On Stairs...

An overlooked component of my interior design education so far is the staircase. The staircase is functionally and symbolically vital to space design. Functionally, staircases transition between levels. In residential and commercial capacities this is often the transition between the public and private sectors. The function of the staircase then becomes symbolic in nature: it is a path of relief. It is the journey one takes after a long day of work to bed. It is the avenue one takes when it is 4 AM in the morning and the last of the 39 guests has just said goodbye from the 7 hour booze-infested dinner party downstairs. It is the highway from the lobby to the private offices. The staircase when designed properly can offer relief, peace. It is not a menial, tedious component structure that needs to be hidden, but an integral part of any good design. Good designers know this. As an interior design student aspiring to be a good designer, the lack of staircase education I have received so far perplexes me. I still do not know how to design them! I feel shortchanged but I digress. Nevertheless, in homage to the guttiest, most integral, potentially most beautiful component of any project, I present a collection of some of my favorite staircases, amassed courtesy of Interest and boring Friday nights...

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