Interior Design/Architectural Interior: Issah Jana A. Breva
Interior Design/Architectural Interior: Issah Jana A. Breva
• is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically
pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches,
coordinates, and manages such enhancement projects.
What exactly does an interior designer do?
• Color
• Form
• Space
• Texture
• Pattern
• Line
• light
Basic Interior Design Principles
Balance Symmetrical or formal: Traditional or Rhythm
formal spaces call for symmetrical balance
In design, balance creates a feeling of As in music, rhythm in design is all about
where the space is evenly split into two sides
equilibrium. It is all about equalizing or creating patterns of repetition and contrast
that mirror each other. For example, two
approximating the visual weight of objects. to create visual interest. You can achieve this
chairs on either side of a coffee table can be
Balance is created not just through shape, by using the same color or shape at different
said to be symmetrically balanced. This kind
but through color, pattern, and texture as intervals. Its purpose is to move your eye
of balance is easy to achieve as design
well. around the room. For instance, you can
elements are repeated on each side. If you
establish a rhythm by using a color in the
There are three different kinds of balance: are not careful, this kind of balance can
pillows, picking it up in a painting, and
become monotonous and boring.
echoing it again in a rug. These repetitions
Asymmetrical or Informal: The visual will help carry your eye around the room.
weights of lines, colors, forms, and textures
are balanced without exact duplication. It is
not as ordered as symmetrical balance and
Basic Interior Design Principles
Harmony A room where everything gets equal Some proportional relationships are more
importance will seem either scattered or pleasing than others. The ancient Greeks
Harmony is created when all the elements
boring. You need an anchor. Architectural came up with the Golden Section, which
act together to create a unified message.
spaces often have points of interest such sought to reduce all proportion to a
Just as rhythm can create excitement,
as a fireplace or a window with a simple formula: The ratio of the smaller
harmony creates a sense of restfulness.
beautiful view. You can choose to section to the larger section should be
For instance, you can create harmony by
enhance the built-in focal point by the same as that of the larger section to
using just one color, even though your
arranging furniture around it to the whole. This proportion is present in
forms vary greatly in shape, size, and
emphasize it. In a room that lacks such a nature, and artists and architects have
texture.
built-in point of interest, you can create used it as well.