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The Language of Design & Architecture

Welcome to our relaunched website Plab City, exploring the linguistics of architectural design.

Just as human language has a huge set of linguistic rules which is studied at great length, so too does the language of design and architecture. This new website aims to address some of the voices in our ever expanding cities, looking at how interior design, architectural design, and urban space speaks to us as human beings existing within our manmade spaces.

There will be plenty of real world useful interior design research as well as useful tools for implementing and guiding your home design with a language unique to you and your built environment. We feature case studies with every day examples of architectural feats, the impact they have on urban and country spaces and how their language is specific to the people who work within them.

The language of design has origins in the very earliest paintings and engravings, right through to design and architecture of the 21st century. Mankind has always tried to express visual ideas and communicate through various interior and exterior designs, and this website aims to collect information for the purpose of education, research and with the hope of improving our living and working spaces. Read our latest white paper about interiors here.

Many elements assist in the language of our built environment, including:

  • Materials used (natural materials like wood and stone) or manmade materials such as the 1950′s development of concrete, metal and plastics
  • The mass of materials and how scale affects the language – heavy or light
  • The scope of design, the reach of exploration, the depth of flavour of language.
  • Light and dark, how these change the voice of the design
  • Interiors brought to exteriors and vice versa, living inside out
  • Themes and cultural mixes, from Europe to all of the continents and how this affects design language

The quality and style of the interior product being used is always paramount, most companies will try and explain to their customers what materials these use for products and why, like this Manchester company materials and the quality which is essential for making an informed buying decision.

How human language is affected by design language

Our belief is that all aspects of human design language have a direct affect on our wellbeing, mood, productivity and overall sense of belonging. There is a great deal of energy being spent around the globe investigating the language of design and how if can effect us, and we post noteworthy links on our resource page. In the meantime you can read up about the Plato effect in architecture here.

If you wish to contribute to our research, offer white papers or get involved with Plab City please use the form on our contact us page and we will be very pleased to discuss your ideas with you.