This Thursday's design topic on The Skirted Roundtable (http://www.theskirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/) involved art in the home; choosing it, hanging it, editing collections of it, etc. Every aspect of hanging art was touched on; how high, how low, whether to match or not match, family photos displayed or not. Each designer seems to approach this aspect of design a little differently.
As I listened to Linda, Joni, and Megan argue, ahem, I mean discuss their opinions on all this, a very big thing stuck out to me; there isn't always a sure-fire formula for many of the design dilemnas we often face. I think sometimes you just work from instinct, something innate. It's a way of seeing things that sometimes cannot be explained.
To be sure, there are design principles that always hold true, but, as they say, rules are sometimes meant to be broken, too. Design isn't an exact science, as much as we wish it were sometimes.
Sometimes more is more...
As I listened to Linda, Joni, and Megan argue, ahem, I mean discuss their opinions on all this, a very big thing stuck out to me; there isn't always a sure-fire formula for many of the design dilemnas we often face. I think sometimes you just work from instinct, something innate. It's a way of seeing things that sometimes cannot be explained.
To be sure, there are design principles that always hold true, but, as they say, rules are sometimes meant to be broken, too. Design isn't an exact science, as much as we wish it were sometimes.
Sometimes more is more...
Sometimes hanging isn't even the answer...
Here we have these three successful designers, and they have three very distinct visions in dealing with hanging art. And I am sure any installation done by any one of the three would be fabulous.
Mirror on mirror can be very effective...
I think if there is one thing we can be sure of, it is that design is art and therefore individual interpretation of the principals of design will always vary somewhat. What is important is the finished product, the creative flow between the interior and the designer.
Sometimes less is more...
(And to Joni, Linda, and Megan: Vive la difference!)
