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"Luminous Art & Design :: Art & Artists"
Home Design :: Biography and Books"
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The term ‘home design’ often describes two different things; residential interior design and decorating. Interior designers completed formal training on architectural plans, safety concerns, and building codes, decorators focus on the aesthetic.
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The term ‘home design’ often describes two different things; residential interior design and decorating. The terms are often used interchangeably, but should not be confused. The main difference is that decorators can not make architectural changes to a space. Interior design is closely related to architecture, environmental psychology and product design. The decorator generally focuses on the furnishing or adorning of a space with fashionable or beautiful things. Decoration, although a valuable and important element of an interior, is not solely concerned with human interaction or human behavior.
The interior designer is a professional licensed and/or registered with a licensing authority. Education requirements are less technical for an interior decorator. Although an interior designer might provide interior decoration services, an interior decorator does not have the education and experience to perform the services of a professional interior designer. Interior designers are often used for commercial projects, but some are also trained in residences.
Home decoration was already popular with the ancient Egyptians. Even basic every day household items from the servants were decorated in a way that was remarkable. Many centuries later, the Romans became masters of home design and had a passion for comfortable living. They showed off their wealth with an extravagant style that remains unsurpassed even by today's standards. Their amazing decorations included painted interiors with murals, mosaic floors, and claw footed furniture that is incomparable to our iron and electronic technology.
During the Middle Ages with the tremendous power of the Church and its sober and bleak attitude, the freedom of decoration disappeared until the Renaissance brought the arts back to life. In the 18th century, architects in Europe also often served as interior decorators. They would hire craftsmen to create and produce the furnishings needed to complete the interior. Historians credit Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950) as the first interior decorator with a career separate from architecture and charging for her services.
The Industrial Revolution helped to make machine-made furnishings and other mass-produced items available to the average consumer and into residential interiors. The interest in home décor and trained decorators developed. Art schools provided educational programs to train early decorators. The New York School of Applied and Fine Arts, (now Parsons School of Design) was the first school to offer training in interior decoration.
By the 1940s, the profession became more complicated as the built-environment industry developed. The few people in the field working with business clients started to refer to interior design. Slowly, the commercial interior design work started to grow with the design of interiors such as hotel lobbies, clubs, and stores.
Most of the designers of the last century had no formal training and depended on their creativity and knowledge gathered during their work. Today, professional interior designers need certifications and usually complete formal training that gives them the foundation needed to understand architectural plans, safety concerns, and building codes. For interior decorators, however, formal training is not necessary because they focus primarily on the aesthetic and are not concerned with matters such as building exteriors or structures.
When you are giving your house a facelift, it is important to know what you are looking for. Hiring the right person can make all the difference in the success of your new project.
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