Interior design styles - Constructive

Rapid, rapid time to the turn of the eras in the early last century, a time of discovery and mistakes, projects, daring experiments, failures and successes. Era, with insane speed my life, art, philosophy. Collapsed what had seemed unshakeable, and a new burst of aesthetics, there were wonderful people, talented visionaries - artists, architects, poets. Choking the fresh air of change, they have rushed to implement the most incredible designs, inspired by the new era. The source of beauty for them was the technique in its angular contours, they searched for new forms of inspiration for them were well-functioning mechanisms, and creative slogan: "dissolve in the aesthetic and emotional essence of art". Their beckoning magic "Black Square".

A sound functional solutions and strict adherence to their requirements, compact volume with a clearly identified framework, technical clarity of constructing architectural form. Application of reinforced concrete, brick, glass. Lack of plaster decoration. On the facades of rhythmically alternating volumes and windows, the contrast of smooth surfaces and walls of glass, precision vertical and horizontal articulation. Possible ribbon windows, flat cover, open support in the lower floors.

Constructivism set out to completely change the world and man, parting with all the traditions, to open a completely new page in the history of art. Constructivists, categorically rejecting any samples of the past, wanted to model a future that seemed to them as a harmony of clear geometric shapes."Simplicity - not just" , "less - is more" - these aphorisms Mies van der Rohe, a talented architect of the XX century, became the core of the interior not only 20-30 years, but the whole century. Nothing too much is not "touches" view, all functional, well thought out, weighed. Accurate proportions twin the avant-garde architecture of the time with the classical architecture of antiquity. Simple and clear forms, windows from floor to ceiling, metal and concrete - at home, like a ship sailing in the future, and created within the interior of the new time.

The interior of the house was free of barriers, denied the old ideas about the relationship between indoor home. The division into zones was carried out in an abstract way more often at the expense of light mobile partitions, separate closed rooms, corridors - all this was seen as hopelessly outdated. Unlike the previous era of Art Nouveau interior design, resembling a cozy shell, the house was called constructionists to the future of high technology, machine production and futuristic cities.

The famous aphorism of Le Corbusier's "house - a machine for living" perfectly defines the essence of the constructivist aesthetics. Furniture should be useful not only for consumers but also for machines that will do it.

Technology of mass factory production have become the engine of artistic ideas. The uniqueness of the object had no value. Now the main criterion - universality.

All things designed constructivists - furniture and interiors in general - different maximum functionality and minimal decor. Ornament in them missing completely, prevents color accents - shine of metal, noble black, pure white and simple saturated colors - red, yellow, blue. These colors are considered a reflection of the philosophical and spiritual values of the era.

Nevertheless, the hard rational calculation faltered. In an effort to uncover the essence of the constructive things that designers have finally made it of little practical point of view.

For example, the frame with cloth stretched over it theoretically ideally suited to accommodate the body, but categorically not fit, even to just lie down in it.

Constructivism, particularly the Soviet version, tried to arrange a new living environment and adapt to it man. Man is not adjusted, but constructivist ideas have become a valuable laboratory experience for the development of furniture design of the XX century. And if to be honest, then the XXI century, too.

Such a cycle that's occurred in the interior of the middle of last century. Today, all this became history. And that is why the creation of interiors in such a style is quite possible. Moreover, competent pastiche constructivism said in our time of taste and intelligence owners.