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Residence, Polka Dot Boudoir*
Artist/Designer: Designer Unknown
Project Location: Unknown
Style/Period(s):
Contemporary
Primary Material(s):
Paint, Wood
Function(s):
Residential Structure
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
21st Century
Additional Information:
Project Description:
This contemporary boudoir combines some art nouveau sensibility with bold, black and white polka dots. This mixture of styles is perhaps a postmodern combination of design tastes strongly associated with women. The genesis of the polka dot and furniture communicates a message of light-hearted frivolity - a dressing table being a place for beautification and grooming, the polka dot a design element used on garments worn during times of celebration that took place after grooming. While the bold, graphic quality of the dots adds a modern sensibility, the overall composition is overtly feminine.
Publications/Texts in Print:
Patternity. Patternity. A New Way of Seeing: The inspirational power of pattern. London: Conran, 2015.
O'Meara, Kristi. The Pattern Base: Over 550 Contemporary Textile and Surface Designs. London: Thames & Hudson, 2015.
Stewart, Jude. Patternalia: An Unconventional History of Polka Dots, Stripes, Plaid, Camouflage, & Other Graphic Patterns. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2013.
Tags:
Polka dots, boudoir, femininity, graphic design, bedroom design, vanity, pattern
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