Final Essay

My philosophy behind creating spaces is translating the client’s desire and personality into a functional, safe, and aesthetically pleasing space. I have had a zealous interest in designing, creating, and exploiting art for a long time, but I know that taking this career path in this region is challenging, since the art movement is underappreciated. However, the Middle East has a long and storied heritage of great art, so I envision my ability to harness our historical artistic traditions and fuse them with European and modern culture to innovate new ideas and designs that will speak not only to my country, but also the world at large. Occasionally, people here do not embrace openness, experimenting, and creating as it is considered a “cultural

For instance, certain design elements in interior spaces may activate different emotions in humans depending on color, furniture layout, lighting, textiles, and style. This course inspired me to further focus on and practice this skill. Therefore, I started using multiple techniques in my studio design works, such as maximizing windows to make more use of natural day lighting, controlling ceiling heights, incorporating natural elements-especially plans-in my designs, along with placing furniture carefully which allows for balanced circulating and energy flow, and choosing the right colors according to room function which enhances user performance. Taking these design elements into consideration allows me to manipulate spaces that elicit happiness through pacifying

Therefore, managing my time between different tasks and being organized is my priority. Working can be looked at as a burden when one is under much pressure, but I fail to forget that that precisely is what relieves my stress, because the positive repercussions of immersing myself in each project is rewarding and makes it worthwhile. In fact, I find that being busy has driven me towards working more creatively. I also remind myself that without balancing these different projects, my schedule would be vapid. To keep myself updated on the latest trends in interior design outside of the classroom, I take joy in going through interior blogs on “Pinterest” and “Instagram;” but my current favorite blogs are “Dezeen” and “Wallpaper.” Both of these websites post collections of daily articles and news content concerning interior design, architecture, fashion, and lifestyle. Going through these types of blogs in my free time is very crucial in getting inspiration and refreshing my memory with innovative design ideas from diverse places around the