Whenever a designer is commissioned to decorate a space such as the living room, it is important that the whole process of arranging furniture, accessories and lighting is undertaken with particular care and eye for the client’s personality traits. To achieve something spectacular that can keep true to the family who lives in the space, […]
When we think vintage, we are immediately taken back to the look from the 20’s – 50’s. Nowadays however, the term includes many styles with an old, nostalgic vibe to them; amongst the many, we find the industrial, retro and shabby chic styles. Urban industrial décor has been very much in trend over the last […]
In photography, the lighting pattern in shooting portraits is fundamental to have under control: this is the way light and shadow play across the face to create different shapes, or simply what is the shape of the shadow on the face. The portrait lighting patterns are in four: split lighting, loop lighting, Rembrandt lighting and […]
In professional photography, it is not uncommon to see blurred backgrounds, especially when shooting portraits. What seems to be a hard effect to achieve is actually manageable with any DSLR. First of all, it is important to choose the parts of the subject that you would like to have in full focus. Using the automatic […]
Creativity, edge, style, elegance, extravagance, quality: these are the words that spring to mind when thinking about fashion. The list could go on endlessly if we also think of fashion as a form of art, where one is able to express their vision in the most captivating and marketable way. But what if we are […]
Industrial design is by definition strictly related to the evolution and progress of technology and industrial production processes. The big questions that dominates all fields of industrial design research originates from the complexity and diversity of all possible engineering design methodologies: is it possible to produce findings that harmonize such a fragmented sector? Can the development […]
The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) is an award program previously co-sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine, and in 2010 Fast Company magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). According to the IDSA, IDEA “is dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and […]
This seems to be the question that contestants get asked at the selection for Project Runway, best Docu-reality show on fashion design, hosted by super model Heidi Klum and starring powerful judges such as Nina Garcia – Creative Director at Marie Claire– and fashion designer Zac Posen. The designers have to go through different challenges, […]
In photography aesthetic elements are arranged in a scene to form a particular visual outcome, called composition. Composition can also be about picking a viewpoint to form a pleasing visual outcome. In practical terms, the photographer tends to use both “arrangement” and “choice of viewpoint”. In general, composition aims to direct the viewer to see the […]
The elements of interior design and decor can be used to create a floor plan that blends furniture and adornments to make a house habitable for the individuals residing in it. Interior design accessories add to the aesthetic value of a room, and should be representative to the designers (or homeowner’s) personality and tastes, and […]
