Keep Here

Keep Here is a fundamental design principle and temporal concept that emphasizes the preservation and maintenance of specific design elements, features, or characteristics within their original context and time period. This preservation-focused approach serves multiple purposes in design, from maintaining historical accuracy and cultural significance to ensuring functional continuity and aesthetic integrity. In architectural and interior design, Keep Here often manifests as a conservation strategy that respects the original materials, construction techniques, and spatial arrangements while allowing for necessary modern adaptations. The principle extends beyond physical preservation to encompass the protection of design heritage, including traditional craftsmanship methods, historical design patterns, and indigenous design practices. In digital design and user interface development, Keep Here represents the strategic retention of familiar elements and navigation patterns to maintain user comfort and efficiency, while in industrial design, it guides decisions about which features should remain constant through product iterations to preserve brand identity and user experience. The concept has evolved to become particularly relevant in sustainable design practices, where it encourages the preservation of existing structures and materials rather than replacement, thereby reducing environmental impact. This approach has gained recognition in design competitions, including the A' Design Award, where projects demonstrating thoughtful preservation while incorporating contemporary needs are often celebrated. The principle also plays a crucial role in design education, helping future designers understand the delicate balance between innovation and preservation, and how to respectfully integrate new elements without compromising the integrity of existing design solutions.

Author: Lucas Reed

Keywords: preservation, heritage conservation, temporal design, sustainability, contextual integrity, design authenticity

Help us improve the Design+Encyclopedia, contribute your alternative definition for Keep Here today!

About the Design+Encyclopedia
The Design+Encyclopedia is a crowd-sourced reference of information on design. Unlike other crowd-sourced publications on design, the Design Encyclopedia is edited and actively monitored and publishing is only possible after review of submitted texts. Furthermore, editors of the Design Encyclopedia are mostly consisting of award winning designers who have proven their expertise in their design respective fields. Information posted at design encyclopedia is copyrighted, you are not granted a right to use the text for any commercial reasons, attribution is required. If you wish to contribute to the design encyclopedia, please first register or login to A' Design Award and then start a new design encyclopedia entry.