Is our obsession with color trends killing the planet? A Fast Company article by Elizabeth Segran asks just that question. The piece chides us with numbers that reveal our wastefulness—like how many times we wear an item before banishing it from our closet (down 36% to seven to 10 times since 2000), … [Read more...]
Student Designers at FURNEX
FURNEX & The Home is the largest trade fair in Africa. Held annually in Cairo, Egypt, it hosts the top Egyptian furniture manufacturers, exporters and traders serving domestic, regional and international markets. This year, it was also host to a student exhibition called Soft and Hard. The … [Read more...]
Light + Building 2018
The Light + Building exhibit is the leading world trade fair for Lighting and Building Services technology and the Spring 2018 edition of it is sure to become a hotspot for design. Running from March 18th through the 23rd, this Fair will be focused upon various styles, which incorporate the latest … [Read more...]
Memphis Revival
Embed from Getty Images With this year’s centenary celebration of Ettore Sottsass’s birth, exhibitions and books focused on this artist’s work have made his design sensibility a topic of conversation yet again. At the forefront of recollection is Memphis. This short-lived design movement was … [Read more...]
When Fashion & Technology Merge
There is no question that technology is permeating many aspects of the home furnishings industry. Its influence can be seen in items from smart home products and smart textiles to sensing beds and many other innovations. One of the top technology websites, Engadget, has published a compelling … [Read more...]
Retail Reconnaissance Made Easy
If you are a product-development specialist, retail buyer, packaging designer or a visual-display professional, reading the next few paragraphs could very well save you hours and hours of time! After 30 years in the décor forecast business, The Trend Curve has its own proven approach to both … [Read more...]
Best Kitchen for Small Spaces
When great design, clever functionality and high utility converge in the kitchen, the result can turn heads. Get ready for some real head-turning. Kitch' T Concept, from Dsignedby, packs seating, cooking, refrigerating and storage into a compact unit that is made to be moved from one living space … [Read more...]
On The Wire
In markets around the world, wire-frame geometry is on-trend. It updated in mirrors at the Hong Kong Houseware fair and made vases look modern at Maison & Objet in Paris. Picture frames at Ambiente in Frankfurt made use of it, as did tables at the High Point furniture market and glassware at the … [Read more...]
The 40 Year Light
Most likely you have heard of Sir James Dyson, inventor of the groundbreaking Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner and founder of Dyson, maker of vacuums and many other innovative products like fans, heaters and hand dryers. But you may not know that his son, Jake Dyson, has been a lighting … [Read more...]
Nice Stems!
Taking cues from the unique personalities of on-trend specialty-beverage drinkware, wine glasses at the recent Tabletop market came in the widest range of stem styles in memory. Here is a peek at some of the fascinating shapes that made wine glasses worth a second (or third) look at the New York … [Read more...]