Senior-Savvy: Top 10 Tips for Designing Products for Senior Citizens
With one in eight individuals globally aged over 60, it’s important to design products that specifically cater to our elderly population. As most senior citizens…
Pooja is the Editor-at-Large of Yanko Design. She is an Architect and Interior Designer working on corporate spaces, residences, and farmhouses. Pooja has extensively written about interior design, DIY home décor guidebooks and building materials with international publications like Houzz and Architectural Digest. She received the A3 Foundation award–India for Architectural Journalism and Architectural Poetry in 2016 and 2018 respectively. Pooja graduated from Dr B.N. College of Architecture, Pune.
With one in eight individuals globally aged over 60, it’s important to design products that specifically cater to our elderly population. As most senior citizens…
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As interior design trends evolve, rattan is staging a remarkable comeback after almost 30 years, infusing any space with tropical-inspired vibes. Rattan has a rich…
Patterns used in the interior design of space play a crucial role in creating a cohesive and inviting atmosphere. Integrating various patterns and prints can…
Sourced sustainably from cork oak trees, cork is a renewable material favored in architecture and interior design for its porous texture, softness, and lightweight nature….
Brutalist architecture and interior design, popular from the 1950s to the mid-1970s, prioritize function over decoration, showcasing the raw beauty of materials like concrete. The…
Roman architectural style spanned from 509 BC to roughly the 4th century AD where the buildings drew inspiration from classical Greek design and created a…
Among the key elements that interior designers focus on is form, featuring visible contours, geometry, proportions, scale, and more. Hence, the concept of form in…