January 27, 2012

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Sea Salt Neutrals for 2013 – 2014

Sea Salt Neutrals™ 2013 – 2014 dissolve the myth that neutrals are boring. These new tones are anything but basic! This collection speaks the international language of home décor in 20 neutrals inspired by Continue reading...

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Up-Scale Design

For the past several seasons, the words tiny and small have been the best options for describing designs and fabric. But introductions at the High Point furniture market indicated that this is all about to change. In a Continue reading...

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Spring Forward for 2013

Spring and summer have their own special energy. It’s light-hearted, optimistic and sometimes even romantic. The Trend Curve™ has translated those emotions and more into Spring Forward™ 2013, our newest Continue reading...

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Trend Album – What’s In Outdoors for 2013

Outdoor furnishings at Maison & Objet have settled comfortably into their stand-alone home in Hall 8. The building looks small, but the Outdoor_Indoor show-within-a-show that it holds includes a range of categories, Continue reading...

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2013 Colors

Could it be that the economy really has turned the corner to recovery? We’ve sold so many of our just-released color forecast (The Trend Curve ™ Colors 2013) so quickly that we would have to say yes. But, along Continue reading...

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The Arts & Innovation

All the talk about Steve Jobs passing has included much discussion about the essence of his innovative genius: that it was due to him living at the "intersection of technology and humanism" or technology and the arts. As Continue reading...