Trends for Tomorrow Part II...

 

So now for Part II from the ISCD Trend Evening 'Tomorrowland', and this part looks to the fabulous 100% Design London 2010& London Design week [exhibits]. I have create more of a bulleted list for you with all the links included so that you can indeed go on your ON trend & design hunt through these talented designers & artists. These trends are not the ones that I believe that it is so important the the interpretation of these trends is yours - and it really does come down to how you put your own spin on these trends and how you can incorporate them into your design work whether is be at home or with a client.

  

Here are some Key Areas that were identified at 100% Design London 2010/ London Design Festival.

• Achromatic colour palettes - using lots of Greys & Blacks - shading & tinting
• The juxtaposition of Old & New items, materials and surfaces
• A wide use of Timber in Natural and Neutral stains or left unfinished
• Unfinished treatments of timber & surface tops - being exposed to use and elements - thus creating scratches and marks - memory mark making.
• The idea Raw and keeping colours and surfaces in a raw state - introducing hues of Orange & Terracottas as an accent to the Achromatic colour palettes - using real Earth colours to complement the unfinished treatments.

Achromatic colour palettes

    

Achromatic colour palettes with accent of orange

Ikea's answer to Achromatic colour palettes

• Botanic Nature Trends
• Bold use of colours especially with Greens/ Purples combination
• Vibrant, High Value Hues
• Grahame & Brown Wallpaper
• Pieces by Erica Wakely
• Reuse is the new trend in the sustainability race
• Orchard Studios - flat pack chair rubber band chairs
• Design with a low carbon foot print
• Rubber bands & using recycled materials in design

Orchard Studios - flat pack chair rubber band chairs

 

• Straight edge furniture
• Dare Studio
• Check out works by Edward Robinson
• Handmade [made by hand - not mass assembled] products

Edward Robinson - Bramcote

Edward Robinson - Bramcote

Edward Robinson - Harbour Chair

Edward Robinson - Harbour Chair

Edward Robinson - Harbour Chair designs

• Lighting - handmade designs/ bespoke
• A movement back to the hand crafted
• Check out pieces by Esther Patterson - Curiousa & Curiousa- Intertwining designs and motifs inspired by childhood memories with a love of form and function, Curiousa & Curiousa challenge perceptions of comfort and beauty, creating individual, hand-made lighting, furniture and pattern design. Applying traditional techniques for a modern age, Esther Patterson, the company founder, is a maker who is committed to working with UK suppliers and other crafts people, from hand-blown glass and bone china lighting to bespoke upholstery and furniture production.
• Lace cut-out lighting
• High chroma colours - brilliant values
• Emphasis on Affordable & Accessible design
• Finishes showing were matte & matte white/ polished gold such as colouration from 'one light only' designs.

Owls - by Matt Pugh Design, Bath [UK] based designer Matt Pugh designs and produces contemporary furniture and accessories.With longevity in mind he creates timeless, well made, unique pieces from quality sustainable materials combining simple detailing with rich colours and playful designs.Choosing natural materials as they have a timeless quality and have minimum impact on the environment. Each piece is designed and made to last more than a life time

Owls - by Matt Pugh Design





Owls - by Matt Pugh Design

Lee Broom East London - 'One Light Only'; One of Britain's most exciting young designers, Lee Broom, launches his fourth collection, One Light Only, at the London Design Festival this September. With last year's Heritage Boy collection gathering praise from fellow designers and press alike, Broom's latest collection sees him tackle a wider audience with a more affordable selection of offerings.

Lee Broom East London - 'One Light Only



Esther Patterson from Curiousa & Curiousa - handmade lights



• Eco push - how long will these products last? rejection of fast consumer goods
• Christopher Guy - colours in hand carved & upholstered furniture - predicts for Purple, in all spectrums including violet, indigo, iris, lavender and plum continues to be on-trend in 2010/11. The darker regal hues deliver a real wow-factor adding colour and warmth whilst the paler shades such as lavender are softer and more feminine; both palettes create a unique eye-catching style.Christopher Guy’s multitude of original designs are all hand-carved and available in a wide selection of hand finishes, with a myriad of upholstery fabric and colour choice.

Christopher Guy - Hand carved & upholstered 'Button Back Love Seat'

• Bestill - Botanical cut lighting, paper light shades by Jordy Fu - she describes her Cloud Lamps as taking “a simple and sustainable approach to add magic and intimacy to domestic lighting.” Each delicate paper-cut expresses a different motif – one features angels shrouded in clouds and mist, while others elegantly remember long-faded flowers, or the rooftops of a magic world.True to their flexible medium, each lamp flat-packs to ship, and Jordy includes an energy-efficient soft white light bulb. They come in a variety of sizes ranging from bedside table lamps to floor and pendant lights.

One of the real common threads I deduce from the designs & works that were shown over the London Design festival was - sustainability. We all know about being green and eco-conscious. That is now not enough - in design we need to think about how to re purpose - items into another use, to another client, another room or re-vamp. How we can lower our foot print with the materials we use and the waste we create, further consideration into the paint and treatments we use . And a turn back to craft artist/ designer works - bespoke - made by the hand, not mass assembled products. Although my own personal design mantra is 'fit for purpose' - 'use what you can where you can, then take it from there'.

On an end note I can't believe that it's a year ago I was there at the design festival traipsing around with my sister - time flies! If you get a chance to visit London at the end of Sept & 1st week of October I highly recommend getting yourself to some of the design exhibits - there are so many great exhibits from amazingly creative talented designer and artists that are on the tip of creating the next trends....Now you can further investigate to your design on-trend heart's content!

 

 

images via inhabitat, NotCot.org, 100% Design London & London design festival



First of the Key Trends...From the design magnetic centre MAISON&OBJET.



The Gift tag from the fab ISCD goodie bag! 



Back view



Hope the start to your week was a colourful one!... So last week I promised to devulge a few of the'trends' that were presented and discussed over the Thursday evening last week when I attended the ISCD 'Tomorrowland' trends evening... So I have worked out that I will need to post a blog a day for the remainder of this week so to get you across it all and so you have time to google them all up!

First Up a snapshot of what is Maison & Objet's Trends -

MAISON&OBJET has examined its sector and analyzed the major home trends for autumn 2010. In an era of overexposure, a violent and ancestral desire is being expressed for a return to appreciable privacy. Three key themes are being focused on this session by members of the MAISON&OBJET Observatory: Please Disturb, Microcosms and Archaic Shelters.

Here are a Few Key Topics, within a conceptual sense to get you thinking...

 Please Disturb. Vincent Grégoire

1. Please Disturb - Intimate & Intimacy - What remains intimate in a technological age?  There is no longer privacy. Do we want to me disturbed? Check out the work of  Vincent Grégoire, who is a trend hunter, director of the "art of living" department of the NellyRodi consultancy and forecasting firm and a member of the MAISON&OBJET Observatory.'It is impossible nowadays to completely close your door. In modern life, there is always an eye peeking through the keyhole. Our interiors are no longer enclosed and impregnable cocoons, they are laid bare and stripped of their sanctity....... The home has become a cry, a savage wrench in the face of an aggressive reality which nobody now wants to conceal. Privacy no longer exists, it needs to be saved through destruction.'

Microcosmes - François Bernard

2. Microcosms - Public vs. Private - what do we really see into someones life with reality everything - from tweeting to blogging, to reality tv, to facebook...turning to our homes - the home now becomes our sanctuary. Explores the privacy & it's need,  and the reaction to overexposure. Inner silence. Cocoon retreat. Microcosms, the search for calm. An artisan who explores this is François Bernard - whose [above] images are evident of this reaction & response to Microcosmes. François Bernard is director of the Croisements trends agency, a member of the MAISON&OBJET Observatory.

'Another effect of this aggressive reality and the loss of privacy is a turning in on ourselves and our eternal silence. If our homes are no longer impregnable, a world must be created within a world, an oasis of calm in the middle of the cry..... The modern home becomes invisible in order to calm us. The feeling of security must be discreet, hidden, both shameful and necessary..... No more of the mundane – objects must provide inner peace.'

Check out the works of Siwen Huang, whose pieces relate to this area of calm, shade & light, here's a snippet of her interview from "LIGHT MONTAGE " ( 2009-2010)

What did you discover/produce?

Light is an indispensable element of our daily lives. “Light is around us day and night, changing our perception of the thing or bodies on which it impacts, and the space that contains them.”

What is your vision of textile futures?

Magical colour created through structural surfaces…..intangible yet visible.

What inspires you?

The kaleidoscope

Key words - Illusory Environments, Light, Shade, Shape, Colours.



'Soft Partition I' Textile Art - Siwen Huang



'Soft Partition II' Textile Art - Siwen Huang

'Soft Partition III' Textile Art - Siwen Huang

'Soft Reflection' lighting piece
 Siwen Huang

Archaic Shelters - Elizabeth Leriche

 

3. Archaic Shelters - Fragile to Raw. Feather to Stone. Neo Primitive Retreats. New Pre-History. Re-Establishing our Roots. Back to Basics. Elizabeth Leriche looks into this 'fragility of human rawness' and our need to reconnect with our human origins [through design]. Elizabeth Leriche, is director of the Elizabeth Leriche trends agency, a member of the MAISON&OBJET Observatory

'So, clearly the main trends for this autumn can be seen as a reaction to a world which is out of favour and often thought to be over-aggressive. Faced with this real or virtual danger, our ancestral reflexes re-emerge....Out of a need to reconnect with origins we have ignored for too long, the neo-primitive is emerging and establishing itself as the major trend of this new decade.'

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These are definitely areas that have started me thinking about how colour, style, furniture & decor pieces can used to help create these sensory interior environments.

Challenge| See how you can incorporate these concepts & trends into your client's work. Enjoy. S x

 

sub text & images via Tunmblr, Maison & Objet and Cosmoworlds

A Big Thanks x

beautiful letterpress by ruby press via Etsy.com

my signed copy of homelove by megan morton x

A Big Thank You to the ever gracious Megan Morton, International Stylist and HomeLove author, whose presentation last night at the ISCD trend evening 'Tomorrowland' was no less than awe-inspiring and ever so helpful by imparting some of her top fave places to shop for styling props and items for clients, as well as best design books, great food+styling+design blogs to visit [one day Palatial Living will make her list!] and of course for being so lovely to sign my copy of her published book of beautiful rooms, helpful advice and triumph creativity - 'HomeLove'! Thanks again Megan  - hopefully one day Palatial Living will provide some details or images that might inspire you! S x

images Ruby Press via Etsy.com & photo by Sarah Verity - of 'HomeLove' inside cover - signed by Megan Morton

Trend Seminar 'Tomorrowland' at ISCD...

As posted late last week on Palatial Living ~ If you haven't heard or haven't booked yet - but will be in Sydney on Thursday evening there's a fabulous Trend Seminar called 'Tomorrowland' being held at the International School of Colour & Design [ISCD] North Sydney...

I am always excited to hear Prue [Royle] Founding Director of ISCD deliver her trend presentation - I have loved them hearing them for years, and am also super excited to hear from Megan Morton, in the chance to meet her & have her sign her book for me 'Home Love', also her blog name. Also check out her fabulous props studio room that she now also hires out from the aptly named 'The Propery' . Very clever. Enjoy x

Extract from the ISCD website

Discover the trends of tomorrow today...We all have an ongoing fascination with colour trends and design directions, where they originate from and how we can integrate them into our lives and our homes.

“Today trend awareness is key, not trend forecasting” explained Prue Royle, Founding Director of iscd at DesignEX 2010. “Trend Aware” is Prue’s theme for this year’s annual trend seminar held by iscd in October. Translating global themes for the Australian market can be complex, especially when the socio-demographic mix, political flavours and environmental issues around the world are so varied.

 

- The Presenters -

Prue Royle (iscd) - Launch into the future of colour and design. Prue will ensure we are “trend aware” and tackle the important task of distilling global themes for the Australian market.

Cindy Childs + Rebecca Harkness (Colourwize Design + Ncs Colour Centre) - Take an express tour through prestigious and ever inspiring trade shows Maison d’Object in Paris and 100% Design in London.

Megan Morton (International Stylist) - Hear the crucial reality of translating trends for magazines. Discover the creative process and see how trends evolve from brief to page in the world of styling.

Sean Adams (The Seed) - Where are we going? Discover the top ten social observations Sean’s agency 'The Seed' have observed in their continuing international research.

- Details -

When: Thursday 7th October 2010 6:30pm

Where: iscd Auditorium 99 Mount Street, North Sydney

Cost: $30.00 per ticket

Bookings through trybookings - click here

images via ISCD website & Inside Out magazine