Introduction Beauty is a perceptual quality of ourselves and our surroundings that can give us a sense of pleasure and admiration. The...

Our own perception of motion does not necessarily match other people's perceptions, even when we observe the same visual stimulus.

In our previous articles, we discussed the processes our brain and visual system go through daily to register, digest information and...

The perceptual reversals of the Necker cube are almost as if we see an automatic slideshow of all the orientations, one direction at a time.

The famous painting of Mona Lisa by Da Vinci is the perfect example of Sfumato. There is not one line shown with a clear border of its own.

White does not remove clutter but rather it creates space for opportunities and imaginations that are yet to be fulfilled.

Objects don’t possess any colors by themselves. Color is created by our visual system when visible light interacts with an object. So...

According to EPA, an average person spends about 90% of their life indoors. That is equivalent to about 72 years of life.

Lighting is an essential element of our everyday life and one of the most important components of architectural design both in terms of...

In the late 1880s Monet rented a house with surrounding gardens in Giverny and after a few years he purchased the property and the...

Art has always been one of the most profound and direct mediums of expression, not only from the artist’s point of view but the societies...

Early in March we discussed the ideas of minimalism and some of the principles and practices of Japanese culture and concepts like the Ma...

Over the past few weeks, we have covered some of the fundamental concepts and principles of design and interior and learned more about...

Just like art, architecture needs to satisfy more than just the pure functionality purposes of a design. The composition, the space, the...

Progressive Subtraction takes the design through a systematic and deliberate simplification process.

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment." Claude Monet

There are a lot of philosophies and terms in the history of Japanese architecture and interior design like Notan, Moya, the Ma, the Ken...

By the end of the 15th century we arrive to what Italians call the Cinqueccento, the greatest period of Italian art.

Design has always reflected the events and traditions of our society. We have seen how artists and designers of each generation led the...

We have talked about some parts of how our brain processes information. Everything we see in life can be visually simplified to its core...