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The rooms with curvilinear furniture provoke significantly higher pleasure. Round shapes are graceful and pliable, and avoid the harshness of straight lines. Round is the new ‘calm’ curve adding a different aesthetic to home decor. From circular couches to round tables and arm chairs, curvilinear is becoming the choice of furniture shape the world over. Why?
Professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina, Paul Silvia believes there’s a psychological reason for people preferring round shapes over straight ones. Most things in the natural environment are decidedly round – the sun, the moon, our earth. Round shapes are graceful and pliable, and avoid the harshness of straight lines.
In his study on shapes and its emotional effect on people, he concluded that curves are found to be serene as against straight angles that metaphorically express threat.
In another study, Oregon State University researchers Sibel Dazkir and Marilyn Read, compared the effects of curvilinear (rounded) and rectilinear (straight-edged) furniture on people’s emotions. The rooms with curvilinear furniture provoked significantly higher pleasure. The students said that rounded furniture “looks comfortable and oozes a calming effect”.
– TNN
The rooms with curvilinear furniture provoke significantly higher pleasure. Round shapes are graceful and pliable, and avoid the harshness of straight lines. Round is the new ‘calm’ curve adding a different aesthetic to home decor. From circular couches to round tables and arm chairs, curvilinear is becoming the choice of furniture shape the world over. Why?
Professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina, Paul Silvia believes there’s a psychological reason for people preferring round shapes over straight ones. Most things in the natural environment are decidedly round – the sun, the moon, our earth. Round shapes are graceful and pliable, and avoid the harshness of straight lines.
In his study on shapes and its emotional effect on people, he concluded that curves are found to be serene as against straight angles that metaphorically express threat.
In another study, Oregon State University researchers Sibel Dazkir and Marilyn Read, compared the effects of curvilinear (rounded) and rectilinear (straight-edged) furniture on people’s emotions. The rooms with curvilinear furniture provoked significantly higher pleasure. The students said that rounded furniture “looks comfortable and oozes a calming effect”.
– TNN
