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HISTORY OF 20th CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION AND FURNITURE — PART 2

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Contribution of Eileen Gray Eileen Gray's early lacquered furniture had both Art Deco and Chinese influences. She progressed to elegant functionalism later on her sofas and tables, in particular, are highly original.                                   Eileen Gray                      A Retrospective of the Enigmatic Eileen Gray Following WWII, two distinct trends emerged in France: one promoting traditional historic styles for mass consumption, and the other promoting hi-tech and Scandinavian fashion for a niche market. Furniture development in England    Art nouveau and art deco, which emerged on the continent, was never fully embraced in England. Designers like Mockintosh, Mackmurdo, Webb, Shaw, and Voysey were working on a modern, simple style of domestic furniture in the spirit of the Art and Crafts movement without fearing the m...

HISTORY OF 20th CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION AND FURNITURE — PART 1

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History Of 20th Century - Part 1 The 19th century had exhausted all the vocabulary of the old design, and creative people in all fields were searching for a new design continent like Columbus. What they sensibly did was dump what they had consumed, go back to the basics, and learn about different ways. There was also another application involved. The Clear Cut in the Past The design of the 20th-century furniture marks a clean break with the past. Something that never happened, even when civilization took over another civilization. Accepting the Industrial Revolution People understood the importance of the machine and acknowledged the increasing value of the machine and the dependence of the final effects of mass manufacturing on a good initial design suited to the machine and not to the craftsman. Then, from the late 19th century, the idea of simplicity and the superiority of feature over shape had spread. Influences of Social and Technology Changes There have also been major...

Different Types Of Lighting In Interior Design

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LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE YOUR HOME Lighting has always been a central factor in interior design, as it can play with sizes, modify the sense of space and even dramatize the shapes and textures of the materials, significantly enhancing their aesthetic features. Yet light plays an important role not only on a decorative basis. INTRODUCTION Lighting is one of the most important aspects of your interior because as illuminating a room, it can fully turn the appearance of space into something better or worse. Light is the innovative element that is the most strong of all. A lot of what we know about our world comes from our eyes, and how we see things depends on how they are illuminated TYPES OF LIGHTING   Natural Lighting Daylight (using curtains, skylights, or light shelves) is often used as the primary source of the lamp in buildings during the daytime. This will save money instead of using artificial lighting, which is a key component of energy consumption in buildings. Prope...