We all designers have come across clients with varied interests, understanding & exposure. Oh yes they also come with a band of requirements to fit in a 500 sq.ft flat which would nicely fit in a 1000 sq.ft. What has the economics done to us, what has estate agencies done to the asthetics. we call 12' x 10' as master bedroom !
Somewhere it does hamper one's design but new designer are also turning up & fighting odds. we have seen some foreign designers who make custom made designs to fit all the list in that tiny space & very well done. Look at the lavatory of an aircraft, look at the Dilip Chabbria designs they are doing it so can we.
What the clients need to understand here is that there is a boyce's principle(excuse spelling) in all aspects of life. You push the time taken for work down, you push the resources less & cost shall shoot up. they is always a boyouncy working at all points. Clients who insist all aspects that it should be at minimum cant get a great design. Aircraft Lavatory comes at a cost in a good time span with maximum resource at disposal.
Design trends fall out or in mostly due to such issues. Like in one site we used army wooden trunks with nice rubberwood as dining table at low cost, yet another site we did entire office in exposed MDf panels. they surely played a lot to asthetics & changed the trends too.
