Dear friends, we as humans are a composite
of mind, body and spirit. All
these three in proper coordination,
create the world around us. The
things, which we want in life,
are first created in our mind,
then our mind sends signals to
our brain and the brain sends
signals to various parts of our
body to take action and thus "reality"
gets created.
This means that whatever we
imagine in our minds gets converted
in reality. The program of our
mind decides what we imagine.
I mean if I want to decorate
my bedroom, everything from
the type of furniture I choose
to the budget decision will
depend upon my "broader
attitude" towards life.
If I am a "budget conscious"
person, then this will affect
right from the initial stages
of the design. I will look at
the design from a conservative
point of view. Thus everything,
which gets created in reality
will have an influence of my
personality.
Here I am not trying to say
that only high budget designs
are good. I have seen works
of many interior designers,
who have spent their entire
lives on studying low cost design
projects and also have won awards
for their magnificent work.
That's why any interior design
project can not be fulfilled
without active participation
of the client or the user. Creativity
doesn't have any boundaries
of budget. Any piece of art
which fulfils the functional
need and also the aesthetical
need can be easily accepted
as an architectural element.
Budget is not a constraint at
all. On the other hand the budget
constraint sometimes is useful
to generate some good ideas
for a particular problem.
An interior designer is not
an artist, because an artist
basically performs his acts
to satisfy his own desire. This
could be any performing art
or other forms of arts. His
piece of work may not have any
functional use from user's point
of view.
An interior designer is not
even a technician or engineer.
Because when an engineer builds
a design he need not worry of
making it "beautiful".
His primary aim is to make it
functional. He puts his entire
energy in making the design
functional.
That's why an interior designer
is one who satisfies both the
functional as well as aesthetical
part of the design. Sometimes
it is easy to accomplish the
functional part of an interior
design, but since the definition
of beauty is different for everyone,
it is extremely difficult to
satisfy each and every user's
aesthetic hunger.
This is particularly true about
interiors in public spaces.
For example a bank building
has a definite use and function
for all the users. We can safely
create a list of functions a
person would perform when he
visits a bank. But this does
not mean the bank reflects his
personality, like the first
paragraph of this article mentions.
That's why interiors in public
spaces always are designed by
taking into consideration something
called as "mass personality".
This is a general attitude of
the kind of mindset everyone
would have or is likely to have
when he/she visits that space.
If you visit large corporate
software office premise, you
will see this picture.
Office interiors always have
a certain kind of order in them.
The use of colors, design styles
have a kind of commitment in
them, which is expected from
you when you work there.
On the other hand a bar or
a restaurant has some sort of
mood generating atmosphere,
which sets you loose. Because
this is what is expected in
a public space like a restaurant.
Thus any interior space is
always associated with people.
A space which serves its functions
best and makes the users comfortable
is bound to succeed as a favorite
place.
I hope this article was informative
to everyone.
