Twins Room Design

The clients for this bedroom design were 6 year old twin boys! The boys needed a room with plenty of space to play together or separate as well as study space in their bedroom.



The idea generator for this design was a children's book; Peppe The Lamplighter. The illustrations and the story were form givers for the twins room concept.





The key words taken from the story were: dream, expression, and aspiration. These words are expressed in the concept model below in the different components of the form. The Blue gray forms represent dream, the beginning and base for a child's aspirations, which are represented by the long orange forms. From aspirations and dreams come personal expression which are represented by the curving wire forms throughout.

The book's illustrations all were dark and rich colored, with light as a strong focal point in each. The curving wire forms also represent these lights. The concept word for the illustrations was: glow.

The concept was applied to the plan in the structure and the interior finishes. The walls curve in expressive lines and then slope up to the back wall in an aspiring line.

One very important interior finish to the concept were the lighting selections. The room's design and concept placed lights as glowing focal points around the room. Small clusters of hanging lights were placed as task lights and focal points. One large statement focal fixture was placed in the center or the room between two sky lights

One special finish for the boys room was the closet bumped into the room next to the door way. The material selected was a transparent green plastic Armstrong product that was lit from within to glow in low light or darkness. This created a very strong glowing focal point like the book illustrations.
This design challenged me as a designer in many ways. Designing for small children that need to stay in a room into their teens takes a lot of thought and planning for the future with adaptable options. Childish designs have to considered for their adaptability or removal for the future. Creating a concept that applied to a child was a challenge even from a children's book. Relating the concept to a child's growth and development through their dreams and aspirations was my solution to this.