Oriental, European, and African interior design styles share some common elements but also have distinguishing characteristics. Oriental design draws from Eastern Asian influences and emphasizes natural elements, simple furnishings, and neutral colors to create calm Zen spaces. European style has roots in historical design movements and favors performance over excess accessories with a focus on materials, form and function. African interior design uses vibrant colors and earth tones along with cultural details like masks and animal prints to evoke the warmth and beauty of the continent.

2. ORIENTAL STYLE
• Oriental, or Asian design most commonly refers to styles from China, India and Japan,
though it also includes styles from Thailand, Korea, Vietnam and other Eastern countries.
• Yet, for most, it is often dominated by oriental influences that have originated in the Far
East several centuries ago.
• Oriental design is rich in history and tradition.
• The look includes anything from sleek-styled furniture with low profiles, the nature-
inspired elements that create a Zen calm in the space, to rooms filled with the vibrant,
rich colors found in Chinese lanterns.
• One of the more common looks in Oriental design, Zen style, taking cues from the
reflective mediation practices and art forms of Zen Buddhism, is characterized by clean,
straight lines and an uncluttered feel that create balance and harmony.
• Natural elements and simple furnishings feature prominently in this design. Zen design
uses mostly neutral colors in an earthy palette to evoke feng-shui type elements, such as
water or stone, resulting in a sleek, modern appearance

5. What is Zen ?
• Zen is a way of life – an intensely personal,several pared-down search for
meaning that elevates simplicity to an art form.
• Zen design embodies this minimalist philosphy, making use of natural
materials,patterns of light and space,and a near-monoastic rejection of clutter.

6. ORIENTAL
ARCHITECTURE

7. • Asia has been reserved for this closing chapter, in order not to interrupt the
continuity of the history of European styles, with which it has no affinity and
scarcely even a point of contact. Among them all, India alone has produced
monuments of great architectural importance.
• The buildings of China and Japan,although interesting for
their style, methods, and detail, and so deserving at least of
brief mention, are for the most part of moderate size and of perishable materials.
Outside of these three countries there is little to interest the general student of
architecture

9. Tips To Create An Asian-Inspired
Interior
• The Perfect Backdrop
• A Hint of Vivacious Color
• Visual and Textural Balance
• A Cool Water Feature
• A Fusion of Styles
• Sculptural Lighting and Paper Lanterns
• Organic and Sustainable Design
• Fragrance of Nature
• Sleek Minimalism
• Inimitable Oriental Decor

10. EUROPEAN STYLE
• Europe is a wealthy and diverse flock of design customs, some of which date
back a few centuries.
• Modern European style and European interior design decorating is greatly admired
in moderIts roots are embedded in a group of designers from Europe that founded
the Bauhaus school of design in Germany in 1919.
• Its ideology is focused on performance and dismisses the overuse of fashionable
accessories, similar to the simple nature of the Nordic inspired Minimalist style.n
America.

13. • EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE
was driven by styles –
•ART NOUVEAU
• DE STIJL
•ART DECO
• MODERNISM
• FUTURISM
• BRUTALISM
• POSTMODERNISM
• DECONSTRUCTIVISM

15. Tips To Create An Europian-Inspired
Interior• Floors
• Colour
• Materials
• Form
• Function
• Furniture
• Put a fireplace in the corner
• Be eco-friendly
• Add an outside/ inside room
• Scale back on accessories

16. AFRICAN STYLE
• This is a trend that is already many years very popular. Vivid colors combined
with earth tones are the basis of this style.
• Details such as animal prints further emphasize the splendor of the black
continent. Virtual masks and wooden figures giving to the space mystical note
• The recipe for this decorating style is simple – in the house you should enter
the warmth of the sun and sand, but also the wealth of flora and fauna.
• Another option for editing home in African style is to enter rough and simply
wicker furniture with low quality of the surface finish.
• Nothing else makes this interior special and unique such as masks from clay
and wood made ​​by local craftsmen, which are so simple made and possess
great aesthetic properties.
• Similar pleasing effect is achieved by using natural leather from zebra in the
interior and wallpapers with landscapes of sunsets and sunrises in Africa.

19. AFRICAN
ARCHITECTURE

20. • African architecture uses a wide range of materials. One finds structures in
thatch, stick/wood, mud, mudbrick, rammed earth, and stone, with the
preference for materials varying by region: North Africa for stone and rammed
earth, Horn of Africa for drystone and mortar, West Africa for mud/adobe,
Central Africa for thatch/wood and more perishable materials, Southeast and
Southern Africa for stone and thatch/wood.
• Domical (beehive)
• Cone on cylinder
• Cone on poles and mud cylinder
• Gabled roofed
• Pyramidal cone
• Rectangle with roof rounded and sloping at ends
• Square
• Dome or flat roof on clay box
• Quadrangular, surrounding an open courtyard
• Cone on

22. Tips To Create An African-Inspired
Interior
• Evoking South Africa The natural-coloured grasscloth, artwork and decorative
felted sheep recall the organic beauty of the South African veld.
• Colourful impact The warm chocolate brown dresser complements the deep
scarlet of the artwork and floral arrangement. That rich colour combo provides a
standout contrast to the neutral-toned grasscloth wallcovering.
• A bold bed At night, the chandelier casts a beautiful reflection on the coffered
ceiling, creating a romantic, intimate ambience. The upholstered headboard and
bold-patterned bed linens speak of a luxury well suited to this master bedroom
retreat.
• A balanced bedside table The feminine curves of the lamp balance the hard lines
of the bedside table. Stacks of books are at the ready for nighttime reading for
homeowner Julie Wiggins and her husband, Jeff.