So I've been toying with starting an interior design blog where I share my ideas. Many of us claim to be interested in interior design, but some of us can fanatically claim to be interested in design of ALL kinds. Anything creative and artistic really moves us, from fashion, to make up, to painting, to furniture, to architecture, books and pimped out cars. But I don’t want to be a jack of all trades and master of none, so interiors have become my focus. I grew up happily with beautiful things around me (thanks to my parents' impeccable taste) and I believe our surroundings really affect our souls and our minds.
My interior design ‘system’ as I like to call it is not a taught one, but it is one which I think we all use. You see, whenever I go someplace new, I don't look at each thing in detail; I just want to 'feel' the place first, I even want to smell it, and I (weirdly) listen to any sounds, such as humming machinery, whirring fans. This is really seeing a place in it's entirety. All this creates the ambience of the place for me and I start to "know" the space. Then I look at the details, starting with the focal point and the placement of the pieces around that focal point. I look for the beauty, (or lack thereof), of each and every piece and I rearrange things in my mind, even mentally bringing in pieces of furniture i've seen elsewhere. It's all by feel since I have no formal training but I just know when things seem right for me and whether a design is working in my eyes or not. It has to fit. I am one of those who firmly believe that creativity cannot be taught but it can be developed somewhat by practice.
The reason I'm writing this is not to brag about my artistic abilities, but to actually lament the fact that there is no internship system in this country. Some of the best designers have never seen the inside (or outside) of a university; they just started by working as interns for very little money and learnt the business in that way. I tried to become an intern. I sent mails to different Interior Design companies here but only one responded with "I'm sorry but we have no internship system at our firm". So now I have like a hundred books on design and even more magazines. I absorb and play around with ideas which I hope I will be able to put into practice someday soon Inshallah. Any takers out there?
We have a few excellent interior design magazines here in the UAE. Have a look at "Inside Out", it's one of my favourites. Bye for now.
Edited on 16/9/2017: I can now easily rewrite the above post and use words such as "rhythm", "line" and I would call it a "space" not a "place". Why would I do that you may ask? Well, it's all because I am about to complete my diploma course to qualify as an interior designer. It has taken me over 5 years from the time I wrote the above post to get to this stage. Can we talk about being stuck? I have just started a new blog over at www.fatumerastyling.com all about interior design and styling, and how we can all have beautiful design in our lives. Hey! You probably have a dream of your own you want to see come to life. It isn't easy, but we can get there with determination and pure grind. Let's talk.
My interior design ‘system’ as I like to call it is not a taught one, but it is one which I think we all use. You see, whenever I go someplace new, I don't look at each thing in detail; I just want to 'feel' the place first, I even want to smell it, and I (weirdly) listen to any sounds, such as humming machinery, whirring fans. This is really seeing a place in it's entirety. All this creates the ambience of the place for me and I start to "know" the space. Then I look at the details, starting with the focal point and the placement of the pieces around that focal point. I look for the beauty, (or lack thereof), of each and every piece and I rearrange things in my mind, even mentally bringing in pieces of furniture i've seen elsewhere. It's all by feel since I have no formal training but I just know when things seem right for me and whether a design is working in my eyes or not. It has to fit. I am one of those who firmly believe that creativity cannot be taught but it can be developed somewhat by practice.
The reason I'm writing this is not to brag about my artistic abilities, but to actually lament the fact that there is no internship system in this country. Some of the best designers have never seen the inside (or outside) of a university; they just started by working as interns for very little money and learnt the business in that way. I tried to become an intern. I sent mails to different Interior Design companies here but only one responded with "I'm sorry but we have no internship system at our firm". So now I have like a hundred books on design and even more magazines. I absorb and play around with ideas which I hope I will be able to put into practice someday soon Inshallah. Any takers out there?
We have a few excellent interior design magazines here in the UAE. Have a look at "Inside Out", it's one of my favourites. Bye for now.
Edited on 16/9/2017: I can now easily rewrite the above post and use words such as "rhythm", "line" and I would call it a "space" not a "place". Why would I do that you may ask? Well, it's all because I am about to complete my diploma course to qualify as an interior designer. It has taken me over 5 years from the time I wrote the above post to get to this stage. Can we talk about being stuck? I have just started a new blog over at www.fatumerastyling.com all about interior design and styling, and how we can all have beautiful design in our lives. Hey! You probably have a dream of your own you want to see come to life. It isn't easy, but we can get there with determination and pure grind. Let's talk.
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