هوية التصميم الداخلي كوسيلة للحفاظ على التراث: رؤية معاصرة لتصميم الأثاث المصري

Interior design as a cultural lens, articulates the identity of a society, retelling stories of their history, brings out historical richness, and initiates a powerful sense of dialogue between the past traditions and the modern spatial language. Furniture in interior design is central in the context of forming a spatial identity and cultural narrative. The study fills the gap between Heritage and innovation with a new structure of Egyptian furniture design, one that combines the contemporary styling and aesthetic with its ancient Theme. The goal is to create interior environments that reflect the concept of luxury yet preserving the original cultural identity of Egypt and specifically using the visual aspect of the Pharaonic culture that is perpetual, and something that defines an Egyptian. Contemporary market-generated design styles usually fail to consider the power of indigenous cultural discourse in the pursuit of globalized design. This gap creates a chance to restore and introduce heritage into the contemporary Egyptian interior environment.
The current research will focus on understanding how the symbols of Pharaonic culture might be applied to inspire original and identity based furniture design that will define the narration of the space and create an effect of culture continuity. The aim of the research is to come up with design processes that incorporate symbolism of heritage amidst contemporary design practices to produce objects such as furniture that is functional and symbolic of Egyptian identity. The study uses qualitative, design based research methodology, which is complemented with methods of user based evaluation, to fill the gap between the rich history of design in Egypt and it’s not so significant representation in current practices of furniture. The method will be sequenced and interconnected into three phases, each having a unique role of meeting the research purpose.
The paper will contribute to the debate on culturally integrated design by offering guidelines on how to accommodate heritage and innovations together to reinforce Egyptian identity in the contemporary interiors and offer a feasible and exportable design direction, which follows the global market trends