Scandinavia is a country consisting of several countries in Eastern Europe such as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland. Scandinavian architectural designs were introduced at design exhibitions in America and Canada around the 1950s. It was introduced to the way the Scandinavians lived in today’s famous design, beautiful, simple, clean, and inspired from the nature and climate of the North, easily accessible and available to all walks of life.
The Scandinavian designers are more interested in producing functional, durable products, at an efficient price. They believe that if the consumer really needs something, the item will be bought, but if not, it does not need to be sold. In principle, Scandinavian style design prioritizes functionality without losing its beauty and elegance.
The Scandinavian-style interior design is widely applied in Western countries, especially because the interior design is focused on the simplicity, the utilization of each room with still looks elegant and beautiful. Good lighting is a very important element in this interior design. Lighting is expected to give the impression of warm and comfortable in the room.
Scandinavian style furniture fits perfectly with the urban style. Urban interiors are more dynamic with sleek furniture models, just like with Scandinavian furniture. Although impressed minimalist, Scandinavian furniture has a high artistic value.
Here are some of the characteristics or characteristics of the Scandinavian design style:
Wood material
Wood is a material that is often used as the main ingredient in building a house with Scandinavian style. Not just for home building, wood also dominates the furniture used in the house. Wood is usually used as a material for the roof and wall of the house. Wood can give a warm, homey, and natural impression for a private home.
Natural colour.
Of course, when looking at the style of Scandinavian interior design, white colour is the most dominating colour. But in addition to white, other neutral colours like grey took part to create an elegant and beautiful interior. The combination of these two colours is a mandatory colour to get a Scandinavian interior look. Currently, there is a growing use of other neutral colours are brighter. It aims to make the room feel more spacious, bright, and provide a more lively atmosphere.
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Emphasis on function
A comfortable home is a home that is open, cool, and allows its owner to live with ease. Scandinavian style interior emphasizes the function to provide comfort for all residents of the house so that more spatial arrangement is designed so as not to complicate the movement of homeowners. Thus, people who are in it will feel comfortable and at home.
Large windows for lighting.
Large windows also become the main characteristic of the scandinavian style. Free incoming sunlight plus the white colour used to make the Scandinavian style interior look very bright and stylish. Large windows are very popular with Scandinavians. This may be caused by less sunlight during winter. Large windows from the floor to the roof of the house is widely used for natural sunlight can enter the house perfectly. With this, you can also save energy by not using the lights during the day.
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Integrated with nature.
Scandinavians love nature. They love to do activities related to nature, such as cycling, hiking, and swimming. They always take the time to spend time outdoors. In winter they cannot enjoy nature like in summer. So, they try to incorporate natural elements into the house. For example by adding plants and furniture that mimics nature like wood fibres.
Environmentally friendly.
The Scandinavian design is one of the nature-friendly architectural styles. Scandinavians are very concerned about climate change that is currently happening. So, they are very trying to save energy use at home. Scandinavia’s modern home has a leading ‘green’ technology and has been exported worldwide.
