Technology in Interior Design
By: Pasesi Interiors
Tags: Design, Smart Home, Furniture, Technology, Interior Design

How has technology impacted interior design? There are many ways that it does, but we ( Pasesi Interiors) have come up with some of the most impactful implementations of technology in the field of interior design. In this blog, you will find out about things like 3D printing, sustainable design, smart homes, and more. Make sure to read on and find out more about these amazing technologies and technological advancements in interior design.

Furniture for the Technological Era

Furniture is a major factor in setting the tone, functionality, and aesthetic of a room’s design. So, it is something very important for interior designers to think about and implement. In this day and age, technology has become a huge part of our everyday lives. So, the furniture around your home, office, and other spaces should be designed in a way that they take that fact into account. That simply means that the functionality of the furniture should be adapted to this era where technology is so prevalent. An example of this would be a chair or sofa for a home that has some kind of an in-built foldable holder table for laptops to make it a lot easier to use your laptop while sitting down.

Another example would be a table in your office or working space that either has an electric socket or plug implemented into it or some kind of passage or hole in the table to allow for easy access to the socket or plug nearby. Another example might be that cabinets for documents and files are a lot less likely to be needed as we go into the future because of the increase in popularity of e-documents and decrease in popularity of paper usage. Those are a few examples of many potential examples. The key is to figure out the innovative and creative implementations of furniture design as it relates to technological advancement.

Homes of the future

Smart homes, without a doubt, are the future of homes. A smart home is essentially a home with all kinds of technology integrated into it such as high-tech lighting, modern appliances, and other advanced electronics, and all those are connected in functionality in such a way that they all can be easily controlled by the owner of the home or an occupant of the home from a single device or app. Taking this into account, it becomes the duty of the interior designer to design a space that implements the latest techniques, information, technology, and more to keep up with this advancement, especially because this is something that is going to become more and more common as time goes.

An example of such an implementation is with lighting. Smart lighting uses some of the most advanced technology and techniques to allow you to control the lighting while on the premises or while away from the location. You can alter the lighting for visibility and function reasons. But you can also alter it to set a certain aesthetic or mood for the room. Another example is temperature regulation. There are devices and systems such as smart thermostats that make it incredibly easy to control the feel of your internal spaces exactly how you want it to be. These are just a couple of examples, but there are many more out there that can add great value to the interior design of a home, office, store, and more.

Environmentally-friendly spaces

In the current world we live in, it is known to most people that sustainability and environmental consideration are a big deal. With climate change posing such a huge threat to our existence, it is important that we all contribute in some way to help improve the state of the environment for a better future. Believe it or not, interior design can play a massive role in that.

Probably one of the biggest elements that interior design can affect the environmental-friendliness campaign for any kind of space is the lighting. By designing a better lighting setup that is lee harmful to the environment, a huge push has been made towards having a better environment. Lighting technology has improved by a great amount in the past few years. We now have highly energy-efficient lighting for interiors (and exteriors as well). Not only do these require far less electrical input (and therefore save on power consumption), they also provide much higher-quality lighting. In addition to all that, they are also a lot more durable than older forms of lighting. Overall, this is a much more efficient choice for all lighting needs.

Another example of sustainable design is the installation of solar panels and efficient energy storage systems. These are fantastic ways to help the global transition to the utilisation of renewable energy. There are many other ways that interior design can be used for the improvement of the environmental conditions we are facing today.

3-Dimensional Printing

3D printing is a fascinating technology that is becoming increasingly popular as the technology improves and as people find more applications for it. In a nutshell, 3D printing, as the name suggests, is the “printing” of a 3-dimensional model. It takes regular printing to another level by producing a physical, tangible and realistic model of whatever you design. As you can imagine, this would be a phenomenal tool to have for interior design. One of the many interior design implementations of this technology is for furniture. Imagine being able to design any furnishing piece on a computer exactly how you want it and then be able to produce that exact model. With 3D printing, that is possible. This is great for interior designers because sourcing of furniture to perfectly fit the design theme is made as easy as “printing” what you need.

The other potential use is, of course, making interior design models or prototypes. At the moment, artistic renders are the norm for visualising interior design models. However, with 3D printing, you can take this a step further by producing a realistic, physical model that is to scale. This would help on so many levels with the whole design process. For example, as an interior designer, you would not have to spend as much time and money trying to figure out details of a design by working on a real life-size space. Instead, you can work on smaller-scale 3D models, which is faster to do and cheaper as well. Another benefit of having 3D models is it’s easier for designers to give their clients a very concrete and realistic presentation of what the design is going to look like. As mentioned before, this technology is constantly improving, so be on the lookout for these developments and how they can benefit you.

Advanced and New Design Tools

The tools that interior designers use are of a wide variety and are essential to getting the job done well and quickly. As with almost everything else in our lives, technology has played a massive role in this regard as well. Many of the tools used by designers have been improved, which then leads to much better final products. There are many examples of such improvements. One of these examples would be moving away from papers to screens. Designers of the past used papers a lot more than designers of today. Instead, today, there are many options such as computers and tablets which make the work a lot easier to do. Three great examples of these are Microsoft’s Surface Pro, Apple’s iPad Pro, and Samsung’s Galaxy Tab. These tablets are perfectly designed for the work architects and interior designers need to do.

Another technological advancement has already been covered in this blog post: 3D printing. The benefit of being able to easily, quickly, and cheaply recreate your design as a physical model is massive for interior designers, and 3D printing makes this possible. One other great technology that makes life easier for interior designers is the improved communication and collaboration tools that are available out there. This makes it easy to work with different people working on different aspects of the design, which makes the entire process faster and smoother. And, of course, the internet itself is a major tool that makes the world a much smaller place. This is great because it makes it a lot easier to reach out to potential partners, suppliers, employees, clients, and more. These are all just a few examples of the many, many tools and technologies out there that improve the entire interior design process.

So, as you might have expected before reading this blog post, technology plays a major role in interior design. The beauty of it is that the technology is always improving, so there is still more to come. Whether you are an interior designer or not, it is interesting to know about these technologies and how they are implemented. Thanks for reading this blog post. Let us know in the comments below what you think and which technology or implementation you find the most intriguing. Is it the exciting 3D printing or maybe the futuristic smart homes? Come back next week for the next blog post!