Trend Flash is exclusively for members of The Trend Curve™ subscriber family with immediate updates from each market and trade show we cover worldwide. Doug Thayer, Editorial Correspondent for The Trend Curve, has sent these top trends from the Atlanta Rug Market. He will provide more details in the next issue of The Trend Curve.
Noteworthy in Atlanta:
COLOR
- The desire for more indigo was obvious
- Warm green gravitated toward combinations with blue and creamy neutral
- Tonal traditional patterns moved from all-neutral to neutral-plus
- Grays looked great with blues and greens
- Brights had roles as designs and accents on neutral grounds
- Look for Marsala to flavor neutrals to the rosy and clay side
- Black and white with intermediate grays freshened landscape
MATERIALS AND TEXTURES
- Watercolor definitions came from tie-dyed yarns
- Jute was softened by processing and fiber combinations
- New partners and techniques gave wool an unexpected boost
- Micro-looped, very-tight construction gave patterns ultra-fine detail
- Tape embellishments, on-trend for furniture, moved to flat-woven rugs
- Fringe made a comeback in traditional hand-knotted rugs
PATTERNS AND MOTIFS
- Geometry was giving way to more organic looks
- Dragon motifs confirmed an intensifying Asian theme
- Free-form open crochet appeared in outdoor designs
- Inspired by the high end, finely detailed machine-mades favored distressed, deconstructed traditional patterns
- Shag rugs continued with coarse Moroccan tribal patterns