Making high-tech walls
Surely, many of us in childhood or adolescence, after watching a fantastic movie, dreamed of getting on a spaceship, but not just getting there, but living there permanently. Someone carried this dream through the years, and judging by the fact that futuristic designs are becoming more popular every year, there are a lot of such people.
In this article we will talk about high-tech walls, and try to figure out why this design area is so attractive.
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Style features
High tech is a relatively new direction in design art, which is designed to turn an ordinary, dull apartment into a real space shuttle. This concerns not only the general concept of style, but also technological details. Ideally, if the house is fully controlled from a remote control or smartphone, but such technology is a completely different story.
But we wanted to talk about style. Many people think that repairing in high-tech style is as easy as shelling pears: minimum furniture and accessories, maximum glass and plastic. This is a common misconception, echoes of minimalism are clearly traced here, and this is a completely different concept.
High tech means high technology, cool colors and plenty of space. Style seems to take us to another planet. There are no familiar outlines and familiar objects. Everything is completely different and incomprehensible.
Even objects are able to change their usual shape, a chair may not be a chair at all, but something completely different. High tech is loved not only by customers who prefer space themes and high technology. Professional designers are also delighted with the unlimited possibilities that open before them.
Where, if not in high-tech, reflect your wildest ideas. There are no rules, but there are strict limits that you cannot go beyond. There are no required colors, but there are those whose use is undesirable.
Are you already confused?
Then let's define the main theses that define this style and distinguish it from similar areas:
- High-tech is dominated by cold shades., and this is one of its main distinguishing features. Most designer stylists try to bring warmth and sun to the interior, but here, on the contrary, the coldness and unfriendliness of outer space are appreciated, in which a person is only a guest, but not the master.
- Large spaces. High tech, like minimalism, is not overloaded with furniture and accessories, which is probably why they are often confused. But the point is not that the furniture is scarce, no, it's just that it is all very functional. For example, a bed can simultaneously serve as a closet for things, and a chair can be easily transformed into a bed. Each thing performs several tasks, and due to this, an absolute minimum is achieved.
- No mixes of styles. Old grandmother figurines, even if standing on a shelf, can completely destroy the perception of the interior. Even a Christmas tree in such a house should be made of chrome pipes. Fresh flowers, too, down. They are simply unable to survive in outer space.
- High tech stuff: phones, tablets, computers, plasma TVs. Now it’s unnecessary to hide it, as in more conservative styles, on the contrary, we show it off, the more electronics, the better.
- Proper lighting. Forget about incandescent lamps with a soft yellow glow, here they have no place. Replace with LEDs, neon tubes and mercury lamps. Their light is cold, but bright, like the flickering of distant stars.
- No habitual forms. It is desirable to make all the furniture according to an individual order, but if this is not possible, then choose the one that looks as unusual as possible. Of course, there is a certain complexity associated with the ease of use of this very furniture, but here, as they say, beauty requires sacrifice, and in this case it is you.
Advice! Use as many light sources as possible, and if you have low ceilings, discard the central chandelier. Light should flow from each side, and no dark corners should remain in the whole room. This technique not only emphasizes the style, but also makes the interior more warm, despite the large number of cool colors.
Well, theses and photos helped make an impression of this style? If not fully, then we suggest you watch the video in this article, which shows interesting solutions and design techniques.
So, we decided on a general focus, and we can proceed to a more detailed analysis, but before that, I would like to note that repairing a high-tech house is not a cheap pleasure, and it’s unlikely that a budget option can be made.
The only way to save money is to do all the work yourself. In this article we will not talk about the methods of installation of certain finishing materials, and if difficulties arise, then detailed installation instructions are on our website.
From a typical apartment to faraway stars
At first glance, it may seem that only specialized finishing materials are used in the high-tech interior. This is completely wrong, even the simplest things can become futuristic if they are correctly combined and assembled.
All that is needed for this is a fantasy that knows no boundaries and limits, as well as patience. The fact is that finding the right interior and decoration materials may not be such a simple task, and you will have to go around dozens of shops, construction markets and online sites.
But do not rush, it will take time to create a truly stylish and original design, and you need to be prepared for this from the very beginning. But we have moved a little away from our main theme, and it is time to go directly to which high-tech wall coverings will look most attractive in the interior.
Simple wallpaper
Yes, yes, that's right, even with simple wallpapers you can create an original design. It’s best, of course, to use modern vinyl coverings (seeVinyl wallpaper on a non-woven basis: material features), they, in addition to perfectly fitting into the interior, are also as practical as possible. Such wallpapers can be washed, and even use detergents containing chemical components.
But a more traditional non-woven is better to refuse. Of course, modern technologies allow you to apply any pattern to any surface, but the fabric non-woven looks too warm and natural, but this is just unnecessary for us.
Plastic is the material of the future, and let it be as large as possible, and even on the walls, so we consider the option with vinyl wallpaper, and immediately discard colorful prints and all kinds of flowers and butterflies, let it all remain on the ground.
Modern metallized wallpapers will look no less interesting. This material appeared on the domestic market relatively recently, and was immediately chosen by lovers of futuristic directions in design.Of course, the price of such wallpapers cannot be low by definition, but take a closer look at them in the store and assure you that after meeting you will not regret any money for their purchase.
Photowall-paper
About this finishing material and talk would not be worth it. It’s hard to downplay its dignity for high-tech design. Of course, the main advantage lies in the fact that you can transfer any image to the wall, whether it’s the views of distant galaxies, or the porthole of a spaceship.
Using photo wallpaper (seeHow to choose a wallpaper and not make a mistake), the room can immediately be given a stylistic orientation, and moreover, they can be made truly original. Just find the right image on the Internet, or create it yourself using graphic editors on your home computer, and specialists in large format printing will transfer it to a canvas of any size.
In addition, wall murals can also be used on the ceiling, and such a technique will not only visually expand the space, but also give it additional atmospheric pressure.
Don't want to search or create an image by yourself? The same is not a problem, just describe your idea on the website of any printing company and their specialists will choose the best solution for you, and you just have to pick up the finished product and stick it on the wall or ceiling.
Advice! Carefully choose a maker of photo wallpaper. Poor quality material quickly burns out and loses its shape, and this will affect not only the appearance of the wall where they are glued, but the entire interior as a whole.
Art painting
If you have a friend or artist, but you have never used his services, then it's time to remember his phone number. Wall painting is an original and stylish solution for any design concept, and high-tech is no exception.
There may be several options for painting:
- Graffiti (seeGraffiti photo wallpaper: how to use in the interior). Urban direction in the visual arts, which can be successfully applied on the walls in the house.
- Screen technology. The easiest way to paint walls, which can be done without the help of a friend. Just find an interesting template and transfer it to the wall.
- Hand painted. The most time-consuming and costly process that cannot be completed independently, unless of course you have a specialized education or innate talent.
- Airbrushing. An expensive pleasure, which is most often used for painting cars, but can also be applied on walls, which will have to be carefully prepared before that.
Which method you choose is, in principle, not important, the mastery of the one who will do it, and the choice of the drawing to be transferred are much more important. It is important here not to strive for photographic accuracy, on the contrary, the drawing should be deliberately stylized, and for the exact transfer of any picture there is a photo wallpaper.
Wall panels
As you probably guessed, this is not about those wall panels that are so fond of in the style of Provence (see.Walls Provence in the interior of your apartment) or country. Our interior is not a village where handicraft is valued; high technology means only factory production. Fortunately, many design agencies can offer such wall panels today.
As a rule, they are performed using triplex technology, that is, a figure is placed between two glasses, after which the whole structure is placed in a special furnace, where sintering occurs at high temperature.
The result is a kind of glass picture that perfectly complements our interior.An interesting solution used by many designers is to divide the wall panel into several elements. Segments can be of different sizes, and located, but surfaces with a slight displacement, but all together they create a single picture.
This technique looks very impressive, and the cost of such a product will be very inexpensive, so you can order several glass panels at once and distribute them across all walls.
Add-ons and Accessories
Despite the fact that high-tech is close to minimalism in its style, jewelry and additional accessories are not alien to him either.
Here it can be paintings or posters, as well as mirrors of an unusual shape. By the way, designers advise using as many mirrors as possible in such an interior, as you know, they visually expand the space, and even the smallest room can seem simply huge.
High-tech watches look interesting on the wall, which can be either with an electronic dial or with a mechanical one, the main thing is to choose the right shape. By the way, an interesting technique is associated with accessories: as we have already said, high-tech color walls are usually cold, and in order to give the interior a little warmth, they use accessories in contrasting colors. Black and red look very interesting.
If you decide to decorate your house with paintings, then it is better to give preference to modern art. It is more suited to the style, and is not aimed at admiring it, but is intended to support a certain concept, as well as in the case of painting or wall panels.
And in conclusion
Unfortunately, within the framework of one article it is not possible to tell everything about this multifaceted style, but we tried to convey the atmosphere of the interior, and then, your complete freedom of imagination and action.
And most importantly, remember that high-tech does not tolerate a mixture of styles. Clearly think over the whole concept so that the output does not turn out to be a boring and completely gray interior.
