Essay Plan

For this module, we need to write an essay around a design question. We first need to come up with a design question we need to answer. I was inspired when I watched a documentary called "How Clubbing Changed The World". I love dance music and this documentary was really good, showing how disco started and evolved into house music, how dancing influenced fashion design and how dance music is now on a lot of TV adverts and when you're put on hold on the phone to your bank. At one point for only a minute or two, it surprised me when it said it was chillout/seating areas in clubs that helped kick start modern, contemporary and unusual furniture you see in apartments, offices and retail stores to make them cooler and relaxing. This inspired my question "How do architects and interior designers take inspiration from popular culture to create unique buildings?"

Topshop Fitting Rooms

Red Bull London HQ

The Red Bull HQ's in London is a great example of this. It features lots of club-like seats and tables with interesting features like the steel ceiling-wall-floor in the top-left photo and also a slide.

My question aims to look into how interiors and also architecture is inspired by clubs and other things surrounding popular culture. I want to look at some buildings I know of that are boat-themed, some interesting builds I've seen on Grand Designs and I also want to look at styles such as Art Deco, Art Nouveu and Memphis Group.

Isle of Skye Grand Design

Abito Salford Quays

                                   Casa Batlló                                  Chrysler Building, New York

Memphis Group