The Comparative Analysis of Two Minshuku Interior Design Styles by the Principles of Formal Beauty

Diyan Xian,Tianxing Zhang,Zhenyi Chen,A Ghadouani,F Wu

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202017902114

Abstract

The interior design of Minshuku has its own characteristics and the living room space is the best place to show the design style. This paper mainly analyzed the living room design style of the Minshuku. As many factors can affect the overall interior design style, in this paper, the architectural elements of space were set similar, the effects of colors, materials, lightings and other factors were excluded. Only the effects of the form and layout of furniture and decoration elements on the overall design style were analyzed. Through randomly picking relevant pictures of the living room from the pictures which displayed on the Minshuku reservation website for sketch analysis, this paper explored the rules of furniture and decorations of different styles of Minshuku design, and the rules of formal beauty that were used.

Highlights

Minshuku, known as Homestay or Bed &breakfast (B&B), is a product in the development of tourism market [1]
It’s probably the S-shaped curved lines that brought the feeling of liveliness and movement, and drew the attention of the viewer [10]
Designers used a lot of contrast rules of form in modern style Minshuku furnishing, which reflects the modern people's pursuit of individuality, the concept of relaxed free life

Summary

Introduction

Known as Homestay or Bed &breakfast (B&B), is a product in the development of tourism market [1]. This paper compared and analyzed Minshukus’ interior design styles from Aesthetic Formalism to spirit that are invisible and intangible. Contrast is a matching principle formed by different forms or the successful combination of two different visual elements. It makes people feel a sharp contrast, it still has a sense of unity. In addition to the above laws of formal beautyContrast and Symmetry, designers need to coordinate and integrate the whole space, keep consistent in the changes, tend to unify in the differences, which means making the differences and changes of contrast to achieve the coordination of all the interior elements and making the opposites and subordination between them more orderly

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Design Styles

Summary and Conclusions