Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Discover Your Aesthetic: easy tips

In a previous blog post, "Design Reflections: Whoopi Goldberg's NYC Apartment" (click here to visit), I discussed the importance of a space reflecting one's character and design aesthetic. However, how do you find out what your design aesthetic is? How do you express your interests visually so they can be used as design inspiration? Well, making a collage is a great place to start. They are very informative and fun to make! You can make collage of your favorite furniture, materials, places of travel, or interests. Here are a few examples:


Furniture CollagePhoto courtesy of Eheart Designers

Photo courtesy of Liberty Post


Materials Collage
Here is a materials collage from my sketchbook.


Photo courtesy of Eheart Designers

Photo courtesy of Re+Habit

Photo courtesy of Avowed Virago


Travel Collage

Photo courtesy of The Taverna

Photo courtesy of The Stampers Chef

Photo courtesy of Leah Piken Kolidas


Personality / Interest Collage

Photo courtesy of Ninainvorm


Photo courtesy of Polyvore


Wordle Collage
You can make a list of words that come to your mind and place them in Wordle to make a collage such as these (click here to try):





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"Design Reflections: Whoopi Goldberg's NYC Apartment"
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2 comments:

  1. LWDecember 6, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    I'm totally going to make a collage soon. I'll probably use polyvore, are there any other sites/programs you would recommend to make a collage in?

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  2. Kuniko C BuffordDecember 6, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    Hey LW. The program that I normally use is Adobe Illustrator, but if you don't have that PowerPoint works just as well. All you have to do is arrange your photos on a slide however you like, and save the file as a jpeg. My favorite method is cutting up magazines and gluing photos in my sketchbook! You can also include pieces of fabric, bottle caps, or twigs. Good luck:o)

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