EVERYDAY LIFE PATTERNS

History and Theory of Interior Design 3

05 MAY 2020
Design Education Framework

In the previous lecture a design education framework was included to

highlights principles of Intuition, human experience and a awareness for
design. This lecture focus on everyday life pattern, in an attempt to
improve the qualities presented in this framework.

1 Intuition allows us to prevent the trap of linear thinking, to invent the

new, understand emotions, test combinations that have no logical
means, inject surprise and spontaneity.

3 Interior Designers are in the position to create a better world. In the

best sense, design intuition encompasses empathy, emotional
intelligence, cultural literacy, and simple curiosity to create a better
experience for the occupant.

Interior Designers should not develop insular thinking. Understand

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the importance of design by linking design with purpose to create a
holistic interior and cultural experience.
Patterns and routine in daily life

Reflect on this imagine and identify you the routine life that you
have

Question: Do you have a daily routine?

• Identify and list activities that you consider as daily routine

• Do you have activities that you execute daily?

• How did it happen that these activities became part of your

daily activity?

• Do these activities form part of your life since you were a

child or were they adopted at a later stage of you life?

• Do you have patterns that you will consider as “good” or

“bad” habits.

• Does the COVID-19 lockdown impact on your daily life?

Around the clock

Reflect on this imagine and identify if time zones impact on

your daily life

Question: Does time impact on your daily routine?

• Identify and the significant time zones that you consider

in your daily routine

• Who determines these time zones?

• What happens if your daily routine is disrupted?

• Where do you spend the majority of you time

Objects in our daily life

Reflect on this imagine and identify objects/tools/ furniture/

structure/ transport mechanisms that is required to execute your
daily life patterns

Observation:

• Identify the objects that contribute to a meaningful daily

existence.

• Which objects are essential and it is very difficult to have a

productive weekday without the object? Technology has a
significant impact on our life.

• Which resources are required to execute daily activities. What is

the contribution of water, energy, food and shelter in your daily
routine?
Gender and everyday life

Literature has indicated that

Observation:

• Literature indicates that daily activities have gender

associations. Gender therefore impacts on the
activities that you engage with on a daily basis.

• Do you agree with this observation?

• Reflect on your daily activities. Which activities can be

defined as male or female orientated activities?
A Perfect Day

Is it possible to have a perfect day?

1 The attached image was published in the Huffington Post and

presents a Perfect Day.

2 What would you describe as a perfect work day? Which activities

will you include in your day?

Should everyday life be organised? Do you enjoy a day that has

3 some surprises or are outside the daily routine of everyday Life?

Would you describe holiday or recess as a time that has less

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routine?
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1979, Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky

theoretical framework: Prospect Theory.

• Routine relates to the framework

previously presented under Creativity.

• We fall into automatic behavior and

adopt pattern to “save energy” and
execute tasks fast and unconsciously.

• Reflect on your everyday life patterns.

Does repetition assist you to get
things done faster without error?
Why are designers interested in everyday life objects?

• What do learn from observing these patterns?

• How do we contribute to everyday life patterns?

• Why are designers interested in every day

patterns?

• What are the unique contributions that designers

can make towards everyday life patterns?
Assignment 3: Everyday life patterns

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