“If a writer wrote merely for this time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away”
Victor Hugo
The question I get asked quite frequently is: What makes a timeless interior design?
To answer this I must start by quoting a hero of mine, Josef Frank, the father of modernism in Sweden:
"....A home does not need to be planned down to the smallest detail or contrived; it should be an amalgamation of the things that its owner loves and feels at home with.”
He believed that a home must never be restrained, predicamental to fashion and trends, but reflect the personality of the owner and his way of life. The founder of Svennskt Tenn, Estrid Ericson incorporated treasures from her adventures around the world, juxtaposing them against other possessions, from stylish, self-designed furniture to delicate objets d’art. This allowed the person stepping into her home to immediately get the impression of her worldliness and created an unusual, personal collection of objects which most certainly intrigued the observer.
I think timelessness is in the combination of first considering the space and maximizing its potential and then applying the best possible solutions to the interior, be it a colour, fabric or piece of furniture. Always bearing in mind “...the owner feels at home...”.
This takes away the dishonesty of trying to design a space that is merely a statement to fashion and the current, most sought-after designer rather than a comfortable, ‘intelligent’ home that works.
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