Well if the color, pattern and texture of fabric on furniture counts as design, certainly rectangles or other shapes of color, pattern, or texture, on a wall count as design.
There is purpose behind design. It allows us to build up unique associations with a place, its people, its purpose. It keeps us from being bored. It gives us a break from other places. It sets a mood conducive to whatever a place is for. It expresses something about ourselves to others.
Decorating our spaces and walls seems to address a deep need in our species.
A wall with nothing on it creates tension. It isn't neutral.
Nowhere in nature are there environments comparable to huge vertical flat surfaces of white, brick, or wood or other uniform material.
There is purpose behind design. It allows us to build up unique associations with a place, its people, its purpose. It keeps us from being bored. It gives us a break from other places. It sets a mood conducive to whatever a place is for. It expresses something about ourselves to others.
Decorating our spaces and walls seems to address a deep need in our species.
A wall with nothing on it creates tension. It isn't neutral.
Nowhere in nature are there environments comparable to huge vertical flat surfaces of white, brick, or wood or other uniform material.