deco room
Since the Lascaux caves, the human need to influence their immediate surroundings: to tame them, decorate them, make them more friendly, unique and personal has not changed. Means of expression and style have changed, but the need to express one's individuality and to tell stories about oneself with everyday objects has not changed. Rock paintings show a sensitivity to the beauty of primitive man, and the tombs of many ancient cultures are attached to a valuable object. The later representative function of palaces and mansions, overflowing with expensive furniture and art, only confirms the immanent longing of Homo Sapiens to decorate the place of residence.
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The beauty of everyday life
Empty walls with a reproduction of Van Gogh's sunflowers, one point of light in the middle of the ceiling and only the necessary, most necessary pieces of furniture are becoming a thing of the past, and such a "functional approach" does not defend itself in the sea of contemporary possibilities created by the deco-market. The surprising combinations of furniture and objects are to amaze, amuse, evoke associations with painting, and intrigue; in a word, to have fun, and a beautiful detail to be a spice that gives flavor to the aesthetic's life. Living beautifully today means living beautifully, dressing beautifully, setting the table beautifully and looking for beauty in the immediate surroundings. Although beauty means something else to everyone, what counts is a common aesthetic attitude, and there is more and more around us. Carefully composed scenes with precisely selected objects within the chosen style can be found in private homes, offices and public spaces.
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Instagram Friendly
The omnipresent advertising aesthetics shapes the tastes of a wide audience, and the high quality of digital photography, present in every cell, allows you to record inspiring fragments of reality and share them with crowds of friends and strangers, at the same time promoting good design. Social media play a significant role in this process. Brief for architectural studios creating public interiors such as bars, restaurants, clubs more and more often includes a point on designing a place that will look good on Instagram - of course with the obligatory Selfie in the foreground. Selfie on an appropriately attractive background acts like a viral, promoting the "spot" among the potential clientele. In ancient times, this phenomenon was called "direct marketing" - the most reliable and cheapest source of traffic generation in commerce. New generations, growing in the new reality, translate the classics of marketing into a new, characteristic language.
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Back to the Past
The jumble of furniture and decorations "from the old days" is not appreciated, unless it is inspired by the most fashionable aesthetics of the 50's, 60's or 70's. Mid-Century style is HOT - the hot trend of the season, although the decorative element in the lead role is not always a symbol of sophistication and elegance. Sometimes - extravagance, with classic beauty that has nothing to do with it. Reaching back further - Strzemiński and his constructivism, translated into the language of industrial design, architecture and fashion, inspired by geometry, the mutual relationship of pure colors and geometric solids, is a niche proposition for orthodox fans of pure design. After years of oblivion, it speaks with new force to generations rebelling against bourgeois values and a family dinner against the backdrop of a Gdańsk wardrobe and a landscape with a borderland cottage.
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Tastes are not discussed.
The mods may be different, but they have one thing in common - they are always persuasive when used consistently and boldly. Whether in the spirit of scandi or art deco - if the interiors are well "made" they will stand the test of time and surprise with artistic recycling in subsequent epochs. Of course, furniture and objects also have an expiry date, because they cannot be translated 1: 1 into today's reality. Such literalism will not work, but in the mixture of history and modernity, the bestsellers of the past will certainly find their place.
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Where did we come from, Who are we and Where are we going?
The famous title of the painting by Paul Gaugin refers to the mystery of our existence, and its course is documented by the history of material culture. From the wide range of possibilities, you can find the right one to mark the space around you in a subjective way. Characteristic, meticulously decorated interiors will remain in the memory of our loved ones, just as unique deco items will remind us of our existence in a chain of human lives.