Rachel Clarida
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The Waters Edge Penthouse Show Suite Design

This beach inspired show suite exhibits a light finish palette with dark wood tone accents. Hatch recently completed the interior design and styling of a penthouse show suite in The Waters Edge development by MKS Resources. The target market for the suite included out-of-towners and baby-boomers, so we really wanted to a create a high-end look with a unique style that would set it apart from other similarly priced options in Kelowna. While the proposed design was a little outside of our Client’s comfort zone, they put their trust in our experience and skill and are tremendously happy with the…

Read more on PRINCIPLES OF INTERIOR DESIGN PART 5: HARMONY AND UNITY
PRINCIPLES OF INTERIOR DESIGN PART 5: HARMONY AND UNITY

The office of Aeria Games by Lindemann Projektnet exhibits ultimate harmony and unity; probably a refreshing and welcomed environment for employees of a colourful and interactive online game site. We have come to our last post on the principles of interior design; harmony and unity. Our two series of blog entries on the elements and principles of design introduce you to the fundamental guiding forces that may be incorporated into the design of your commercial interior. If you missed our previous series on the elements of design (line, colour, texture & pattern, light, and scale & proportion), or our first…

Read more on PRINCIPLES OF INTERIOR DESIGN PART 4: VARIETY
PRINCIPLES OF INTERIOR DESIGN PART 4: VARIETY

395 Page Mill First Floor by Studio O+A serves as AOL's headquarters. The variety of form in this atrium space creates interest without using bright colours, textures or patterns. The principles of interior design provide some fundamental guidelines for designers to draw upon. These do sound like rules, however some rules are meant to be broken... thoughtfully. A great interior designer considers and implements the elements and principles of design, and then goes beyond to break the rules to create excitement, interest and surprise. If you missed our previous series on the elements of design (line, colour, texture & pattern,…

Read more on PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN PART 2: RHYTHM
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN PART 2: RHYTHM

Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture created rhythm in this dance hall by repeating a pattern of mirrors. Our last blog post introduced the principles of design with a focus on balance. This post will focus on another principle of interior design, rhythm. Rhythm can be thought of as a pattern in movement. You can hear it in varied sounds to create music or in the steady drip of a faucet. It can also be seen; think about lines in the sidewalk and how your footsteps relate to the regular breaks. Rhythm can be seen and heard throughout nature and in our built…

Read more on INTERIOR DESIGN TO ENFORCE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR BRAND
INTERIOR DESIGN TO ENFORCE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR BRAND

Design powerhouse Nendo completed Puma House, a multifunctional space in Tokyo. For anyone who reads our blog regularly, you have probably noticed that we often remark that interior design can enforce and strengthen your company brand. Since we are currently completing a new office space design for our favorite brand marketing company, Urban Jungle, we thought it was a good time to take a deeper look at this topic. There is a lot of buzz out there about branding, and rightly so, but what exactly does it mean? What are the real effects of establishing a strong brand? And how…

Read more on NEW OFFICE OF HATCH INTERIOR DESIGN
NEW OFFICE OF HATCH INTERIOR DESIGN

Our new storefront office space. We have moved! January 6, 2013 marked the first day that Hatch Interior Design operated out of our new office and we are loving it. The location is terrific, the Cannery Lofts in the cultural district of Kelowna and a storefront space with a ton of exposure.

Read more on ELEMENTS OF DESIGN PART 4: LIGHT
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN PART 4: LIGHT

This shabby chic tea company designed by Christine Rossi exhibits great lighting at the sales counter. Differing light levels create shadows and interest, and makes the product behind the counter the focus. In our previous few posts we have discussed line, colour, and texture and pattern; this post focuses on the ever important light as an element of design. Light is essential to any interior space as it is the means by which we can see our surrounding environment. The feeling of a space can be completely transformed by altering the intensity, placement and colour of light which makes it…

Read more on ELEMENTS OF DESIGN PART 2: COLOUR
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN PART 2: COLOUR

Colour can be applied to surfaces or as light to create interested and dynamic spaces. As mentioned in our last post, the elements and principles of design are guidelines that inform and influence the way that interior designers conceptualize and realize spaces we design. When it comes to commercial interior design we look at how these elements and principles can help to enforce your brand and communicate it to your clients in a built form. We’ve already discussed the use of line; how varying direction, and combining them to create shape and form have a variety of effects on clients…