3 Tips for Making a Stunning Floral Arrangement, From Italian Floral Designer Flavia Bruni (2024)

FAQs

What are three important qualities that a floral designer needs? ›

Employ The Golden Ratio

According to Bruni, the "golden ratio" for floral arranging is creating a visual where the arrangement is two-and-a-half sizes bigger than its container.

There are several commonly used flower arrangement shapes, or forms: Circular. Triangular. Square.

The rule of three is a design principle based on the inherent human preference for odd numbers, which tend to look more natural and less rigid than even-numbered groupings. Arranging items in odd numbers can create a more appealing and balanced visual composition.

The four types of visual balance: Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, Radial, and Open. Harmony refers to the proper relationship between all the elements in a design.

Consistency and repetition are the tools for beautiful floral rhythm.

The perfect arrangement of flowers is the one with the right balance. This means that the height of the arrangement should be at least one and a half times more than the height of the container. Although the height of the arrangement can be higher than this, it is never lower.

The primary principles are Proportion, Balance, Dominance, Rhythm, Contrast and Unity. The secondary principles of Design are: Scale, Focal Area/Focal Point, Repetition, Accent, Depth, Transition, Variation, Opposition, and Tension.

There are two types of balance in floral design: physical balance and visual balance.

Void space is a simple gap in the arrangement, positive space is the whole arrangement is full with no spaces, and negative space is were a large areas is empty and has a small amount of flowers in the arrangement to give the design a different look (refer to the tulip picture above).

What are two common forms in floral design? ›

There are two main types of forms – open form design and closed form design. While an open form has more negative space in between flowers, a closed arrangement has flowers bunched together closely, making it look more dense. The shapes in form may include geometric shapes like triangle, wedding arch, square, linear.

To become a Florist, you will need: Good customer service skills. A good telephone manner for taking and giving details of orders. The ability to use colours and shapes creatively.

Color is perhaps the most important element out of all the elements because that is what most people notice. wheel. The third element is form. Form includes three things height, width and depth.