Furniture Aesthetics According to Compatibility Between Fractional Geometry and Golden Ratio

Ali, Ahmed; Khamis, Ebtesam; Fahmy, Sarah

doi:10.21608/jdsaa.2020.69884

Furniture Aesthetics According to Compatibility Between Fractional Geometry and Golden Ratio

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Associate professor at Interior design and furniture department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Helwan University, Giza, Egypt.

² Associate professor at Interior design and furniture department, Faculty of Applied Arts, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt.

10.21608/jdsaa.2020.69884

Abstract

Furniture can be considered as one of the most important elements inside the interior spaces because of its multiple features that enable it to meet the human requirements and interact with them in a convenient and comfortable manner. That beauty is achieved by integrating the dimensions of visual and sensual aspects together. To reach unique furniture units characterized by visual aesthetics and concrete functional dimensions designers must be aware of the sources of those configurations that the designer can refer to quotes, and these sources are summarized in two main directions. The first is the existence of determinants of its design and technology to organize a set of elements within the framework of a ruler of the foundations and standards, and secondly through the development of knowledge production in the modern era that results integration of science and advanced technology. Modern sciences have a special structural foundation that contribute to the construction of contemporary furniture units, especially if it is incorporated with the rules of the “Golden Ratio”, that becomes an experimental entrance and a creative feature in the field of visual and applied arts.
The problem of research is the result of the proliferation of many modular furniture that lack the foundations and aesthetic standards to form the exterior, and the problem of this research is determined by how to take advantage of the characteristics of “fractal engineering” and the rules of “golden ratio” in the design of furniture units characterized by a contemporary and aesthetic dimension. The research aims to harmonize fractional geometry with the golden ratio to enrich the aesthetics of furniture formation.
The research paper deals with the concept of fractal geometry, its importance and characteristics, also its relevance to nature and golden ratios and how to benefit from them in the development of innovative vocabulary for contemporary furniture units. The research concluded by conducting some design experiments on furniture units, also the most important results of the research that there is a close relationship between fractional geometry and the golden ratio, where they share several characteristics such as self-similarity, repetition, continuity and diversity of unit measurements and thus share the achievement of the aesthetics of furniture formation.

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