AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE GLOBAL STYLES ON AFRICA,ORIENTAL STYLE AND EUROPEAN STYLE IT COVERS BASIC CHARACTERISTICS,FURNITURE DESIGN AND MANY MORE

1. GLOBAL STYLES

4. ORIENTAL STYLE
• Oriental, or Asian design most commonly refers to styles from China and
Japan, though it also includes styles from Thailand, Korea, Vietnam and
other Eastern countries

5. CHARACTERSTICS OF ORIENTAL STYLE
• Space is premium(small spaces)
• Almost everything has a dual purpose.
• Easy access to an upper floor, loft or high storage and may also serve as a room divider
• Combined with silk fabrics and natural and painted woods, these Asian-influenced bold colors create an
exotic feel.
• Screens serve as both room dividers and accent piece and can range from the simple wood and rice-paper
shojis, to brightly colored lacquer screens.

6. CHARACTERSTICS OF ORIENTAL STYLE
• Elements from nature are very important in all forms of Oriental design.
• From wooden floors and furnishings to silk pillows and colors and patterns inspired by
the elements, nature is never far away.
• Live plants bring nature indoors and water features such as small fountains add another
element.
• Most Oriental styles work with the materials and elements native to the area.
• Bamboo and rattan are as common as wood.
• Patterns typically highlight birds and flowers, either in very realistic detail, or else highly
stylized and colored

7. CHARACTERSTICS OF FURNITURE
• 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.
• Oriental design is rich in history and tradition.
• The bold use of rich colors.
• Low chests see double duty as tabletops and the futon works as a couch by day and
bed by night
• A type of tansu chest designed to form steps provides both storage

8. CHARACTERSTICS OF FURNITURE
• Carved or painted wood on chairs.
• cabinets filled with drawers and cupboards for storage.
• Decorative shoji or freestanding screens present carved details, brightly painted scenes or
colorful fabrics.
• Red is a dominant color in this style, and design elements include dragons, birds and flowers,
all boldly rendered in carved detail or vivid hues.

12. AFRICAN STYLE
• Africa is a vast continent sprawling from Egypt and Morocco in the North down to South
Africa, Namibia and Mozambique in the South.
• While each and every country has its own unique style, interior design ideas usually
incorporate neutral, earth tones combined with vibrant splashes of color.

13. CHARACTERSTICS OF AFRICAN STYLE
• 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.

14. CHARACTERSTICS OF AFRICAN STYLE
• The simplest version of the African interior can be done with minimal cost to
your budget, all you need to do is set the wall wallpaper African native, rural
or animal themes
• In interiors they use masks from clay and wood made by local craftsmen,
which are so simple made and possess great aesthetic properties.
• For many centuries there is a real tribal tradition of African women - weave
carpets and fabrics.

15. CHARACTERSTICS OF AFRICAN STYLE
• Similar pleasing effect is achieved by using natural leather from zebra in the interior
and wallpapers with landscapes of sunsets and sunrises in Africa.
• They use statues of women, because they symbolize fertility and hearth.
• Animal skins and give more colorful entourage the home.
• Another distinctive attribute African - palm.
• Large exotic flowers and trees in pots.
• Appropriate ceiling structures with beams or just trim beamed ceilings, woven
blinds, pictures in wooden frames.
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16. CHARACTERSTICS OF FURNITURE
• Dark wood furniture
• Small stools made of wood with sharp angles and staves
• In upholstered furniture- upholstery uses bright ethnic prints or fabrics imitating animal skins.
• A very nice rattan furniture which is also totally natural and durable.
• Rough and simply wicker furniture with low quality of the surface finish.
• Use of motifs like "Zebra Pattern" or "Ornament ikat“ besides these two, there are many other "tribal
figures".
• In the decor - bed linen, bedspreads, curtains, pillows , woven mats.

20. EUROPEAN DESIGN
• Its roots are embedded in a group of designers from Europe that founded the
Bauhaus school of design in Germany in 1919.
• Ideology is focused on performance and dismisses the overuse of fashionable
accessories, similar to the simple nature of the Nordic inspired Minimalist style

21. CHARACTERSTICS OF EUROPEAN STYLE
• The numerous textures, colors and looks that are available
• Balancing out the details
• The classical interior design style was influenced by the Greeks and Romans on a large scale.
• A fireplace or an ornament would be the center focus point around which this design would be
organized around.
• Natural materials like marble or stone would be used for the floor.
• Velvet or cotton are the most used fabrics to achieve that elegant finishing touch.

22. CHARACTERSTICS OF EUROPEAN STYLE
• Decorating, old world style.
• A mixture of interior design done in European style, like western European antiques shape the Old
World design. The walls and floors are made from deep textures and fabric.
• The furniture itself is made up from large sized pieces.
• Use of faux fur on your carpet or sofa.
• The textures were set to make big dramatic entrance.
• warm story through the color tone.

23. CHARACTERSTICS OF FURNITURE
• Dark colored wood is generally used.
• Use of gold , silver and marble.
• The most notable feature is inlaid with jade.
• Generally , furniture is made up of walnut and maple veneer sheet.
• Framework for solid wood, the surface more than parquet veneer!
• The main emphasis on carving
• In early Europe gold used as its main color, use gold-plated or gold foil to decorate
• Due to the evolution in rococo the colors they use are beige, white patterns is the main
color and while at neo classical era the warm colors, and natural wood color are used.

24. CHARACTERSTICS OF FURNITURE
• In early Europe Furniture is with special emphasis on comfort, style, practical and
multifunctional.
• The dining chairs are also combined with the use of some leather sofa is entirely the
use of leather.
• The characteristics of the wood itself, texture itself as a decorative produce a different
sense of light at different angles.
• Chair characteristics: the top of the chair with yoke-shaped, back that is vase-style
slats, seat surface made of horseshoe-shaped,

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