What interior designers consider when creating a great interior

Interior designers practice the art and profession of creating & enhancing indoor spaces in a building.

Professional interior designers receive formal education and training to be able to design interiors that optimise and enhance a room’s look, style and functionality. Interior designers have studied colour and design theory, and can draw, plan and design using computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) and other design tools.

Interior designers consider several basic elements of interior design, when designing and creating an interior space for a home, shop, office, restaurant or hotel. These includethe following:

• Space – 2D and 3D / positive and negative
• General/local/accent lighting
• Natural light or daylight
• Colour – Natural, Comfort or contrast
• Line – Horizontal, vertical and dynamic
• Natural/geometric/non-objective shapes and forms
• Actual and visual textures & patterns
• Furniture and objects

Each of these design elements is carefully chosen (according to interior design principles) by an interior designer with their client, and put together to achieve a harmonious room or living space – from top to bottom!