Can we ever really be fashionable? Fashions move so fast and trends change every day. If you remodel your kitchen now, it can be out of out date in a matter of months. Many interior design companies who claim to make “timeless interiors” get their inspiration from the past. Isn’t that technically out of date, not fashionable anymore? If this is the case does everything that once was in come back?
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
in Interior Design
Design for fashion occurs in interior design when a design or fit out is done in a certain style for the wrong reasons. The client, or designer, like a particular style or trend and use it for it’s aesthetic and fashionable qualities rather than the appropriateness of the application. The problem with designing for what the client has seen in magazines is that once that style goes out of fashion they will no longer be happy with it, and it may become clear that it isn’t appropriate for the particular situation. This contributes to a high rate of re-fitting interiors which is an absolute negative in terms of satiability
The first half of the article found here at the Limperts academy of design website illustrates beautifully what is meant by a ‘trend’ in interior design.
The solution to this problem is client education. Although a client can not be talked out of what they want, it must be a designers duty to inform them that trends change and designing to them leads to quickly out-dated design.
The first half of the article found here at the Limperts academy of design website illustrates beautifully what is meant by a ‘trend’ in interior design.
The solution to this problem is client education. Although a client can not be talked out of what they want, it must be a designers duty to inform them that trends change and designing to them leads to quickly out-dated design.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
What is design for fashion?
Increasingly so the appeal of new products to the consumer lies in their fashionable qualities rather than their function or purpose.
Fashion has a built in obsolescence, what is fashionable is only so for a limited period of time. Once it is out of fashion the object losses it’s appeal and there is something newer and more desirable now available to replace it.
This kind of design for fashion is present in all areas of design, however MP3 players and Ipods are the best example. New ‘generations’ are brought out and then purchased by consumers who already own older versions of the appliance that still function.
This trend of design for fashion has several negative aspects.
1. the quick manufacture, purchase and disposal of goods waste energy and resources and well as creating tons of waste.
2. it contributes to the disproportionate consumption by developed countries of the world’s resources.
Fashion has a built in obsolescence, what is fashionable is only so for a limited period of time. Once it is out of fashion the object losses it’s appeal and there is something newer and more desirable now available to replace it.
This kind of design for fashion is present in all areas of design, however MP3 players and Ipods are the best example. New ‘generations’ are brought out and then purchased by consumers who already own older versions of the appliance that still function.
This trend of design for fashion has several negative aspects.
1. the quick manufacture, purchase and disposal of goods waste energy and resources and well as creating tons of waste.
2. it contributes to the disproportionate consumption by developed countries of the world’s resources.
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