Ancient Rome

While learning about Ancient Rome the one design aspect that stuck out the most to me was their furniture. They had various furniture pieces, many were mufti-functional. Although similar in structure, the Roman furniture was much more elaborate than that of the Greek. Ancient Rome had both built in furniture pieces as well as stand alone. Romans used mostly marble slabs or cypress wood for their furniture. As you will see, many of Rome's furniture designs are still seen in today's design world, with just a few modernizations.



Rome is most known for this couch. This was often used for dining at as well as at night for sleeping. This furniture piece is often duplicated in today's applications as seen below.


One of Rome's more elaborate designs was the sella curulis chair. This was a spin-off of the basic stool.


Today we often see this stool used as an accent piece in a room.

Ancient Greek

One of the most interesting design aspect I found while researching Ancient Greek was their plasterings and mosaic designs. This era was focusing on the beauty of their environment while still telling an important story.


This is an image of one of the many mosaic floor designs.

I also really enjoyed the immense amount of detail put into the orders.
  



Both of these design aspects are seen in today's applications still.


This mosaic is seen in a modern day bathroom

Often the orders are seen on large government buildings. 

Pre-historic

I think it is very interesting to see that even in the prehistoric times people were still concerned with meeting all of the steps in Maslow's hierarchy of needs. A sense of community is shown at Skara Brae with the tunnels connecting each individual area. Meeting the basic needs was of course also important. This was shown by the location of Skara Brae. The men who lived there were farmers, they had to be close to wildlife and water in order to hunt and fish.

Stonehenge is one of the most famous mystery locations. The most interesting thing I found out about this site is that the sun (and moon) perfecting line up with the opening of the rocks.



In the prehistoric times there was a very basic starting of furniture, mostly made of stone. Some examples of these furniture pieces were seen at Skara Brae with their shelving areas and stone beds.





In today's applications we still see the prehistoric design elements. One example of with is very similar to the stacking of stones at Skara Brae to create a statement wall.




This next example shows he modern day cave to have the prehistoric feel in today's home.