Transition toward communication society based upon "knowledge & information" is being experienced due to new type media of 21C digital, which have generated unlimited information expansion. Digitalising of information followed by change in user's ...
Transition toward communication society based upon "knowledge & information" is being experienced due to new type media of 21C digital, which have generated unlimited information expansion. Digitalising of information followed by change in user's value system and market trends suggests a new turning point in the way of life and design prospect of human.
Recent trends of interior design have a focus on creation of more various meanings rather than past ideology which sought after the compatibility to the function of modern design. These trends requires integral understanding of social and cultural ideologies with a sens of values for a certain periods. In addition, they also require creativity which able to read, find and solve consumer's diverse demand and desire.
The dictionary explains "Trend" as the current general movement in fashion, style, taste, etc. The more current meaning of trend, however, can be used as complex fashion inter-linked with politics, economy, society and culture for a certain period. In the past, the cycle for interior decoration trend is approximately 2-3 year late compared to that for fashion trend. More recent cycle for them, however, appears to coincide each other because of the information fractionation and the evolution of new materials owing to technology advancement. It should be also noted that this phenomenon is not limited in interior design industry, but widely spreaded into other fields including fashion design.
Considering the effort of trend forecasting in Korea is still heavily rely on the foreign trend shows, it is natural to attempt to study the analytical forecasting methodology based upon more systematic principles which lead to more objective outcome, when the understanding, forcasting and analysis of interior decoration trend are required.
In this thesis, the analysis and forecasting of interior decoration trend are studied by means of verbal image code process which involves the induction of design concept through data extraction, classification and analysis, in order to understanding and satisfying the diversified consumer's demand and trend.
First, interior decoration trend reflects paradigm shift in life style based upon social and cultural background for trend formation. The major trend after the year of 2000 can be categorized into three groups; (1) emotion-oriented trend, (2) ecology trend and rational consumption, and (3) future-oriented trend.
Second, word and image as tools for communication forms the meaning by means of sign, symbol, abstraction and image system. It is, therefore, possible to word can be converted into image and vice versa. Verbal image is defined as emotional word which is used to transfer a message from the image expressed by interior decoration trend.
Third, the characteristic of verbal image is expressed and categorized through meaningness and association, and then built into common senses. Extraction of data out of verbal image is performed on the classification basis ; lifestyle, material, texture & pattern, object style
Fourth, the objects for analysis include 3 well-known international fairs such as Salone International Del Mobile- MILAN. ITALY, Maison & Object - PARIS. FRANCE, and Heim textile- Frankfurt, GERMANY, and 1 domestic fair, living design fair. The analyses were performed for all the venues for past 3 years. It is shown that lifestyle can be categorized into LUXURY & ETHNIC STYLE, ECOLOGY & RATIONAL STYLE, FUTURISTIC & FUNNY STYLE. The verbal image keyword is extracted by selecting the word which appears most frequently. The yearly analysis of the trend change showed the "MINIMAL" and "BIPOLAR" phenomena.
Fifth, it is indicated that trend forecasting with verbal image is plausible. Interior decoration image collage can be presented by applying "verbal image key words", and "'MAXIMAL' and 'BIPOLAR'" as expression elements.
The coding process of verbal image is understanding as general concept by extracting common elements from abstract and individual image, and/or specific concept. Therefore, it is proposed that the database building and data mining process of verbal Image, and subsequent development of programming skill can be applied as more efficient tool for various verbal image process.