Michelle Lamb, Editorial Director for The Trend Curve, is in Frankfurt for the annual Ambiente trade fair. Her top trends are below:
COLOR
- Pastel values came on strong
- The same was true for browns
- Pinks had much more play
- The best of declining oranges had rusted and coral-influenced personalities
- Green continued to build, with warmer hues emerging
- Blues favored turquoise and aqua
- Gray persisted, yet it did not feel new
TEXTURES AND MATERIALS
- Rustic/earthy/pitted finishes advanced
- Frosted techniques on glass began a quiet return
- Terracotta was worth watching
- Brass challenged copper for dominance in metals
- Concrete was on a tear
- Corks advanced in a big way
MOTIFS AND THEMES
- Leaves overpowered everything for newness
- Still, there were plenty of geometrics and flowers
- City landscapes came in interesting interpretations
- Illustrated looks offered a delicate incoming approach
- Baroque shapes and patterns had early emerging status
- It’s back to the 70’s—again