Designer: India Mahdavi research

 

India Mahdavi is an architect and designer which her designs reflect her free spirit with variety types of interiors colours, textures, and shapes with her bold, neo-baroque style (Interiorsicons, n.d.). Also India mahdavi is known as the 'colour guru' or queen of colours Her designs reflect her free-spirit and intuition with variety of colours, textures and shapes (Interiorsicons, n.d.).

The image below turns to the eye catcher which wear green. In the wall she used small macarons which bring to mind small starts which reflect the green night sky surrounded by a cast soft moonlight which is indirect (Metzner, n.d.). So it doesn't disturb autism children as there is a big effect of strong light on them (Nair et al., 2022) so India mahdavi used a cast soft moonlight lights which I would look when I design mine. For this design India Mahdavi used three colours for her salon, she used Rose and green mingle, accentuated by a milky white also she used curved backrest with rounded tables to sit in to feel yourself not alone but theres is another macarons 'star' with you, with brass strips and diamond shaped black and white floor tiles. In the entrance area with the pâtisserie gracious two-seaters with curved backrests and little tables invite you to sit down and indulge yourself in the one or other macaron (Metzner, n.d.). To relate this to my project carved furnitures with the soft texture as autistic kids love the soft texture and materials that give the sensory feeling, dim lights and calm colours that Mahdavi used would help me to think about these specifically as Autism designed rooms needs those in there space so they can feel safe and comfortable and sensory experience (Gaines et al., 2016).

According to India Mahdavi it is critical that places may function similarly to humans. People may appear same, but they have uniqueness, so mahdavi believed that it is crucial to maintain that feeling of identity even if you share a common language (Interiorsicons, n.d.). "It’s very important that spaces can be like people. People can look alike but they have their individuality" (Interiorsicons, n.d.). And Mahdavi used this in her green salon design. 








reference list:

Interiorsicons (n.d.). India Mahdavi. [online] Interiors & Icons. Available at: https://www.interiorsicons.com/blog/india-mahdavi [Accessed 3 Dec. 2023].

Nair, A.S., Priya, R.S., Rajagopal, P., Pradeepa, C., Senthil, R., Dhanalakshmi, S., Lai, K.W., Wu, X. and Zuo, X. (2022). A case study on the effect of light and colors in the built environment on autistic children’s behavior. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1042641.

Gaines, K., Bourne, A., Pearson, M. and Kleibrink, M. (2016). Designing for Autism Spectrum Disorders. [online] Google Books. Routledge. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=thMzDAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT18&dq=autism+interior+design&ots=_rEX4ELYd7&sig=G2ugnuJNeylW5wZRPMkTAtUtwnM&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Metzner, M. (n.d.). India Mahdavi Has Designed a Cafe for Ladurée. [online] Stylepark. Available at: https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/laduree-india-mahdavi [Accessed 3 Dec. 2023].


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