What is Indochine style? Characteristics & Design trends

Indochinese style is considered one of the popular interior design trends this year for luxury apartments and villas in Ho Chi Minh City. Because the interior design is completely different from other modern style, Nordic style or industrial styleBut before we begin, let's find out what Indochine style is? What is its origin and what characteristics does this style bring to your home space?  

1. What is Indochine style?

Indo-China (also known as Indochina) is used to refer to the region in Southeast Asia, near India and located south of China. Indochine style was formed based on the beauty of shapes and cultures between East Asian and West Asian countries. The beauty of Indochine style is the quintessence, the intersection between the beauty of the style Neoclassical architecture France combines the cultural and geographical characteristics of countries in the Southeast Asian region such as: Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand...

A classic yet familiar style, a beauty imbued with art that reveals the beauty of national culture. It can be said that this is the perfect combination of two Eastern and Western cultures, specifically the two great cultures of humanity: China and India.

Image of living room interior design blends modern and classic in Indochine style
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In interior design in Vietnam, the Indochinese style is heavily influenced by Chinese culture due to 1000 years of domination, while Laos and Cambodia are influenced by India. With a creative combination of art, creating a Indochine style highly aesthetic, expressing the cultural quintessence of two world regions along with identities spanning a long history.

In the past, this style of interior design served the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie, but later on, details were selected to represent the Vietnamese national identity. Simple, sophisticated but still ensuring full convenience in modern life to bring comfort and convenience to users. 

Indochine interior design style creating attraction for the viewer from the first sight by the rustic features, close to national culture but no less luxurious with classic yet modern motifs and furniture such as beds, wardrobes, benches... replacing the furniture in a modern style. In addition, the combination of modern beauty and modern European interior design style of France is blended with local identity, suitable for the climate, ... It can be said that Indochine interior design style has extremely high aesthetics.

 Image of the dining area designed in Indochine style with a unique, quiet beauty
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The combination of these two styles is both contrasting and opposing but also complementary, this creates an attraction to enhance each other's beauty, this is one of the modern luxury interior style most impressive of France.

In addition to aesthetics, Indochinese style interiors also cleverly meet the living needs of Vietnamese people from color scheme in design, how to use appropriate materials and use interior decoration products,…. Therefore, beautiful 2-bedroom apartments are often designed in this style.

2. Characteristics of Indochinese style

Main colors in Indochine interior style

Neutral colors are used for the entire interior of the Indochine design style, including colors: light yellow, cream yellow, white, creating a comfortable feeling suitable for the tropical climate in Vietnam. However, there are also some spaces that use warm, humid tropical colors to create a strong impression such as orange yellow, blue, purple, red, ...

Image of Indochine style living room designed with unique blue tone
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Materials used

Indochina interior space is also equipped with wooden, bamboo, rattan,... items with strong Asian character and brings closeness and intimacy to everyone. It can be said that Indochina style is quite similar to Country style in the interior design of old fashion stores with warm tones.

Wood material 

In the world, wood material represents class and luxury, so it is very popular in many different design styles. In Vietnam, in the Office interior design in Ho Chi Minh City, meeting room or director's office often used bàn work with natural wood to increase the luxury and power of the room. For more details, you can see more articles about office interior construction by SmartDecor.

With the development of current technology, wood is soft and durable, so it is used as materials in many constructions such as door systems, flooring, ceilings, structural frames and roof consoles, decorative details such as reliefs, round statues, etc.

Wood and bamboo are often used in Indochine interior style (Source: Collected)

Bamboo material

Because of its ability to resist termites, be suitable for the climate and have high durability, bamboo is widely used in Indochina design style to make decorations, equipment, partitions, etc. to create beautiful, soft images.

Using bamboo to make creative decorative products in Indochine style (Source: Collected)

Brick material

In Indochinese interior style, cement tiles and terracotta tiles are often used for flooring, creating a luxurious yet sophisticated beauty for the space.

Patterned tiles help bring an impressive look to the house (Source: SmartDecor)

Patterns used

The motifs appeared from the Dong Son period with simple geometric lines stylized from flowers and leaves. With a delicate and meticulous expression, by the An Nam period, the motifs were synthesized and stylized from other images such as rectangles, geometric shapes, still life images, flowers and leaves, etc., bearing a strong Vietnamese identity and showing a very high artistic value.

Nowadays, floral patterns have become a typical symbol of Indochinese style in interior design and create unique qualities when applied to details such as floors, walls, ceilings, decorative items, partitions, interior equipment, etc.

Patterns combined with interior and checkered tile floors are used flexibly (Source: SmartDecor)

Still life

Including the pearl and the eight treasures. In which, the pearl includes the pearl motif and two stylized dragons at the two corners of the roof, you can see this motif on the roof of the temple. The commonly seen eight treasures include the gourd, fan, sword, book, zither, pen, whisk, star, etc.

Still life motifs contribute to the beauty of Indochine style interior design (Source: Collected)

Floral, vine, fruit motifs

This pattern can be a picture of flowers, leaves, or bonsai to make the scene more beautiful or it can be a pot of green plants in the house.

Decorative items with beautiful, outstanding floral motifs (Source: SmartDecor)

Animal pattern

This pattern will use animals that bring luck according to Vietnamese beliefs. Usually, these patterns do not stand alone but are combined with geometric patterns, letters, and parallel lines. Among them, the Four Sacred Animals pattern: Dragon-Unicorn-Turtle-Phoenix is ​​used the most, in addition to tigers, lions, bats, fish, etc.

Decorative pictures of animals in Indochinese style (Photo source: Collected)

Furniture

In Indochina interior design, there are equipment such as mahogany beds, benches, and screens that symbolize the impact of indigenous culture and nuances on the French lifestyle.

Beautiful furniture combined with sophistication in Indochine style design (Source: SmartDecor)

With detailed information about Indochine style will help you choose the right interior design style. If you want to know more details or need any advice on office interior design quotes or projects luxury apartment interior design then contact SmartDecor hotline 0911933938 for quick advice and support. See you again in other articles on the site. Blog.