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The Oriental Vs. Contemporary Bedroom Design Theory.
By Shrinivas Vaidya, Fri Dec 9th
Dear friends, If you have read any interior design books/articles, visited afew websites on the internet, you will find the word theme usedquite often. What exactly is a theme-based design?
A theme according to me is a collection of various parameters ofdesign of an interior space. So a theme may include a certainset colors, materials, repetition of a certain element, such asa decorative item, etc... Primarily there are two basic themes under which a design can becategorized, 1)Oriental 2)Contemporary. Oriental Bedroom Design Theme: These kind of themes have a still drilled down niche designthemes, such as country, rustic, vintage, elegant, etc... One ofthe major thing about these kind of themes is that much emphasisis given on the natural beauty of any material. These designsare close to nature or are shown to be close to nature. These kind of design styles are very rarely found in the urbancity interiors. Mostly the countryside homes adopt these kind ifthemes, to replicate the flora and fauna of the outsideenvironment. The designer tries to include the patters seen in nature, suchas leaves, flowers, plants. All these natural patterns are seenon wallpaper patterns, decorative lamps, curtains, furnitureupholstery, wall paintings, etc... Homes which are build on country side such as farm houses, thescarcity of space is not an issue, but this creates anotherproblem as far as designing interiors is concerned. A bedroom, no matter of what size it is, requires some basicfurniture elements as functional needs, such as a double bed,dressing table, wardrobes, study tables, a book shelf etc.. It is sometimes possible that because of the large spaces, thebedroom looks empty after the furniture is arranged. At suchtimes "decoration" plays a major role. During ancient years thepalaces and castles had such large built spaces, where extensiveuse of decoration was used in the form of paintings, heavydecorative flooring patterns, carvings, moldings as a decorativearchitectural elements. So in this oriental design trend, decoration of the space usingvarious accessories plays a major role. Contemporary design Theme: These kind of design themes are very new as compared to thepreviously mentioned oriental design theme. But how did thedesigners came along using these kind of designs? During the starting years of the 20th century, the "IndustrialRevolution" in Europe changed the face of our planet. It waseasy to design and manufacture goods on a mass scale withamazing speed and efficiency. This created a flood of industries in and around the cities.These cities attracted large amount of people to migrate fromrural areas to city centers in search of a living. Because of this migratory effect there was a sudden need ofhousing requirement for the workers. This is where the conceptof an "apartment" was introduced. Because of the pressure ofdemand, a school of thoughts emerged within the
architects, whobelieved that "simplicity" is the need of today's era. They thought that, the design of the building has to be simpleand easy to build, then only we can compete with the growingdemand of housing needs in cities. That's why simple designswith mostly plane and square faces with square or rectangularopenings were used. These forms and masses were easy to buildand still beautiful. If everything from "safety pins" to "spaceships" could be built on a mass scale, why not "buildings". The school of thought believed that a plane rectangular form isin itself beautiful and they proved this using infinitepermutations and combinations of the basic square form. That'swhy decoration was given a second preference. Today we call thisschool of thought as "contemporary". In contemporary designevery element has an order. That's why in today's modern interior design, simplicity is thekey to an efficient design. Unlike the previous oriental designtheme, the contemporary design theme states that any kind ofarchitectural decoration is always dependent on the basic formof the building. The form itself is so beautiful, that the needto further decorate it is not required. Today's modern interiorsspaces are simple to understand, simple to construct, andproject a kind of simplicity. By reading the above paragraphs some of you might say that,decoration is no more needed. But this is not true. I am nottrying to force some ideas here. But most people confuse thewhole concept of "Interior Design" and "Interior Decoration".Both are quite different and both have a unique value in today'scomplex society. Decoration was something the primitive man learned, looking atthe nature around him. He saw plants, flowers, birds, animalsand tried to copy these elements. We still use "embroidery" onour dresses. But the modern design theory says that any sort ofdecoration can only "enhance" the existing form, but can not bean element of design. What does this mean? In the above said example the "embroidery" pattern can certainlyadd to the beauty of the cloth, but the modern theory denies toaccept the cloth to be of a cheap quality. It states that everyform, texture, material, shape is in itself beautiful and mustbe accepted as it is. Because of this the need to furtherdecorate it does not arise. Thus decoration whether used in architecture or elsewhere isalways dependant on the form on which it is used, but design isan independent entity which does not need any justification fromthe external factors. The two design themes mentioned above are still widely usedtoday. The user must look upon them from a point of view of whatbest suits his/her likes and dislikes. Only then can you giveyourself and your family the best quality of living. I hope this article was informative to everyone. Copyright Shrinivas Vaidya About the author:Shrinivas Vaidya is the webmaster ofBedroom-Design-And-Decorating-Ideas.com .Visit TODAY to get anin-depth knowledge of masterbedrooms, teen bedrooms and child bedrooms.
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