The futuristic direction in architecture, which originated in the 80s of the last century, has been successfully integrated into the interior of residential premises. The interior style is called hi-tech, which means the display of high technologies in the design and decoration of a modern apartment.
As soon as it appeared, the high-tech style in the interior was classified as one of the most prestigious, and therefore the most expensive, design trends.
The specificity of the style direction lies in equipping living spaces with technological innovations - appliances and electronics. Not surprisingly, hi-tech design is associated with intergalactic intergalactic ships, inspired by the pictures of a science fiction novel.
Two equivalent components for the high-tech direction have been identified - light and form. Each component also has two features - manufacturability and versatility. A modern hi tech room should meet the main features that characterize the style:
The style is characterized by the absence of natural finishing materials. Their place is replaced by imitators. The design of an apartment in high-tech style is a world of technogenic illusions and a synthetic atmosphere. It is rarely seen in its pure form due to the high cost of the latest technologies. But not everyone is capable of living on board a spaceship, although the perception of space, the feeling is very individual.
To form a high-tech style in a residential area, a large number of decorative details or elements are not required. Glossy surfaces reflect the abundance of the pouring light, refracting in chrome-plated interior details, a variety of mirrors and glass surfaces.
High-tech decor is represented by floor and wall lamps. Original designs can be plastic, made of triplex, but more often metal.
Modular monochrome paintings, black-and-white photographs framed by clear frames become the decoration of the walls. An electric false fireplace mounted in a wall niche is relevant.
Lighting is considered the most important item and the most important aspect of the formation of style. Each room for residential or utilitarian purposes should be well and efficiently illuminated. A characteristic feature of the high-tech style is the displacement of the central luminaire and the use of multiple lighting fixtures of various configurations, as well as LED lighting strips.
The use of a string or track lighting system models the space according to the principle of division in accordance with functional zones. The flow of directional lighting is provided by adjustable bracket lamps, focusing on certain objects or areas.
In hi-tech style, every little thing has its own purpose. A special place is occupied by parts and accessories for multifunctional techno interior items:
Large window openings are also considered one of the characteristics of the style. Window configurations can be the most unpredictable. The windows are decorated with curtains made of modern synthetic materials based on nano technologies.
The design of an apartment in high-tech style is flat and smooth walls, a ceiling covered with gloss. Light gray, beige or sand tones are preferred. Additions are acceptable in the form of bright single accent spots of pure color - red, blue, yellow. Variegation is contraindicated, as is the mixing of pure tones. Wall paintings and photographs are inserted into metal frames.
Doorways are equipped with transparent or frosted glass sliding doors in an aluminum frame.
This is another characteristic of the style. Glossy ceilings with a metallic effect, as a rule, stretch, which significantly contributes to the visual increase in space. Chrome plated pipes and fittings remain in visible perspective. Finishing work is carried out depending on the scale of the designer's fantasies. The floor is lined with a high-quality synthetic surface that imitates natural materials.
High-tech furniture is modules and transformers. Beds that can be removed into the closet, a dining table transforming from a miniature magazine module, independent modules of armchairs and sofas that are reformatted into items necessary for everyday life.
The presence of glass shelves and hinged shelves with unusual shapes is more than relevant, and the use of natural materials is categorically contraindicated.
The furnishings are integrated with technical innovations - the TV panel is built into the closet and the bed, the audio system is integrated into the armrests of the chairs. Switching on and regulation is carried out using a remote control panel.
The main rule for the formation of a high-tech style is that the living room should be equipped with a minimum set of multifunctional transforming furniture with built-in technologies. Each item should have a technological filling, be it an armchair, sofa, coffee table or hanging shelf. The main factor is considered to be the unusual forms and transformational abilities of household items.
The high-tech living room is characterized by the presence of an electric fireplace. Living rooms, combined with a dining room or kitchen-dining room, are separated by translucent partitions. It has become a fashionable trend to integrate an aquarium with diode illumination into the partitioning element.
The color palette of the living room is built with a predominance of white, pale gray or cold gray shades, metallic gloss, the presence of black, orange, red single accent spots.
A high-tech bedroom is primarily cold silver surfaces interspersed with gray and black tones. Shades and halftones, floral bright prints, drawings or patterns are contraindicated. Even in the bedroom, glass, metal and plastic should be abundant. Natural materials are acceptable - stone and brickwork in the design of wall panels.
Even the most modest high-tech bathroom will look at the highest aesthetic level, striking in its functionality and abundance of light. Restrained decor, lack of bright color combinations and proportionality of the furnishings will create a comfortable, utilitarian room in all respects.
The use of technological innovations and high technologies in the bathroom will turn any ordinary room into an original one. The main thing is to follow the laws of symmetry, observe the evenness of lines and the clarity of the forms of right angles:
Wall decoration is carried out with imitators of natural materials. You can create the illusion of open masonry by laying plastic panels. But using high-tech bathroom wallpaper is strongly discouraged.
Tiles for finishing are selected in monochromatic, cold gray shades, preferably with a metallic effect. Additional tones for the bathroom are blue, green, turquoise. The design in the bathroom is not formed on the basis of color relations with patterns or patterns, but on the combination of light and space.
High-tech bathroom furniture - open glass cabinets, shelves, as well as frosted glass shelves and mirrors, fixed on the walls with original fasteners, which unites the bathroom with all areas of the living space, while maintaining the integrity of the design.
Beautiful man-made rooms with a high level of functionality of furnishings, which should have a high-tech style in the interior photo of the most successful apartment design in a short video:
