ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN: Line & Plane

Engage the Decorative Lines of Your Interior to Create a Great Three-Dimensional Flow of Space

Is there any interesting visual line flowing through your room? Would you like to make a line of decorative elements? When a room has a clear line of design or architecture, it brings the feeling of flow to the interior.

You may consider creating a line by adding an element of interior architecture that will give your space an instant makeover. If you are up for a bigger game, think about changing your typical, functional staircase into something fabulous – just as in the below example.

ELEMENT

Line refers to the horizontal, vertical. diagonal, straight, curved, continuous, broken or dotted line within a space. In the above case we are referring to the horizontal, vertical and curved lines of the interior: the horizontal lines of the panels surrounding the sitting area , the wood panels in the ceiling, the white lines of ceiling panels, the two windows and the horizontal lines of the two lots of stairs. vertical lines of the walls and wood panels, diagonal lines created by the floor tiles and the large ceiling beam, and finally the powerful single curving line of the white staircase.

PRINCIPLE

A plane is a surface generated by a straight line moving at a constant velocity with respect to a fixed point. It is an area of a two-dimensional surface having determinate extension and spatial direction or position.

OUTCOME

The feature curved line of the white staircase creates a focal point for all other lines in the room, it creates a clear plane for all other lines, horizontal, vertical or diagonal. The resulting outcome is a breathtaking interior that emanates the atmosphere of a most sophisticated space, and yet one that flows naturally and effortlessly.

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