There's also a fascination with fine details, especially in the moldings applied to joinery, and in the mix of materials, such as natural woods combined with more rustic forms of engineered stone. From dove to charcoal, even tones mixed with inky blue or navy, the coolest new shade for kitchen design is grey. In the kitchen, designers are shunning the shine of slick black and white for the far more livable monochrome of matte grey. If you feel the trend borders a little on the kitsch, but still find it an attractive, go a little troppo styling up an outdoor entertainment area. It's a decorative look that probably won't last another year but it's still an upbeat way to inject contemporary irreverence into otherwise safe or minimalist decors. The craze for flirty tropical fun sees lots of bold colours, exotic florals and palm tree prints coming our way. In upholstery, super-saturated or off-registered colour photographic prints make bold coverings and in carpets there's experimentation with computer-generated low-relief patterns.įirst it was pineapples and parrots, but now bananas and flamingoes are taking their turn under the trend spotlight. Look out for small photomontage repeat patterns in wallpapers but also life-sized imagery that looks real and fake at the same time. Motivated by an increasing interest in reinventing classic form-follows-function design, including the perfectly formed Shaker furniture style, Patricia Urquiola's Nub chair and Matthew Hilton's Kimble Windsor chair and Orson desk are perfect examples of the new restraint in timber furniture design.ĭigitally designed prints for textiles, wallpapers and carpets are set to take the interior design world by storm. Designers have combined Scandinavian style with American craftsmanship and tossed in a little euro fun to create sophisticated streamlined shapes. Escher.Ī contemporary new look for timber furniture has emerged and it's a real pleasure to see the level of finesse involved. Particularly directional are the new optical illusion prints, especially those patterns inspired by last century's master draughtsman M.C. Mostly in one or two colours but often just in black and white, these eye-catching graphics are turning up emblazoned on all sorts of products from potholders to curtains and side tables. Here are 10 of the most significant.Īt recent international design fairs, including Maison & Objet in Paris last month, bold geometric patterns and prints were everywhere. Some are favourites transitioning into a new phase of development and others are innovations only just emerging. Looking ahead to the end of the year and start of 2014, there are a number of decorating and design trends on the rise.
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