements and focuses on clean lines, functional furniture, multi purpose,
calming environments. The core belief is less is more. Fewer distractions,
more purpose. Now, let's examine the
key characteristics of a minimalist style. First of all, we have in the
philosophy, less is more. Under every single one of
these main characteristics, I'm going to be sharing
with you a couple important points that you
need to be familiar with. Feel free to take
some notes as well, and you can always
revert back to them to help you brush
up the information, or if you're dealing
with a certain design or style that you would
like to learn more about, you're able to revert directly to it to obtain that
piece of information. So less is more. This
is the main philosophy. Every design element
must serve a purpose. No excessive
decoration or clutter. The focus is on quality not quantity for the
accessories and the furniture, using fewer but high impact
pieces to define space. The goal is to create peaceful, distraction free
environment that promotes clarity and focus. Then which leads us to
the color palettes, we select neutral color palettes and functional
pieces of furniture. Color schemes typically
use white, gray, beige, soft Earth, as you could see as part of these current
arrangements. Over here, you have beige, earthy colors, light
beige, as well. Over here, we got white gray, dark gray, light gray,
all that shades, as well as the shades over here, they complement each other, and both of them, they
serve the same goal, a minimalist design, right? The palette creates a sense
of light, calm, and space. This is the main
feel of the style. Every piece should be
multifunctional to a certain point. For example, you do have
the TV it over here. You can use it for storage or the coffee table could
have hidden storage, or you could use a sofa with storage or a bed with
built in lighting. So the whole purpose of the multi functionality is to maintain the minimalist
design approach, less footprint within the space. So it's an important concept that you need to
be familiar with. Help you get to that angle, which is the negative space. What does the word
negative space mean? In other words, if
you take a look at emptiness, that's
a negative space. If you take a look at
a certain location and nothing is there, that's
a negative space. So negative space is the
empty area around objects. It's a key principle
in minimalist design. For example, over here,
nothing is there, so it's negative
space over here, negative space, ceiling, this part of the
wall, negative space. The whole purpose is
to leave these spaces intentionally to allow
the eyes to rest. Visual balance is created
by spacing the furniture and decor, thoughtfully
avoiding crowding. So it's a core principle
within the minimalist style, the negative space,
lack of clutter, organization, minimization
for the number of pieces of furniture, focusing on functionality,
at the same time, serenity. Then we have in the concept of common features of
interior design. Or the minimalist interior
design common features. All of these characteristics
that we have covered, Less is More is the
main philosophy. Neutral color palettes,
negative space and unclouded visuals drive
the minimalist style. However, all of them, they stem from these common features for any minimalist design
that you might be encountering within the
interior design project that you're working
on or the practice. Whenever you step
into a space which has been designed following
a minimalist style, you will find these
common features. First of all, you have
open floor plans, open layout, built in storage
to reduce visual clutter. You're going to be
stumbling across pieces of furniture that are designed for multi purpose natural light and large windows, as you can see over
here, and you can see the flux of lighting
from this image as well, Monochromatic or
tonal color scheme. You tend to pick a
certain color from a color palette and you use
its shades almost entirely. As you can see, over here,
we have selected Big. Then we went through
all the shades of Big and similarly within
the image over here. So you go from light,
dark, extremely light, extremely dark, but all of them, they are from the main color. So I really hope that
you get the idea at this current stage
because minimalist style, even though it seems quite simple in terms of the definition and
the characteristics. But once you deal with it at a professional
level or you're trying to work on a minimalist style for an interior design project
or your own decoration, you will stumble across a couple important
areas that you might overdo it where you have too
much of a negative space, that the actual
space feels empty. You're going to have echoes in terms of the
sound, for example. Or the colors seem too much
in terms of the similarity. Like, you can barely see the difference between
the sofa and the pillow. So these are some of the mistakes couple of
mistakes that you might come across if you're approaching the interior design project at hand through a
minimalist style. On the other hand, you might
try to overcompensate, where you go for a large number of pieces of furniture with
a lot of functionality. A lot of shades for
the same color, it might be overwhelming
and defeat the purpose. It becomes more
of a distraction, which is against the
less is more philosophy. So it requires
that fine balance, which obviously
comes with practice, where you are able to pick up exactly the right
amount of furniture, select the certain shades of color within the
same color palette. Focus on the functionality for certain pieces of furniture, not every single
piece, obviously, arrange the furniture
properly and utilize negative space for
your own benefit, not the other way around. So these are a couple
important tactics that you need to be
familiar with if you are trying to approach your
interior design project following a minimalist style.
5. Contemporary Interior Design Style: Welcome back. Now, moving
on to a very dynamic style, which is the contemporary style. It's one of the most flexible
and always evolving. If you take a look at
the images over here, you tend to find a lot
of elements are new like they have been getting
a lot of hype recently. Like, you take a look at
this modernized fire theme, sort of speaking
of this accessory instead of having a
chimney or a fireplace. This is a modernized fireplace. However, that's quite recent, and it might fade away in the next couple of
years, for example. So a contemporary style is often misunderstood because
it's not a fixed style. It evolves with time. What's considered
contemporary today may be outdated in
the next few years. Unlike the modern style, which refers to
specifically a certain era, which is a movement from the
early to mid 20th century, contemporary means
current, what's right now? What's going on with the
interior design world right now. That's part of the contemporary. So there are certain
characteristics that you need to be familiar with within
the contemporary style. First of all, it's fluid
and ever evolving. Contemporary style isn't tied to specific decade or movement. It adapts to current
design trends, technology, and materials. For example, smart homes. You could have the same design, and then you add in a
smart home technology. This is a contemporary style. Expect the style to be subtly shift to subtly shift over time. It's always of the moment. Like you have the
smart home today. You don't need it
the next month. Or you might be having
the trendy fire pit, then it becomes outdated in the next couple of
years, for example. So this is the
contemporary style. You see what's
working right now, what's currently
working right now. You utilize it within
the space till it's no longer required or it's
no longer the thing, which is basically the hype
in terms of interior design. A focus on simplicity,
texture, and form. You do have in clean lines, neutral color palettes,
uncluttered spaces. The emphasis is placed
on form the structure of the furniture and the
objects should be aesthetically pleasing
without ornamentation, tatues, certain artifacts
or extra detailing. The shape of the furniture
itself should be satisfactory. Textile or texture
plays a huge role, specifically in the textile. If you take a look at the rugs, take a look at the overthrow, blanket, the texture
of the pillows, even the walls, the fabrics. Every single piece within the contemporary style could
have a unique texture, even though the color is
quite the same, for example. This plays a huge role. Think about it from
walls point of view. You have matt walls, glossy surfaces, or woven
rugs with sleek furniture. Minimalism is key. It's not a minimalist style, but you are following some
sort of a similar approach. You're not trying to overload the space with pieces of
furniture and accessories. No, you're utilizing
what's working right now. What's modern right now, what's in demand right now, and making sure it's functional and the form and the
layout is strategic. The pieces of furniture, they are not complicated. They are quite, let's say, pleasing in terms of
the visual layout, no extra textures or
complicated textures or styles. It's quite simple. This is the element of minimalism that
we're talking about, not just simply the full on minimalistic style
where you pick one color palette
and all shades. No. For contemporary,
you could pick whatever color that
works perfectly fine with you as long as it fits the current style that you have at hand and the vision
that you have at. Also, the whole purpose of the contemporary style is
not to become minimalistic. No, to give you functionality, but including warmth and
softness to make it livable. So what's working in the
interior design world industry at this current point in time, at this current stage in time, this is a contemporary approach. It might not work tomorrow or a couple of months
down the road, but it's an evolving style. You take an accessory today, it's no longer utilized
tomorrow, for example. So it has a mix of metal,
glass, organic shapes. You're not simply
sticking to wood. You can use a glass table. You can use a metallic table. Options are quite endless. Materials often blend industrial
and natural elements, stainless steel, chrome,
glass and stone, glass tables, metal legs,
sculptural lighting, fluid organic
furniture shapes like curved sofas or abstract
chairs, they are common. So think about it this way. It's more of a modern
style that you're able to utilize many elements
from the rest of the styles. If it works now, you can use it. Like I mentioned, but the
whole focus is on simplicity, texture, form, and the
fluidity of the actual place. It has certain common features within any contemporary style, which will help you
develop that awareness to realize that this
is not minimalism. This is not, for
example, French country. This is a contemporary style. Open floor plans,
built in storage to reduce visual clutter,
similar to minimalism. However, you do have in natural
light and large windows, which complement the design. It's also part of minimalism. However, the monochromatic
or tonal color schemes, they are not fixed. So you could use
them monochromatic, let's say, beige, gray, white. They complement each other. But you do have the ability
to mix them together. You tend to find in minimalism
if you go for let's say, earthy brown or beige, you tend to pick that same color and play with the shades
from light to dark, as we have seen previously. However, with the
contemporary style, you're able to pick
up light gray, mix it up with light brown, mix it up with light beige. So you are able to mix the monochromatic
colors to add some sort of tone to it as part of
the color palette that you're dealing with compared
to minimalistic style. It's a key
distinguishing feature because often you tend to find, there's a lot of confusion between contemporary
style and minimalism. They are assumed to be
the same thing. No. From a minimalism point of view, you pick one to two color tops, and you play with the shades. However, from a
contemporary style, you're able to pick
multiple colors which are light and soft, and you're able to
blend them together as long as they work
perfectly fine. And you have the ability
to add in metal, you have in the
ability to add wood, stone, whatever it is, which is not the case with the minimalism approach
where you tend to focus on certain
key elements, let's say, such as wood, for example, that's mainly it. You don't combine
a lot of textures. However, with
contemporary style, it's one of the important
characteristics to have multiple
textures, right? So these are some key
subtle differences between contemporary style and
a minimalistic style simply to recap for
contemporary style, whatever is current right now, it's fluid, it's ever evolving. It's dynamic. You could change
it over and over again. You mix metal, glass, organic shapes as you like. You do have common features
with the minimalism. In terms of the
minimalistic interiors, but it's not a
minimalistic style. It fuses certain
elements from it. The focus is on simplicity,
texture, and form. So this simply wraps
up the characteristics for a contemporary style for
an interior design approach.
6. Industrial Interior Design Style: Welcome back. Now, let's dive
into a very recent style, which is the industrial style, which is inspired by
machinery and industries. This industrial style takes its inspiration from these
metallic components, industry based components,
machines, factories. If you take a look at
the image over here, you'll notice the combination
of the colors and the exposure of certain
elements such as the duct work, the brickwork, the
concrete walls, the concrete floorings. It seems quite raw and rugged, and this is the inspiration
for the industrial style. Let's elaborate more on it. The industrial
interior design draws its inspiration
from old factories, warehouses, and urban lofts. This style embraces
raw finished elements and showcases the beauty
of function over form. Originally emerging
from the need to convert industrial spaces
to residential use, it has evolved into bold, edgy design style that
celebrates minimalism, rugged textures, and
open architecture. So the inspiration for
the industrial style simply put industries,
factories, and machinery. Anything that comes within the spectrum, colors,
combinations, textures, everything
within that scope, fits within the
industrial style. Let's examine the
key characteristics. First of all, we
have the exposed brick and duct work
and draw finishes. As we can see within
the image over here, we can see the duct work and the brick work as
well on ductwork. Take a look at the
raw finishes for the walls and the floors.
We're able to see them. The walls, they have exposed brick most of the
time or concrete, giving the space an
unpolished authentic feel. The ceilings, you'll typically
see them as exposed beams, pipes and duct work. Rather than hiding
these elements, they are highlighted as part of the aesthetics of the place. These are the highlight
of the place. Floors and surfaces,
polished concrete, the stressed wood or raw
steel finishes dominate. If you take a look
at the wall and the floor and take a look
at the legs of the table, metal and polished
unpolished concrete, which gives them the raw feel, which is the metallic
industrial feel. Also, you tend to find
that the idea is to show these materials in their
natural and untouched form, functionality over
the actual aesthetics of the pieces of furniture
or the actual layout. Urban loft aesthetics,
for example, New York lofts,
they tend to have these brick walls,
high ceilings. This is part of the
inspiration as well, which is originally
seen in New York lofts. This style thrives in open
spaces with high ceilings, large windows and
minimalistic layout. Furniture is often oversized, as we can see and modular, we tend to add modules. This is an L shaped sofa to fit and to complement
the bulky style, which is an industry
based style, right? The industrial style.
So we need to have the impression of bulk size. Furniture is often
oversized, functional, modular with little
ornamentation, think repurposed industrial
items. This is the key. This is the main core
of such a style. Anything that you could
use within a factory, think about a way that you could use it within
a living space. For example, factory carts
turned into coffee tables, metal lockers
turned for storage, for example. This
is the inspiration. Now, the governing colors, the color palette is
mainly dark and it complements one another within the theme of industrial
application, rust, metals, gears,
chains, oil, concrete. These are elements which fall
within factories, right? So we use the same colors within the interior
design approach. Key colors include grays,
blacks, leather tones. The pallet is typically
neutral and dark, grays from concrete and steel, black, fixtures and accents, leather tones like chestnut,
tobacco, deep brown, add warmth as we could see within the current image,
the colors of the sofa. The add that warmth
to the actual space. Metallic finishes
like brushed steel or rusted iron are common, and there are vintage also considered to
be vintage items. In addition to the vintage
lighting, for example, we do have the vintage
ddison bulbs and metal fixtures that could be used within the
space as well. So we are complementing the space from industrial
metallic appeal, concrete appeal,
machinery appeal, in addition to the lighting that's used within
those industries, which acts as a cohesive
style all in all, covering the actual
use of the space, the lighting of the space,
the accessors of the space. All of them they
follow the same theme. Which is an industry
based theme. So if we call all of the key elements
for industrial style, the main core thing to remember
is think about a factory, think about a machine. What are the colors
that comes to mind? What are the pieces
of equipment within an industry or a factory
that comes to mind, and you're able to draw
inspiration from that. However, the
governing colors tend to be metallic, let's say, gray. All of its shades, brown,
all of its shades, black, all of its shades,
metallic textures, the rust appeal for chains, for example, nails, the concrete colors for the
walls and the flooring. Every single one of them
could be used one way or another to deliver
such a delightful style, such a unique style, which is the industrial style.
7. Scandinavian Interior Design Style: Back. Now we're going
to be addressing a very unique style which is drawn from a certain
region within the world, which is Scandinavian design. The Scandinavian interior
design originates from the Nordic countries, primarily Denmark,
Sweden and Norway. It emphasizes simplicity,
utility, and beauty. Known for its, clean
lines, mutic colors, natural materials, and deep appreciation
for light and coziness. Also, think about the theme
from that location wool, cold weather, airy
weather, light. So these are the
natural elements for the inspiration behind it. It's one of the most globally popular styles for modern homes, due to its balance between
minimalism and comfort. Most of the time,
minimalist style lacks certain elements of, let's say, luxury or
that level of comfort. It's comfortable but not that
extensively comfortable. However, Scandinavian
design could provide a certain line between a
minimalistic style and an extra level of comfort
that you could fuse into that style by adding extra
elements such as woolen rugs, woolen um overthrow
pillows or blankets, for example, which
are viewed from a minimalism style as
unnecessary, right? As we have discussed within the minimalistic style approach, you don't need it,
so we don't add it. However, from
Scandinavian design, we adopt the minimalistic style approach to
a certain point, and then we transition to comfort within the
design process, as we could see over here. Let's take a look at
the characteristics which govern the
Scandinavian design. First of all, bright,
airy and functional. Take a look at this image.
It looks quite bright. It's filled up with
air. It seems light. Light filled spaces,
natural light is maximized through large windows and minimal window treatments. Room fields open,
fresh, and uncluttered. Functional design,
furniture and layout, they are practical
without access. Every piece serves a purpose based on the
minimalist approach. In neutral bays, whites
and soft grays dominate, giving the space a
serene, a light feel. Take a look at the colors. Mainly white, beige
that's it or light brown. That's mainly it for
the color palettes. Then we take a look at the
background, the walls. We go for white walls,
wooden elements, even the tables, the
flooring, the sofas, the handles, the
legs of the tables, the frames of the windows, the racks or the
bookshelves, made of wood. The white walls are considered to be a
Scandinavian signature. They keep the space
feeling clean and bright, especially important in
dark winters, for sure, because it's drawn from the
Scandinavian countries, primarily the Nordic countries, primarily Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway, wood flooring and accents, pale woods, like birch, pine, and ash are used for
warmth and texture, as you can see in the image
over here, nature indoors. We bring the outdoor
elements, such as light, towards the actual space, wood is often paired with stone, wool and cotton to
add the tactile. If you take a look at
the carpet over here, we're able to add wool as
part of the carpet texture, which is bringing
up some sort of an external element
within the farm. Then in addition to the light, we're able to bring
in the combination of the window frames over here with some sort of stone elements on
the sides over here. So you have this
flexibility of bringing nature into the
space through light, through textures,
through accessories, through flooring,
through fabric. That way you have the ability to fuse nature within the space. Then you have the concept
of which is considered to be as Huga soft and comfort. This is the main idea behind it. It's a word pronounced as
Huga It's spelled as HY WGE. It's a Danish concept, actually, referring to the coziness and
contaminant, soft comfort. This is the main idea. So this shows up in the design through soft throws
and layered textiles, then candles and
ambient lighting. We could add some candles here, candles here. You can do so. Warm textures like
wool and sheep skin take a look at the
rug, woolen rug. Nooks and inviting
seating areas. If you have a reading nook
somewhere somewhere over here, for example, take a look
at the seating area. It's quite welcoming and soft
and warm and comfortable. So these are the key
characteristics that you tend to find within
a Scandinavian design. Area and functional, you
have the concept of Hoga, which is a Danish concept referring to coziness
and contentment. In other words, soft comfort. You're always governed
by the color palettes of white light
beige, light brown. You have white walls predominantly within the
Scandinavian design, wooden elements
they dominate with the design or the style in
terms of the furniture, the flooring, the woods, the shelves, the tables, they're made up of
woods, the shelves, every single element that you're adding or have the
possibility of adding wood to is going to be made up of wood within the
Scandinavian design. So I truly hope that this
gives you an idea about the Scandinavian style with reference to or in comparison
to the previous style, for example, the
minimalistic style, right? You tend to find the
minimalistic style. It provides the
same comfort level as Scandinavian to a certain
point to a certain point, which is the functionality
because minimalist style, even though it's functional, you have multipurpose
pieces of furniture, but you are more on
the negative space, and you're having less in terms of the furniture,
the accessories. However, the Scandinavian
design doesn't have such a limit where you are focusing on the
negative space. On the contrary. Take a look
at the image over here. You barely have any
negative space, but every single accessory, every single shelf,
every single table, every single item
added on the table, even the pieces of
furniture has been fused in order to achieve
that level of comfort. So you reach the
minimalism criteria, then you cross that criteria to transition to the soft comfort, which is the end goal for the
Scandinavian design style.
8. Modern & Contemporary Styles Practice: I do have them for you, a very fun activity
in order for you to test your interior
design skills. Let's examine these four images for the exact same
living room where every single one of
them reflects one of the styles that we
have covered so far. Feel free to pause
the current lecture, take some notes, try to
pinpoint which is which. Now, kicking things off, let's take a look at the first
representation over here. I'm going to give you
hints, by the way, to help guide you
in the analysis. Over here, you might
notice that the pieces of furniture seems old, yet, if I take a look at
the lighting, seems modern. So I'm combining something old
with something new, right? This is the straightforward tip or hint that you're able to figure out the
answer from, right? If you're able to respond
with mid century modern, then you've gotten
the correct answer. Let's examine the one over here. From the first impression,
before diving into details, we're using a very basic
color palette, minimal. The impression is
basically comfort without any extra pieces of furniture or complications which
might occupy the space. Which is basically a
minimalist design. Very basic. How about
the one over here? It seems a combination
between minimalism, yet we do have some
modern elements like this metallic lighting
fixture over here. I can see some metallic fusion within the seating as well. The table is basically a
combination of colors. We got the dark black
color over here, yet we're having gray over here, and we're having the modern light fixture
that I've mentioned. If we take a look at the
carpet and the floors, they are of a completely
different shade, so it's not minimalism. Yet, it's something of a combination of minimalism,
it's next level. However, it's incorporating
the lighting fixture, which is something that we
are using in today's world. It's something that's
getting a lot of hype. It's the style of lighting. It might change later on. However, it serves the
purpose right now. So since it's a combination
of a minimalistic style, with modern touch
of what's current. So the first thing
that comes to mind is contemporary because we
could change the style. We could take it from having the following
lighting fixture to having a modern,
let's say, fireplace. What's current, it's evolving. We add it. And last but not
least, this is quite obvious. You're able to spot
this directly. I'm able to see the duct work. I'm able to see the brick walls. Take a look at the
dark leather armchair, the combination of metal
for the legs of the table, and the wood top for
the actual table. So this gives the vibe of
a factory or an industry. So it's an industrial
style, right? So I truly hope this activity helped you gain some
insight in terms of the transformation
that the same space could go by adopting
various styles.
9. Wrapping Up: So what do you
think? I truly hope that you found the
class helpful. If it helped you level up
your interior design skills, it's a job well done, and I look forward to receiving your feedback on the
current class and make sure that you follow my profile for the latest releases and updates, and I'll see you
in the next class.
Engr. Hussein Attié, Entrepreneur I Engineer I Educator
