Sunday, January 8, 2012

Laura Ashley



Catalog Laura Ashley last: the pattern matching wallpaper and curtains. Cushion in the same tones.

I have won a fall winter catalog the Laura Ashley and I will talk a little about the trends I saw.
 Got the point, the prints are the hit at the decoration in beginning  2012.
They appear on everything from floors to walls,  furniture, objects and adornments and reaching the ceiling!
I have written some posts about it and what they it is becoming easier to understand is that "being printed is a fashion statement." It is always a danger statements to "The End" because nothing is certain in this life or permanent, especially when it comes to a fruitful field as the design. What a luxury today can be tomorrow's trash will be inevitably delayed and there's always someone (or exaggerated) that comes in a wave without thinking and end badly.


           Yellow with gray at various points: Stripes curtains, the wallpaper, the fabric of the chair. All very delicate.
That is, to look good, according to "own" Laura, can we use printed on the wall and the curtains, but if the prints are similar or the same type. You can use different prints on the couch and the wall, but only if the wall is very smooth and unobtrusive.
 In short caution and look very keen to see what goes with what, without exaggeration.

It is also worth to mention the colors: turquoise and red that 
 are in high, but nothing radical.
 It has beautiful things in yellow with gray, in shades of plum,
 green, lilac and much more.
 I actually really enjoy the turquoise but have another 
variations very close in blue and greens both very beautiful
 on the walls, curtains, sofas and armchairs, even plain color.
The trend is confirmed: much knitting accessories.

Crafts on the rise. Although they are given a thousand barbarous cushions in various fabric, the highlight was the same cushions in for knitting.
 Each one more beautiful than the other, with different plots, braids, buttons, everything to make them even more unique.

Laura Ashley 

Technology has changed our communication, also changed the way we show our feelings.
This multiplicity of this information is endless, with amazing systems making our life better, stronger, and faster.
My spirit is of an artist. It's a gentle way of looking at life, a feeling that I bring with me always.
The human kindness, beauty, the aesthetic harmony has an unusual fasciination over me. When I admire a work of art, a beautiful poem, a sculpture, a painting, creative in and of itself it kindles my spirit to create. For there is a thread of love uniting creator and creation, the soul expressed throught the object. It is the soul of the artist that gives life to the art, and allowing human spirit to touch our heart.
So if you have the passion of creativity release it. Let to go like a bird set free from a case. Dream your dreams, give them fight, and take a deep breath of your new life.


Reflections on 200 years of Design

The emergence of industrial processes separated the task of manufacturing at exspence of exclusive designs. The "one size fits all" mentality was the corner stone of mechanized production. The emergence of reformers like William Morris , stated that design has to have dimensions in both theoretical and philosophy. The end of the nineteenth century saw Europe imbarking on the idealism of design with such movements as Art & Crafts, Art Nouveau and Jugendstil. This phase also emerged Art Deco which is a style and not a movement. The combination of design theory with industrial production came mainly with the Bauhaus (1919) of Walter Gropius. He believed in the total work of art is a marriage of arts and crafts. Later this idea was replaced by the fusion of art and technique trying to reconcile the social idealism of quality products with aforability for the average person. In 1925 the Bauhaus was banned by the Nazis regime and settled in Dessau. In 1933, the private school in Berlin of Mies van der Rohe was closed by the Nazis. In the 1960's this movement was resurrected by the New Bauhaus in Chicago (Institute of Design). The Modern Movement featured "Utility Design" , "International Style",and "Organic Design". In Britain a reaction to these designs led to the formation of the independent group Antidesign who rejected the modern movement. Antidesign suported Radical Design , Pop Design, Descontrutivismo ,and Post Modernism. Below are famous designer that shaped this design evolution. Please come and see this part of fashion history Refections



Everything Begins

Before the Industrial Revolution (which began in Great-Britain in the 18TH CENTURY), the Craftsman were the owner of the local shop (usually at home). There wasn't the division of labor and specialization.The "Craft" was passed down through the ages, and has prevailed itself in the Antique and the Classical age. The Modern age has expanded the consumer market through mass production. Each worker perform one step and is specialized in one expertise. The first Industrial Revolution evolved into the second Industrial Revolution around 1850 when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development of steam-powered ships, railways, the internal combustion engine, and electrical power generation. The period of time covered by the Industrial Revolution varies with different historians. Eric Hobsbawm held that it 'broke out' in Britain in the 1780s and was not fully felt until the 1830s or 1840s, while T. S. Ashton held that it occurred roughly between 1760 and 1830. Some twentieth century historians such as John Clapham and Nicholas Crafts have argued that the process of economic and social change took place gradually and the term revolution is not a true description of what took place. This is still a subject of debate among historians. The gross domestic product per capita was broadly stable before the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of the modern capitalist economy. The Industrial Revolution began an era of per-capita economic growth in capitalist economies. Historians agree that the Industrial Revolution was one of the most important events in history.


About History of Art and Design

The design with quality, as well as music, painting, etc., are always news, somehow, yesterday, today and tomorrow, they are ageless.So, but mainly because I love the history of art and design, I decided to make this page, where I will restrict myself to Furniture Design.The page is devide in dates and decades the furniture.There are many diferent design,which require several pages











Traditional Living room

DECORATING INSPIRATION

Palácio Laranjeiras (Rio de Janeiro)Brasil

Palácio Laranjeiras  (Rio de Janeiro)Brasil

PALACE of VERSAILLES

PALACE of VERSAILLES
LUIS XV (style)
In decoration and design not everything is original. The secret is knowing, and reinventing the influences of art, design and decorating which expresses who we are .


New Project

New Project