Various designs in Europe

Viewing designs from different places inside the same continent (Europe), one would realise how the aspect of design still varies with different qualities of creativeness. Such as the citizens that live in the North, of course they have cold temperatures, so their designs may be designed more on materials that will keep their place or environment, warm and cosy. Very often they also install parquet flooring or fitted carpets in their houses.

 The contemporary minimalism and modern design concept is currently on its highlight, then you start observing and spotting ornaments that are being decorated in their interiors including a lot of vintage and retro styles with other simple plain natural colour backgrounds.

This is one example of the Northern side of Europe, a Scandinavian interior kitchen design, that has minimal, clean and simple lines. The visual qualities have been stemmed from the early 20th century art movements and the simple lines became influenced from the inter-war art movements which this made the style become very elegant and neat.

Scandinavian Interior, image source: The Kitchen Designer 2015

Nordic, Scandinavian Interior Design, 201

I take the picture below as a revival  design that has been engaged from the old times and the style has been collaborated with the modern design that is being expressed with the most simplicity in its form and aesthetics, nothing to be hidden, admirable with all the geometric lines and shapes created within the furniture and the window framing. The eyes will automatically focus on the materials.

Interior Design and Luxury Decor

Furthermore I believe that aesthetically on the contemporary design style, natural colours such as greens, browns, blues and more are being used and these underlie on earthy pigments.

In fact, in many of the mid-century modern houses are being established in wood and brick materials, along with newer materials that are being launched, such as the man-made flooring parquet. More than that the technology is being incorporated within the category of designing certain, products, home digitalization features or functions in buildings, such as; the radiant floor heat, and building techniques with construction atop slab concrete foundation, the touch-sensitive switches (to turn on and off the lights) that make it modern and more fit to the description of the interior. All this is being reinvented to give a better service and comfort, such wants and needs for the human being. 

In picture #1, there is shown a comfortable big living space with large windows. This style derived from the architect designer Frank Lloyd Wright of the house that he designed what was inside became on the outside and what was outside became inside. This is to blend with the interior environment.

Interior with Large Windows #1

Here I am representing the LED lights which at the time they are being on demand in the markets, since they save a lot of electricity, its light source is found very strong and lasts for long and also it makes a lovely environment.  

LED lights 

These are the touch sensor switches that are being installed in homes. It is basically an operation system that will function with the mimics of the human body and lightens with an optical light that will be connected to the electricity or magnetism.

Touch switches

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