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This festival season, light up your home with some interesting lights designed by some talented designer...
Designer Matteo Uggolini works with the Italian designer light house Karman. His Eureka inspiration for ‘Crash’? – ‘Go beyond… break an idea in two pieces and double its usual function.’
Made of white fibreglass wrapped around wire netting, wrought from rusty iron, ‘Mono’ looks like it’s coming apart. There’s a chaotic ‘fallen’ beauty to its precarious angles – as if its innards are barely held intact.
The ‘Baselamp’ by Luke Lamp Co. lets you turn nearly any object into a sculptural lighting fixture, so long as it can sit flat and isn’t too opaque to transmit light.
EDGE INTERIORS AND ARCHITECTURE: SEA LIGHTS: SEA INSPIRED LIGHTS California designer Roxy Russell was inspired by these water inhabitants to has dream up the Medusae Colle...
California designer Roxy Russell was inspired by these water inhabitants to has dream up the Medusae Collection of jellyfish lamps, gorgeous pendant lights with poetic names like Hydra, Ophelia and Medusa, characters from Greek mythology.
Colors,
patterns, themes….all make wonderful interiors…
Psychedelic colors : This art of mind manifesting is
inspiring and is extrovert enough to enliven us from the core. Use this as the
theme or a painting and just use its colors to fill the dead spaces of your
home.
Nautical pattern : The most fascinating thing about nautical design
is it has all the shapes, geometric, spiral, oval…all..so inspirations are
unstoppable. They sober the interiors and add a disciplined touch.
Geometrical patterns : Some patterns can never ever bore us…use
it on the furnishings, wallpaper, rugs any soft furnishings …it will unveil and
different perspective of the room.
Color : Favorite color of the season – Dusty rose…lovely
color, sober and rich…I like this because it goes along with all the color
schemes vibrant or dull.
Specially nude shade…having a sofa fabric or a curtain fabric
of this color will create a plush feel to the room.
Metal : Metal finishes the break the monotony of the colors
and stereotype furnishings, these are the easiest way to renovate your home.
Few wall decorative, of metal lamp shades or crockery items for display.
Lights : The only reason your space can add up drama is with
proper sufficient light. The trendiest lights today are the geometrical shaped
lights. Table lamp or hanging lights, open or closed, geometrical shapes are
in.
Or just add a fancy laser engraved led light to your casa and
be a “wow” for all your guests.
Flooring : Patterned tiles …add up the lavishness and accentuate
the space of the room. If tiles are a major work to consider then, just add up
a nice rug with such patterns and see your house transform.
Tats it for now ppl...but there are more...will keep updating...please place your comments below...
Hey...I was out for an revolutionary experience about the new kitchen designs....
I say revolutionary cuz they really have articulated the perspective design and images into this live living and active , functional kitchen.....dramatically design with mixing of two very different textures and materials...
Kitchens which we normally know as.....now let's see the new kitchen models.
Plain lines and straight models ....what I love is the colors...amazing mix of colors, neutral nude with bold dark colors....
Lights have played a vital role for this season's design and the best lighting for any kitchen always is warm white.....just go with the stylish textures and materials but try not to overdo the lighting...
If your kitchen is a display kitchen then have a fancy design with stylish finish somewhat like this....so 2015 Kitchens are all worth showing off....
Now what really impressed me are the storage and table setting ideas...like a removable desk under the counter used as serving and work platform....
All these have a wonderful use and looks both....the textures used are user friendly and beautiful to look at.
Push button open shelf doors with inbuilt lights make our life much much easy while working...even the pantry storage are push button and are hydraulically fitted for a smooth operation.
Choose backsplash tiles smartly like the glass tiles which have a handsome look to your workspace and of course are maintainence free....
So let's renovated our kitchen with the most convenient and attractive designs...
Fine living starts with proper conceptualisation. We are very particular about perfect and sophisticated living, but do we also create our homes with such perfection? Are we even germane to the ambience we are living in? Perhaps not. But this can only be achieved, if our home interiors have a certain kind of concept implemented. Concepts are basically abstract ideas which have a certain pattern, story, theme or similarity of items. This might be the designers’ jargon, but should be understood by people implementing it. People tend to avoid this exercise because of two reasons. First is the lack of knowledge or the fundamentals of concepts. Second would be the fear of misspending.
However, there are ways through which a common man can conceptualise in accordance with requirements, without having to burn a hole through his/her pocket. Let us look at some easy ways of achieving the designer look in your home, shall we?
Traditional style It is the compilation of a certain culture. Given that we all come from a certain culture or background, it’s implementation can become the concept of our beautiful home. For instance, many homes have French windows, trying to emulate the French culture. Many western countries customise their designs with Indian elements in it. To get such dramatic looks for your home, start with the conceptualisation.
Select a particular tradition, one which you would prefer to live in. Do not put in too many elements, like artefacts, furniture items or farrago. We always tend to overdo the quantity of items, which affects the quality of the outcome. For example, if you are executing the Indian concept, make sure the rooms have earthy tones, fabrics are brightly coloured and the furniture is beautifully carved and has a heavy look. The Indian design does not give a gossamer feel, but a very warm and royal touch.
Contemporary look Otherwise known as modern design, to implement this concept, use shapes for inspiration, like straight lines, circles and the like. Choose one such shape. You might take your room structure as the inspiration. If the room orientation is rectangle, then let your design concept be based on a rectangle and straight lines. Place your furniture accordingly. Also while buying your furniture, make sure to buy items, which have very plain designs (straight lines). It’s best if the fabric is also plain; it should not have any intricate works.
‘Simple’ is the mantra for contemporary designs. The artefacts also are very blunt and bare. The colours are not supposed to be too many; the beauty of this concept is such that the whole room can get a very vibrant ambience in just two or three colours. If colours interest you, then make sure to play with bright colours on sober designs or the other way round.
Amalgamated concept This one is extremely popular because it gives a very colourful and rich feel. If your furniture is contemporary, throw in pillows, which are very traditional and would add colour and depth to the design. In such designs, ratio is very important, that is, the intensity of traditional and contemporary concept shoulds be in the ratio of 2:1 or vice-versa.
You may choose any two concepts; the basics would be the same. If both the concepts have the same ratio, the room would look very crowded. A better example is you may have draperies, which are traditional and have wall paintings, which are modern. Another way to go about it would be to segregate the items individually and categorise into concepts. The categorisation is very important as it frames the space into the highlighted concept.
Colour codes Most of us are well aware of colour categories: primary colours and secondary colours. The raw colours, that is, the original colours of nature are primary colours and the colours that are the outcome of mixing two primary colours are secondary colours. It is not strange to have a concept relying just on these colour categories; rather it is much simpler.
You may start with choosing one colour category. Now, let the darker shade be the background and splash some light shades of the same on the loose items. For example, if you go with primary colours, choose any dark shade of blue for the furniture, or the wall and colour the cushions and curtains in any light shade of yellow. If you want to be specific, choose fabrics for your curtains, furniture and cushions with such concept. You can also have a contrasting design that would implement both the colour categories.
It is important to know the balance of the colour intensity, that is, not too much of the dark shade and not much of the light shade; there should be an equal ratio. The same ratio is applicable for the contrasting concept as well. However, take care to ensure that this does not hamper the natural light of the room.
And whichever concept you decide, make sure you give it everything it needs to add sophistication and elan to your homes.
(The author is interior designer & partner, Edge Interiors and Architecture)
