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   INT 232- History of Interiors   By: Nicol Valeria Torres Villamil  Week 2 – Africa This week we studied African interiors, architecture, and furnishings, focusing on how design objects are deeply connected to culture, family life, spirituality, and social structure. Unlike Western design traditions that often separate art from daily life, African design integrates function, symbolism, and craftsmanship. Furniture, architecture, textiles, and decorative objects are not only practical but also carry cultural meaning and reflect identity, power, and community values. African design traditions demonstrate that meaningful and sophisticated design does not always require state power or great wealth. Instead, many objects were created using local materials, traditional techniques, and collective knowledge passed down through generations. Historical Images Great Mosque of Djenné – Mali A powerful example of Saharan mud architecture, featuring adobe construction and wood...

 INT 232- History of Interiors By: Nicol Valeria Torres Villamil Week 1 – Arts and Crafts Movement This week, we learned about the Arts and Crafts Movement, which started towards the end of the 19th century and was practically a counter-movement to the Industrial Revolution with its reliance on mass production and mechanization. The increasing use of machines for making things led to the decline of quality, craftsmanship, and personal expression. The Arts and Crafts movement to the opposing side, wanting, in materials, to bolster human craft and creativity in upholstery, furniture, and the decorative arts urging the design to be honest with us again. What this movement did was to focus on simplicity, functionality, and beauty of the structure and materials rather than being extravagant with ornaments or doing everything the same way. Arts and Crafts homes were intended to be warm, practical, and in harmony with nature so they frequently had exposed wood, built-in furniture, a lot ...