Design is not reserved for the elite, as evidenced by the public access to the FIAC organized at the Grand Palais in Paris each year. Do you find that your interior lacks modernity and character or do you want to complete your collection of unusual objects? Turn to designer accessories to give your decoration a boost, and continue building an overall coherence, without changing all of your furniture or breaking the bank.
A short history of design for the curious
Design is a process of invention and improvement intended to facilitate use. Its role will be to respond to a specific need, to solve a problem, to propose an innovative solution to improve our quality of life. Design is at the crossroads of art, technology, and science.
Its history is closely linked to that of the Industrial Revolution. With the advent of mechanized production, artisans and artists were no longer the only manufacturers of objects.
Several artistic movements will follow one another, but one of its origins remains functionalism, which could be summed up by Louis Sullivan’s famous expression “form follows function”.
In Germany, in the 1920s, the Bauhaus followed, a school of curiosity, which was only slightly oriented toward mass production at the beginning. American capital made it possible in 1925 to establish industrial production of innovative furniture with a tubular structure by Marcel Breuer. the 1920s rhymed with Art Deco, which was part of a movement of modernity initiated by the Union of Modern Artists.
In the United States, the 1929 crisis pushed manufacturers to bring aesthetics to consumer products. The first industrial design agencies appeared to offer everyday objects inspired by aerodynamic shapes. Manufactured objects carry not only an aesthetic value but also a symbolic one, like the famous Coca-Cola bottle.
During the post-war period, designers adopted rounder and more fluid shapes, this was neo-modernism. Plastic materials replaced the steel tubes of the 1930s. Designers who are still very famous today appeared, such as Charles and Ray Eames with their famous chairs in the United States. Italy created its legendary Vespas and espresso machines.
Even today, design is at the heart of our daily lives: from our laptops to our desk lamps, from our favorite armchairs to our cars.
If you are passionate about design, enjoy the next edition of the D’Days festival in Pantin.
Easily bring a touch of design to your interior
It therefore becomes quite simple to create a design universe in your interior, to the delight of lovers of colors, curves, and pronounced angles!
For example, you can play on the pure lines of high chairs, decorate a kitchen wall with a beautiful metallic “warehouse spirit” or minimalist designer clock like the example below:
In the bedroom, you can position a large round mirror with a thick frame or store your books on a new kind of shelf made of fake books. To brighten up an entrance, place an original and colorful umbrella stand near the door or opt for a tubular coat rack.
As for office accessories, the trend is towards storage boxes with worked shapes or wooden storage units inspired by transport crates. On the desk, opt for large metal letters that will act as bookends. You can also choose atypical lamps with surprising shapes.
In fact, a few objects placed here and there in our interior will punctuate the decoration with designer touches that will give your home a bold soul.
In short, design is not just a matter for connoisseurs or well-rounded wallets, all lovers of pure lines and new trends in decoration can find what they are looking for, provided they know the right tips! To do this, don’t hesitate to sign up for private sales or wait for exceptional promotions from the brands you like to make your purchases!
