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...]
Light + Building 2018
The Light + Building exhibit is the leading world trade fair for Lighting and Building Services technology and the Spring 2018 edition of it is sure to become a hotspot for design. Running from March 18th through the 23rd, this Fair will be focused upon various styles, which incorporate the latest … [Read more...]
Memphis Revival
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...]
High Point Market – Fall 2016
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...]
The Unexpected at Decorex International
Now in its 39th year, Decorex International is the UK’s leading design show. It has a solid reputation in the international design community as a resource for high-end interior designers, retailers, property developers, hoteliers and architects. Decorex will have 400 exhibitors at this year's … [Read more...]
Brilliant Lighting from Original BTC
On the eve of the next Maison & Objet trade fair in Paris, the timing seems perfect for a look back at some of The Trend Curve’s favorite pieces from the September event. Hatton, a lighting group from Original BTC, was among the best debuts of the fair. The Hatton lighting collection is truly … [Read more...]
Lighting With More Than Meets The Eye
One of my favorite lighting pieces at the Maison & Objet trade fair in Paris came from Flam & Luce. Designed by Cyril Gorin from 2 x 5 Studio, the Wind table lamp cast a lovely glow. But it also has other features that set it apart from the rest. To begin with, Wind's wooden base is … [Read more...]
Lighting at ICFF
Some of the most innovative lighting seen this year was on show at ICFF, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York last month. Here are five of The Trend Curve's favorite pieces: Beaubien, from Lambert & Fils: The shape of this light fixture is a perfect metaphor for the … [Read more...]
The 40 Year Light
Most likely you have heard of Sir James Dyson, inventor of the groundbreaking Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner and founder of Dyson, maker of vacuums and many other innovative products like fans, heaters and hand dryers. But you may not know that his son, Jake Dyson, has been a lighting … [Read more...]