While positive space refers to areas which are occupied within a room, negative space in interior design is that which exists around the furniture, artwork, décor, and so on. And both should be ...

Include surfaces with positive and negative space to provide a little drama. To embellish a client’s ceiling, Westbrooks designed a three-dimensional millwork detail.

Negative space in painting, photography, and music. Let’s take the well-known oil on canvas painting “The Starry Night” that Dutch post-impressionist Vincent Van Gogh painted in 1889 from ...