Introducing modern designs to be used in the production of sound-absorbing mural claddings

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Textile printing. Dyeing and Finishing Faculty of Applied Arts Helwan University

2 Faculty of Design and Architecture - Jazan University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Higher Institute of Applied Arts,5th Compound, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Technology and creativity are two complementary concepts that reinforce each other, They also contribute to enhancing the designer's ability to innovate and continuously develop the design process by tracing creativity for new features of effective and unique designs, and achieving its goals by dint of the advanced technology of computer programs and modern printing techniques, which enables us to reach new horizons. In some spaces, there was a need to innovate cladding designs that include acoustic treatments that enrich the aesthetic aspect while achieving the desired function of those spaces, whether verbal spaces such as television and radio photography studios, lecture halls, cinemas, etc., or musical spaces, as well as multi-purpose spaces using technological creativity, which aims at diversity and renewal. The importance of the research is shedding light on the creative technological criteria for designing mural claddings, which increases their visual appeal and aesthetic value with the different materials used, as well as improving the sound quality in the spaces concerned. That is through the descriptive approach of the principles and criteria for designing sound-absorbing mural claddings as well the role of technological innovation in enriching them, And the applied design approach of creating innovative designs for these claddings with a variety of materials.

Research problem:

• Predominance of the functional aspect at the expense of the aesthetic aspect in the appearance of sound-absorbing cladding currently available in the market.

• The need to develop the aesthetic aspect under consideration of the stability of limited and specific forms of use in sound-absorbing claddings.

• The need of various innovative designs for sound-absorbing claddings with the possibility of applying them using modern technology.

Research goals:

1. Creating a variety of creative plastic solutions for sound-absorbing claddings using modern technological means.

2. The possibility of changing the design of the external appearance of the sound-absorbing claddings to enrich the aesthetic aspect while preserving the functional aspect.

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