When we speak of, or write on, Interior Design we come necessarily to deal with topics as: interior furnishing, interior architecture. We speak therefore of space design inside enclosed places: the art of “moulding” space, tailored for man or his activity.

The Interior Designer is the artist whose task is to grasp the practical side of space demand and to mould it on the Client’s imprint. The work is complex and often involves groups of professionals, each of them giving his experienced contribution to each single sector. We speak of lighting, but also of furnishing as well as of accessories and of interior design items. These components are interrelated and converge towards the primary goal: a space representing harmoniously the persons who will be using them in the everyday life.

What makes space to be unique and harmonious? Firstly, the ability of organizing its defining elements to guarantee comfort, functionality and smooth passing through the rooms. Then the quality of materials and of techniques, which is guarantee of safety and of no health risk for the people using the space. Comfort, when required, that should not cause excessive consumption costs. The ultimate objective is to create harmony between functionality and elegance and representation.

Some people think that there is no meeting point of the exterior architect with the interior designer. The architect designs the structure according to appropriate parameters of evaluation while the interior architect intervenes afterwards, personalizing it with the imprint of the client. There is no such cliché more taken for granted and mistaken.

If we then wish to draw a clear line between the “before” (the separate compartments exterior-interior design) and the “after” (exterior-interior interaction) then this line has face and personality: Victor Horta. “Horta has effected a revolution in the design of residential buildings” - reports Wikipedia - “widening the architect’s task from the design of interior and exterior spaces to a concept that included also study and production of lighting, furnishings, indoor wall decoration, up to decorative objects. According to the definition of one of his admirers, the French architect Hector Guimard, Horta was an «artist architect» and conceived a house as “total” artwork, as a “shell” built around its owner…”.

Interior Design means “house” in the widest sense of the word.  To convey the harmony of domestic cosiness, as well as the dynamism of a working environment or “man-friendly” spaces on a boat … searching its continuity with the inshore house.