inspiration for designers

13Oct09

Photo Credit: Tassel House by Victor Horta
Good designers are those who look outside of themselves for inspiration, which can be found within every corner, crevice, person, place, or thing of the world. For example, the modern style of simplicity and minimalism influences many other artists and designers to join the movement. Nature also serves as a widely understood inspiration to many. Victor Horta, a Belgian architect, who, in many ways can be considered a key advocate of the Art Nouveau movement, was so inspired by natural forms that every aspect of his structures resembles stems, leaves, and other plant-like motifs.

One of Horta’s most famous creations, the Tassel House, is filled with curvilinear forms and plant-inspired ornamentation throughout the structure and the added interior decoration. Horta, as an architect, used the basic form of a plant, twisted it into something more whimsical, and incorporated it into the staircases and columns of the Tassel House. Hector Guimard, a French Architect said to be inspired by Horta’s success and execution with organic forms, created the Metro Station entrances in France under the same Art Nouveau principles. Horta and Guimard are clear examples that designers can be inspired both by simple items around them and by other designers.

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