Adults spend an astonishing nine hours per day looking at rectangular screens: computer, TV, iPhone, blackberry (aren't I this very minute looking intently at my Mac screen, scrutinizing every word and pixel, in a rush to get this post done before the season premiere of Mad Men?).
And, as a designer, I spend an extravagant amount of time concerned with rectangles: graph paper, doors, windows, floorplans, tiles, floors, picture frames, rugs, cabinets, countertops....on and on the list of angular items grows. And it seems the younger and hipper the client, the more straight lines there are.
The Artist Model Keeps Two of Artefact's Wire Spheres Company
Is it any wonder then, that where ever I go, I see spheres? O happy sight! Roundness, curves that are so curvy they meet themselves again in an eternal embrace! No angles to square? Relief!
Out scouting design ideas yesterday, I fell hard for spheres. The antidote to too many angles in our worlds.
Contemporary Chandelier in Crystal Daisies, A Diaphanous Sphere
Sources for These Spheres Click on the Store Names Below:
Artefact Design & Salvage, at Cornerstone in Sonoma, California
Extremely creative and talented team of David Allen and Wade Hines for very cool furnishings from repurposed items
Zipper, at Cornerstone in Sonoma, California
HIp and chic, not to be missed!
Chateau Sonoma, just off the Square in Sonoma, California
Well, if you can't make it to France anytime soon, just drop by toute de suite!
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Chic Provence Interior Design
I love round ! I've been collecting vintage globes to offset all the rectangular-squarey-features in our home.
ReplyDeleteHey Denny, send pics, I love round too! It is amazing how necessary it is to our well-being to have a place for our eyes to rest in our homes. Outside, ok, we have clouds, nature. But so many interiors are squared off and angled...relief is needed!
ReplyDeleteThanks for making me think "outside the box", Kit!
ReplyDeleteHa Melanie! just as you get me to think "outside the ketchup bottle"! LOL
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When it comes to design, our natural affinity is to curves and round shapes. I think it's just to step outside of boxes and squares and appreciate true beauty.
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http://www.furnitureanddesignideas.com/
Hi Nicolette! yes thanks for stopping by. Round is good and so many don't realize we need that balance in our visual/tactile worlds...it has a subliminal effect on our psyches to be always surrounded by sharp lines, angles and squares without the relief of roundness/curves...it is stressful. Great to hear from you, and I am really liking some of your furniture. Everyone should check out her site!
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