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Currey & Co. x Marjorie Skouras

May 3, 2023 By Elaine Markoutsas -

The High Point furniture market offers so much more than furniture, lighting and decorative accessories. It can also transport you into another place, another era. This was certainly the case at Currey & Company. Here, a new collaboration with design talent Marjorie Skouras doubled as a museum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, High Point Furniture Mkt, Trend   Tagged With: Accent Furniture, Designer Collaborations, Furniture, High Point Furniture Market, Interior Design, Lighting, Texture, Trendcurveteam

The Antidote for Boring

April 13, 2023 By Michelle Lamb & Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf -

The Trend Curve has always held that understanding a trend’s provenance is vital to establishing a comfort level with newness. Sometimes home furnishings trends have their roots in art, for example, a major exhibition. In other cases, media plays a role. Think Yellowstone and the current revival of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Editorial Correspondent, Michelle Lamb, Retail Trends, Trend   Tagged With: Bold, Color, COVID-19, Foods and Flavors, Fusions, Packaging Trends, Pattern, Shape, Trendcurveteam

From Japandi to Japanese Craft

March 17, 2023 By Elaine Markoutsas -

Infusing Japanese elements into already established Scandinavian looks, the Japandi trend emerged in 2017 – 2018. It really touched a nerve—in a good way—and grew to be immensely popular. No wonder products in this style are still being introduced. The most recent incarnation was at KBIS, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, Exhibitions, International Trade Fairs, KBIS, Maison & Objet, Paris Deco Off, Trend   Tagged With: Designers Guild, KBIS, kintsugi, Kohler, Maison & Objet, Metals and Metallics, Mikado Quartz, Musé du quai Branley - Jacques Chirac, NAHB International Builders Show, Nakamoto Forestry, Paris Deco Off, Pinto Paris, Sakiori-Chicka, shibori, shop sugi ban, Tosa Kumiko, Trendcurveteam, Wellborn, Wood Trends

Retail Delight: Kitchen Living Dining Copenhagen

February 14, 2023 By Elaine Markoutsas -

Between two favorite trade fairs, Heimtextil in Frankfurt and Maison & Objet in Paris, I scheduled a weekend of retail reconnaissance in Copenhagen. I’m glad I did! There was so much to see—shops, boutiques and department stores with unique messages and fabulous visual displays. Among the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, Retail Trends, Trend, Trend Spotting   Tagged With: Christmas, Heimtextil, Kitchen Living Dining Copenhagen, Maison & Objet, Medusa-Copenhagen, Retail Reconnaissance, Trendcurveteam

Paola Lenti + Campana Brothers = Sustainability With Artistry

November 20, 2022 By Elaine Markoutsas -

Wandering through Paola Lenti’s popups during Salone del Mobile in Milan is like being transported into a visual wonderland drenched in explosive color and irresistible touch-me textures. It simply takes your breath away. Lenti is a masterful maestra of weaves. With a magnificent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, European Trade Fairs, International Trade Fairs, Salone del Mobile, Sustainability, Trend   Tagged With: Campana Brothers, Color, Design, Milan Design Week, Paola Lenti, Salone del Mobile, Shape, Sustainability, Textiles, Texture, Trendcurveteam

Color Stories at KBIS

July 14, 2022 By Elaine Markoutsas -

Color hit different at KBIS, the industry trade show for kitchen and bath products, organized by NKBA. Consumers apparently are reaching a new comfort level beyond safer neutrals, as they emerge from pandemic era restrictions. Designers at the 2022 event, which took place in Orlando in February, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Domestic Shows, Editorial Correspondent, European Trade Fairs, KBIS, Trend   Tagged With: Color, Copper, KBIS, Metals and Metallics, NKBA, Pattern, Trendcurveteam

Sasha Bikoff’s Whimsical Designs

March 27, 2020 By Elaine Markoutsas -

Paris Déco Off bills itself as The Rendezvous of International Interior Designers and Decoration Editors. The Trend Curve’s editorial team always heads to Paris a couple of days before the Maison & Objet trade fair to see what’s new in the world up upscale fabrics and designs. The 2020 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, European Trade Fairs, Maison & Objet, Paris Deco Off, Trend   Tagged With: Color, Maison & Objet, Paris Deco Off, Pattern, Textiles, Texture

The Wild Side of L’Objet

March 22, 2020 By Elaine Markoutsas -

L’Objet’s table linen collection made quite a splash in Paris. And why not? The patterns, including fetching mitered stripes and a tiger print, offered mix-and-match variety in an amazing range of au currant solids. Linen sateen in ochre, terra cotta, blue and mossy green harmonized with neutrals of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, European Trade Fairs, Maison & Objet, Trend   Tagged With: Animal Skin, Color, linen, Maison & Objet, Pattern, Tabletop, Textiles, Texture

Vending to New Heights

March 17, 2020 By Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf -

Consider the lowly vending machine. Once nothing much more than a modest, self-service supplier of cigarettes, candy and soda pop, this iconic form of retail is getting new life. Developed in the late 1800s, vending was a common method of delivering stamps, postcards and writing paper in England. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, Trend   Tagged With: Key Items, Mid-Century, Vending Machines

Tasty Textures

March 15, 2020 By Elaine Markoutsas -

Texture was out in force at all the big European trade fairs in January. Its message: the texture trend is nowhere near finished. Heimtextil, Paris Deco Off and Maison & Objet were all covered in gorgeous textures. These tactile delights were applied to almost every possible material. We … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, European Trade Fairs, Heimtextil, International Trade Fairs, Maison & Objet, Paris Deco Off, Trend   Tagged With: Color, Texture

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