INT 270-1: Theories and Fundamentals of Interior Design

  INT 270 Ruth Hernandez   Blog 2 Elements of design part 2:  Light, Color, Texture, and Pattern These elements play a major part in how an interior space looks, feels, and functions. I have learned from the lecture materials that these elements work together in creating the mood, perception, and usability of an interior design. The designer must take into consideration how each of these elements works together with each other. LIGHT Light is one of the most significant elements of interior design because it influences the way we experience a space. A space cannot be fully appreciated if the lighting is poor. In fact, the other elements of interior design, such as color, texture, and form, cannot be fully appreciated if the lighting is poor. Lighting can be natural or artificial and can be categorized into four types: ambient lighting, task lighting, accent lighting, and mood lighting. Ambient lighting is the lighting that is used for the general illumination of a sp...

INT 270 Ruth Hernandez   Blog 1  This weak   we talk about the importance of knowing all the basic elements that we can use to design for our future interiors...  First of all, of them was the POINT: ‘‘All pictorial form begins with the point that sets itself in motion...  The point moves... and the line comes into being—the first dimension. If the line shifts to form a plane, we obtain a two-dimensional element.  In the movement from plane to spaces, the clash of planes gives rise to body (three-dimensional) ... A summary of the kinetic energies which move the point into a line, the line into a plane, and the plane into a spatial dimension.”   Paul Klee,  The Thinking Eye: The Notebooks of Paul Klee (English translation) 1961. The point indicates a position in space. (C hing pg3.)  A point has no dimension, but it helps us to organize our surrounding elements and stabilizes them. Now, two points can define an axis, and helps to organiz...