Elements of DesignElements of Design

Mrs. VenneMrs. Venne

Housing and Interior DesignHousing and Interior Design

Unit 2Unit 2

ELEMENTS OF DESIGNELEMENTS OF DESIGN

GUIDELINES USED TO CREATE PLEASING, GUIDELINES USED TO CREATE PLEASING, ORDERLY DESIGNSORDERLY DESIGNS

______________________________________________________________ THE GOAL IS TO CREATE . . .THE GOAL IS TO CREATE . . . HARMONIOUS DESIGN: HARMONIOUS DESIGN: A DESIGN WHERE A DESIGN WHERE

EVERY ITEM FITS WELL WITH THE OTHERS.EVERY ITEM FITS WELL WITH THE OTHERS.

1. SPACE:1. SPACE:

THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSE THAT A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSE THAT A DESIGNER IS WORKING WITH, AS WELL AS THE DESIGNER IS WORKING WITH, AS WELL AS THE AREA AROUND OR BETWEEN OBJECTS WITHIN AREA AROUND OR BETWEEN OBJECTS WITHIN THAT EXPANSE. ASPECTS OF SPACE TO THAT EXPANSE. ASPECTS OF SPACE TO CONSIDER – SIZE OF OVERALL DESIGN SPACE CONSIDER – SIZE OF OVERALL DESIGN SPACE AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF OBJECTS WITHIN AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF OBJECTS WITHIN THAT SPACE.THAT SPACE.

SPACE TOO SMALL – KEEP AS MUCH SPACE SPACE TOO SMALL – KEEP AS MUCH SPACE OPEN AS POSSIBLEOPEN AS POSSIBLE

* LIMIT FURNISHINGS, SELECT SMALL * LIMIT FURNISHINGS, SELECT SMALL FURNISHINGS OF PLAIN FURNISHINGS OF PLAIN DESIGNDESIGN* AVOID LOTS OF PATTERNS, INSTALL MIRRORS * AVOID LOTS OF PATTERNS, INSTALL MIRRORS TO VISUALLY ENLARGE THE ROOM.TO VISUALLY ENLARGE THE ROOM.

SPACE TOO LARGE – DIVIDE IT WITH SPACE TOO LARGE – DIVIDE IT WITH TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT ROOM DIVIDERSTEMPORARY OR PERMANENT ROOM DIVIDERS

ARRANGE FURNITURE IN SMALL CLUSTERS, & ARRANGE FURNITURE IN SMALL CLUSTERS, & USE AREA RUGS TO VISUALLY DIVIDE THE USE AREA RUGS TO VISUALLY DIVIDE THE SPACE.SPACE.

2. LINE:2. LINE: DELINEATES SPACE, OUTLINES DELINEATES SPACE, OUTLINES

FORM, AND CONVEYS A SENSE OF FORM, AND CONVEYS A SENSE OF MOVEMENT OR DIRECTION; EITHER MOVEMENT OR DIRECTION; EITHER STRAIGHT OR CURVED AND STRAIGHT OR CURVED AND PLACED IN A DIRECTION. PLACED IN A DIRECTION.

HORIZONTAL:HORIZONTAL: REST REST VERTICAL:VERTICAL: ACTION ACTION

DIAGONAL:DIAGONAL: EXCITEMENT & EXCITEMENT & MOVEMENTMOVEMENT

LINES CAN BE USED TO SEPARATE LINES CAN BE USED TO SEPARATE OR UNIFY SPACE. OR UNIFY SPACE.

LINE CAN CREATE INCREASED LINE CAN CREATE INCREASED HEIGHT BY DRAWING THE HEIGHT BY DRAWING THE

EYE IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION EYE IN A VERTICAL DIRECTION EMPHASIZING THE VERTICAL EMPHASIZING THE VERTICAL SPACE.SPACE.

LOW SOFAS AND BOOKSHELVES LOW SOFAS AND BOOKSHELVES DRAW YOUR GAZE AROUND THE DRAW YOUR GAZE AROUND THE ROOM AND CREATE THE ILLUSION ROOM AND CREATE THE ILLUSION OF GREATER WIDTH. OF GREATER WIDTH.

3. FORM:3. FORM: THE SHAPE AND THE SHAPE AND

STRUCTURE OF SOLID STRUCTURE OF SOLID OBJECTS. OBJECTS.

LARGE, HEAVY OBJECTS LARGE, HEAVY OBJECTS GIVE A FEELING OF GIVE A FEELING OF STABILITY. THEIR STABILITY. THEIR APPEARANCE ADDS A APPEARANCE ADDS A SOLID FEELING TO A SOLID FEELING TO A ROOM.ROOM.

SOMETIMES THE SAME SOMETIMES THE SAME FORM CAN APPEAR FORM CAN APPEAR LIGHTER OR HEAVIER LIGHTER OR HEAVIER BASED ON ITS COLOR OR BASED ON ITS COLOR OR TEXTURE. TEXTURE.

Ask yourself………..Ask yourself……….. DOES IT ADD TO THE DOES IT ADD TO THE

STABILITY OF THE ROOM STABILITY OF THE ROOM OR DETRACT FROM IT? OR DETRACT FROM IT?

DOES IT BLEND WELL WITH DOES IT BLEND WELL WITH OTHER FORMS IN THE OTHER FORMS IN THE ROOM?ROOM?

4. TEXTURE:4. TEXTURE: THE APPEARANCE OR FEEL OF AN THE APPEARANCE OR FEEL OF AN

OBJECT’S SURFACE.OBJECT’S SURFACE. TACTILE:TACTILE: THE FEELING – TO THE TOUCH THE FEELING – TO THE TOUCH

– OF ROUGHNESS OR SMOOTHNESS.– OF ROUGHNESS OR SMOOTHNESS. VISUAL:VISUAL: THE LOOK – TO THE EYE - OF THE LOOK – TO THE EYE - OF

ROUGHNESS OR SMOOTHNESS.ROUGHNESS OR SMOOTHNESS. TEXTURE CAN INFLUENCE THE WAY WE TEXTURE CAN INFLUENCE THE WAY WE

FEEL IN A FEEL IN A ROOM. ROOM. TEXTURE SOMETIMES AFFECTS THETEXTURE SOMETIMES AFFECTS THE APPARENT SIZE OF APPARENT SIZE OF AN OBJECT. AN OBJECT. SMOOTH TEXTURES APPEAR LIGHTER IN SMOOTH TEXTURES APPEAR LIGHTER IN

COLOR THAN COLOR THAN ROUGH TEXTURES.ROUGH TEXTURES.

5. COLOR:5. COLOR:

SETS A MOOD OR CREATES AN SETS A MOOD OR CREATES AN ILLUSION.ILLUSION.

__________________________________________________________ THE GOAL IS TO CREATE . . .THE GOAL IS TO CREATE . . . HARMONIOUS DESIGN: HARMONIOUS DESIGN: A DESIGN A DESIGN

WHERE EVERY ITEM FITS WELL WITH WHERE EVERY ITEM FITS WELL WITH THE OTHERS.THE OTHERS.