I eagerly await an explanation of today’s architectural world without a reference to the past, given that it seems so little related to our present.

Raphael Moneo (2016)

The focus of this dissertation draws upon questioning the importance of textile surfaces in the contemporary world, concentrating on the 21st century House and definition of Home in a European context. The initial research was based on finding definitions on what is the meaning of home, either on a physically way or in a psychological sphere. This study is mindful of the areas of study that are attempting to define - “feeling (at) home”, yet what is of more importance is - textiles for the home and the creation of well-being in these spaces.

This theme could be analyzed through the eye of an anthropologist, or a psychologist, or a doctor, or a psychoanalyst, or an artist, or an interior designer, or an architect, or a writer, photographer etc. Yet as a Textile design student, the focus of this study will be the considerations for space design (such as material and colour choice, material and colour psychology); the well-being that grows through a successfully designed space for personal use; how texture and colour affect our everyday comfort; the way in which a well-designed space offers the one the utter, complete, ultimate experience when inhabiting spaces leading to better, happier and more sustainable ways of living (…)