Uncovering an Urban Oasis…

As far as trends go, uncovering the rising trend of an Urban Oasis is fascinating.

We have an inherent connection to nature, yet we submerge ourselves in urban and digital lifestyles, removing ourselves further and further from natural habitats.

Our personal and natural well-being is becoming increasing important in our lives. Designers are responding to this by creating concepts of an “Urban Oasis”.

At the heart of this oasis is the calm refuge from hard, cold, industrial urban landscapes and a move to Green, restful colours used to replenish, nourish and energize our minds and bodies.

Lush, tone-on-tone green hues are used to provide a healing, therapeutic and refreshing quality to spaces and products, while textural elements that replicate or mimic nature provide a rich, indulgent feel. Dark forest greens and sages are mixed with dusty roses to add warmth.

Source:

https://www.heimtextil-theme-park.com/design-trends/#urban-oasis

 

Perfect Imperfection – A trend of today…

During Haidee Kramer’s recent visit to the Heimtextil trade show in Frankfurt, some exciting trends were presented. Two trends really seemed to intertwine gracefully, namely, Atelier & Perfect Imperfection.

The word atelier (French: [atəlje]) means a private workshop or studio of a professional artist where a principal master and a number of assistants, students, and apprentices can work together producing pieces of art or design. This return of artisanal and crafted design, ushers in a perfectly imperfect design direction.

Revisiting the craft of indigo dyeing, designers are celebrating the imperfections and graduated hues that this deep inky blue dye has to offer. They are embracing age-old crafts and processes, and translating them into product for our times.

The traditional Japanese philosophy of Wabi–sabi, is a world view centred on the acceptance of imperfection. The aesthetic is described as one of beauty that is ‘imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete’. This concept allows materials and products to ‘bear the marks of their making, embracing visible brushstrokes, stitching and joinery, a poetic documentation of their creation.’

As an outward backlash to years of generic, overly mass-produced goods, we find this trend satisfyingly bringing meaning back into our interiors.

Sources:

https://heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/programme-events/trends.html