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Embellishments Lit Up High Point

January 17, 2022 By Michelle Lamb -

It’s not unusual to see details and embellishments at the High Point furniture market. At the most recent event, two of them lit up showroom floors: piping and channels. Just as importantly, two others—embellishments that have dominated the market for many seasons—backed off to make room for them: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trend   Tagged With: AmbellaHome, Arteriors, Baker, CRLaine, Details & Embellishments, DutchBone, Hancock&Moore, High Point Furniture Market, JessicaCharles, Metals and Metallics, MirandaKerr, Norwalkfurniture, UniversalFurniture, VanguardFurniture, WesleyHall

Green is a Rising Star

November 19, 2021 By Michelle Lamb -

When it comes to color families, green’s star is rising. Under the spell of a biophilia trend, greens are going lush and rich. And although select cool types can still be found, the best new versions are leaning toward warmth. Names like olive and moss keep repeating when makers describe these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Domestic Shows, High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Ambella Home, Color, CR Laine, Dom Deco, Dutch Bone, High Point Furniture Market, Highland House, Kenneth Cobonpue, Lexington Furniture, Massoud, Mina Victory, Norwalk Furniture, Phillips Collection, Porpac, Signature, Union Home, Wesley Hall, Zodax

High Point Had a Lot of Dogs

June 18, 2018 By Michelle Lamb -

Llamas may be on-trend, but dogs are not giving up their share of the whimsical-animal pie without a fight. At the High Point furniture market, dogs appeared in framed art and on trays, as the inspiration for the shapes and surface designs on rugs and embossed onto hardware for kids' furniture. Dogs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Dogs, High Point Furniture Market, Llamas, Whimsy

Dots are On-Trend for Christmas

February 23, 2018 By Michelle Lamb -

I just finished writing Trend Album™: Christmasworld 2018, The Trend Curve's trend report about the Christmasworld trade fair that runs about 80 pages and includes more than 150 images. Among the noteworthy surface-design trends for Christmas was dots. Dots are trending for Christmas because they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas World, European Trade Fairs, High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Showtime, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: Christmas, Christmasworld, Dots, High Point Furniture Market, Pattern, Showtime

The Allure of Outer Space in Décor

December 29, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

It seems that designs suggesting outer space can always be found in décor. But lately, they are being seen more often, and in a larger variety of interpretations. And although lighting seems to have a particular affinity for the topic, space-themed designs are also cropping up in a greater range of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trend   Tagged With: High Point Furniture Market, Maison & Objet, Outer Space, Pattern, Tabletop, Texture

Deconstruction: The Next Textiles Trend

December 20, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

One of the biggest trends for home décor fabrics features a hand-stitched look that The Trend Curve has been writing about for the past year. Whether woven in for upholstery or done by hand as an embellishment on items like cushions, embroidery and crewelwork looks are experiencing a pile-on of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: Details & Embellishments, High Point Furniture Market, Pattern, Showtime, Textiles, Texture

Going West at Showtime

December 13, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

While most collections were exploring a Boho revival for décor (driven in great part by the success of Justina Blakeney's book, The New Bohemians), an American West theme was quietly emerging at the Showtime textiles market. Showtime was not the first time a Western trend got noticed. Hints of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Michelle Lamb, Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: American West, Geometrics, High Point Furniture Market, Showtime, Texture, True West

Memphis Revival

November 27, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

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...]

Filed Under: Atlanta, Design Thinking, High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, NY Tabletop, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: Color, High Point Furniture Market, Lighting, Memphis, Pattern, Tabletop

Luster Is In For The Long Haul

December 29, 2016 By Michelle Lamb -

At the recent High Point furniture market, luster confirmed that it is in for the long haul. It appeared at price points from high to medium, and in décor products from seating to framed art, with metallic the primary point of view. One factor in luster’s continued growth and forecasted longevity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: High Point Furniture Mkt, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Black and White, Color, Details & Embellishments, High Point Furniture Market, Metals and Metallics, Michell Lamb, The Trend Curve

High Point Market – Fall 2016

September 6, 2016 By Janice Carlson -

The Trend Curve attends every High Point furniture market, and we report about them in our newsletter, as well as in our real-time members-only emails. We do this because we know this show is  just too important to miss! The October 2016 High Point Market will certainly be no exception. Enter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: High Point Furniture Mkt, Trend   Tagged With: Details & Embellishments, Functionality, High Point Furniture Market, Lighting, Textiles, Texture, Wood Trends

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