Wellbeing in Interiors

Chapter 7Elegance/elegant

It’s often found that elegance is considered as part of opulent and luxurious spaces. The definition of ‘elegant’ is found to describe things that are well-thought through yet simple, or that have refinement or grace, and perhaps also have scientific exactness and precision. The definitions are marrying a process that achieves the need for ‘just enough’ and a non-aesthetic platform of thought, all this to create something that is aesthetically and operationally attractive.

What we can deduce from this is that the elements of an interior will have been composed in such a way that we feel an adequate amount of thought and technique has been applied in its composition, and we know the result will suit the users. But using ...