DIYs
"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things without the direct aid of experts or professionals. ... Subsequently, the term DIY has taken on a broader meaning that covers a wide range of skill sets.I am sure you are familiar with the acronym, DIY, standing for “do-it-yourself.” But you are probably not familiar with the new acronym I just created, DYI, standing for “do-yourself-in.
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History
Italian archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a 6th-century BC Greek structure in southern Italy. The ruins appeared to come with detailed assembly instructions and are being called an "ancient IKEA building". The structure was a temple-like building discovered at Torre Satriano, near the southern city of Potenza, in Basilicata. This region was recognized as a place where local people mingled with Greeks who had settled along the southern coast known as Magna Graecia and in Sicily from the 8th century BC onwards. Professor Christopher Smith, director of the British School at Rome, said that the discovery was, "the clearest example yet found of mason's marks of the time. It looks as if someone was instructing others how to mass-produce components and put them together in this way." Much like our modern instruction booklets, various sections of the luxury building were inscribed with coded symbols showing how the pieces slotted together. The characteristics of these inscriptions indicate they date back to around the 6th century BC, which tallies with the architectural evidence suggested by the decoration. The building was built by Greek artisans coming from the Spartan colony of Taranto in Apulia.
In North America, there was a DIY magazine publishing niche in the first half of the twentieth century. Magazines such as Popular Mechanics (founded in 1902) and Mechanix Illustrated (founded in 1928) offered a way for readers to keep current on useful practical skills, techniques, tools, and materials. As many readers lived in rural or semi-rural regions, initially much of the material related to their needs was on the farm or in a small town.
By the 1950s, DIY became common usage with the emergence of people undertaking home improvement projects, construction projects and smaller crafts. Artists began to fight against mass production and mass culture by claiming to be self-made. In the 1960s and 1970s, books and TV shows about the DIY movement and techniques on building and home decoration began appearing. By the 1990s, the DIY movement felt the impact of the digital age with the rise of the internet. With computers and the internet becoming mainstream, increased accessibility to the internet has led more households undertaking DIY methods. Platforms, such as Youtube or Instagram, provide people the opportunity to share their creations and instruct others on how to replicate DIY techniques in their own home.
DIY Architectural
DIY House by Reset Architecture
DIY House by Reset Architecture stands exposed on the threshold to a new residential area. The cube with the small ground-floor addition plays a gateway role. Minimalist and expressive, the design demonstrates the result of a close collaboration with the clients.
DIY House by Reset Architecture stands on the access road to a new residential district. It marks the transition from the fields to the housing area, forming a sort of gateway. However, it was not slated to become an eye-catching landmark. “With all the houses that seem to be caught up in a competition for self-actualization, this pomposity can be a bit much,” say the architects.
But how should a house design look when the clients want to build it themselves? In this case, the path was characterized by a willingness to engage in dialogue. Right from the initial planning phase, the architects worked closely with their clients Anne and Merijn, who had seized the opportunity to by a plot of land in the new residential area. The result is a loft-like ground floor where the spaces flow into each other. The stairway is accommodated in a wood-clad box at the centre of the house. Upstairs, the relationship is turned around: the stairs open onto a gallery on the first landing. Three bedrooms and a bathroom offer the family the possibility to withdraw.
As an art historian, client Anne and architect Theo Mathijssen talked about the appearance of the house from references such as Mark Rothko and Josef Albers. Further inspired by the blurring colours of the foggy riparian landscape setting, Reset Architecture decided to paint the horizontal wooden slats in shades of green which appeared as a gradation when installed. After the obligatory snicker about “50 shades of green”, the clients expressed their willingness to take on the extra work involved in the painting.
As the building phase did not involve any great activity on the part of professionals, the wooden construction of the single-family dwelling was kept simple. Finally, to quote the clients on how they assess their work: “Our house is more than a place to live. It is a work of art, part of our family history and a warm home.”
A couple in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, reached out to Reset Architecture after purchasing a plot of land in 2013. Their request was rather out of the ordinary in that they were requesting the firm to just design the house and to let them build it themselves. Appropriately named the DIY House, the project required simple construction methods so they could do a majority of the work with little need for help from the outside. While it took them much longer than it would have had they gone the traditional route, they can take pride in the finished results.
DIY Interior
The History Of Interior Design:
For those interested in interior design we have created a video, infographic, and put together a text transcript on the history of interior design. The aim of this is to give you an overview on the history of interior design and have provided it in several formats so you can chose which is easiest for you to digest. Please feel free to share to page to your friends using the buttons above or use the video or graphic on this page on your webpage (just remember to link back to us as the original source!).
Transcript On The History Of Interior Design:
Stone Age - 6000 – 2000BC
The first evidence of interior design was found in prehistoric human dwellings. Although they focused on practicalities they still took the time to decorate their dwellings with drawings, usually of plants, animals or humans. Tribes of this era made huts from mud, animal skins and sticks.
Roman - 753BC – 480AD
This was the first real age where no royals could show their wealth through their homes alone. They decorated with morals and mosaics as well as bespoke furniture. Typical Roman furniture had clawed feet and soft furnishings.
Byzantine - 500 – 1500AD
During the Byzantine era grand domes and extravagant decorations became the norm.
Dark Ages - 900 - 1100AD
During the dark ages there was a demise of interior design which meant home interiors went down to basic wood panelling, minimal furniture and stone slab floors.
Gothic - 1140 – 1400AD
Following the dark ages decorative ornaments and colours were brought into homes again. The Gothic era is noted for its figurative decor and vertical focus as well as bringing the trend of open floor plans and an emphasis on windows to increase light.
Renaissance - 1400 – 1600AD
During the renaissance the beauty was the impact factor to design interiors. Grand paintings and furniture, often with a lot of colour and expensive fabrics such as velvet, were used alongside marble floors to create these beautiful spaces.
From 1508 - 1512AD Michelangelo worked on his famous paintings in the Sistine chapel.
During this time period carpets were a luxury, even too expensive for the rich to use on the floor. They were used to cover walls. Floors were instead covered with reeds topped in sweet smelling herbs.
Baroque - 1590 – 1725AD
Flamboyance, grandeur and artistic excess were the focus of this era. The use of stained glass, columns with twists, marble with colour, mirrors, chandeliers and painted ceilings were all used and sought-after.
The first note of architects also working as interior designers was in ancient India around 1600AD.
Rococo Style - 1700AD
A very elegant style utilising flower based design work and the use of different materials such as tortoise shell and pearls on furniture. They also included Asian porcelain in their home decor.
Traditional - 1700AD – Now
The traditional Europe and American design was very prevalent from 1700 to 1800AD, although it is still popular now amongst certain classes. It was embodied by a very formal feel.
DIY Product
Diy Product Design History:
For students of design, professional product designers, and anyone interested in design equally indispensable: the fully revised and updated edition of the reference work on product design. The book traces the history of product design and its current developments, and presents the most important principles of design theory and methodology, looking in particular at the communicative function of products and highlighting aspects such as corporate and service design, design management, strategic design, interface/interaction design and human design. From the content: Design and history: The Bauhaus; The Ulm School of Design; The Example of Braun; The Art of Design Design and Globalization Design and Methodology: Epistemological Methods in Design Design and Theory: Aspects of the Disciplinary Design Theory Design and its Context: From Corporate Design to Service Design Product Language and Product Semiotics Architecture and Design Design and Society Design and Technological Progress .
Subculture
DIY as a subculture could be said to have begun with the punk movement of the 1970s. Instead of traditional means of bands reaching their audiences through large music labels, bands began recording, manufacturing albums and merchandise, booking their own tours, and creating opportunities for smaller bands to get wider recognition and gain cult status through repetitive low-cost DIY touring. The burgeoning zine movement took up coverage of and promotion of the underground punk scenes, and significantly altered the way fans interacted with musicians. Zines quickly branched off from being hand-made music magazines to become more personal; they quickly became one of the youth culture's gateways to DIY culture. This led to tutorial zines showing others how to make their own shirts, posters, zines, books, food, etc.