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The Principles of Design
Interior Design
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5 Principles
These principles are GUIDELINES to design*Just like there are guidelines to blowing your nose correctly: Grab a tissue, blow your nose, and then wash your hands.
Proportion (Scale)
Balance
Emphasis
Rhythm
Harmony
*FYI: Interior Design books have anywhere from 5-10 principles, depending on the author. These are the 5 we will focus on in class.
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Formal Balance- Definition
One side is a mirror image of the other side
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Informal Balance
Objects on each side of the central dividing line are different.
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Understanding Informal Balance
More exciting and dramatic
Can be achieved through placement, shapes, colors, sizes, and other aspects of objects
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Proportion- Definition
Proportion is the relationship between objects, or parts, of a whole.
The ratio of one part to the whole
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Understanding Proportion
Elements seem to be an appropriate size for the space they fill- things just look ‘right’
Example: We judge the appropriateness of the size of objects by measure. For example, a sofa in the form of a hand is startling because the hand is larger than the expected proportion, and it becomes the center of attention in the room.
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Proportion- Tips Unequal amounts are more pleasing to the
eye than equal amounts
The proportions of a private home are usually in scale with human measure, and as a result it appears more friendly, comfortable, less intimidating.
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Proportion- Tips
Imagine: Ice Cream Sandwich bench at an ice cream shop.
In proportion or out?Would this be a good or a bad idea?
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Emphasis
Emphasis creates a center of interest
Also referred to as a ‘Focal Point’
What is the emphasis of this picture?
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Understanding Emphasis Emphasis of an object can be increased by: making the object larger, more detailed, orby placing it in the foreground
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Rhythm- 5 Types
Repetition
Opposition
Gradation
Radiation
Transition
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Rhythm- Repetition Occurs when a design element is repeated
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Rhythm- Opposition
When lines meet to form a right angle
Example: Checks and plaid
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Rhythm-Gradation
Light to Dark
Thin to Thick
Small to Large
A change taking place through a series of stages
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Rhythm- Radiation
Lines flow out from a single point
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Rhythm- Transition Curved lines
carry the eye.
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Harmony Harmony is achieved when Unity and Variety are effectively combined.
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Harmony- Unity
The design is seen as “whole”.
Unity can be achieved through matching and coordinating
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Harmony- Unity
How does this design show unity?
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Harmony- Variety
Variety can relieve monotony by giving the eye a number of different details to look at.
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Harmony- Variety
How does this design show variety?
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What elements do you see???