Trend Flash™ is reserved for Members of The Trend Curve’s subscriber family. Michelle Lamb, Editorial Director, is in Paris for Maison & Objét, the major decor show. Here are her top trends:
CONCEPTS
- Fluidity
- Playfulness
- Natural
- Genderless
COLOR
- Millennial Pink transitioned into a neutral
- Clay colors meant more
- A range of deeps, from Bordeaux to Aubergine, signatured the newest color trend
- Browns strengthened, with yellow casts newly directional
- Olive quietly replaced cool, dark greens in key stands
- Pops of cobalt were on-trend
FINISHES AND MATERIALS
- Velvet went super-low
- Marble explored myriad patterns
- Crystals came roaring back
- Lava textures meant so much more
- Iridescence did not decline
- Mixed finishes superseded mixed media for newness
PATTERNS AND MOTIFS
- African imagery reemerged via multiple icons
- Western elements transitioned from kids to adult decor, gaining maturity
- Blurry, nondescript patterns kept growing
- Geometries lost their edge in multiple ways
- As a counter trend to softer geometries, hints of the Memphis movement emerged
- Tile patterns had even more support