The latest colour palettes are intent on breaking free from traditional thinking and escaping the ordinary, but they have no fear of sober tones and neutrals, preferring instead to reinvent them. The Pantone Color Institute’s 2018 colour forecast, published in its PANTONEVIEW Home + Interiors annual report, speaks volumes about the need for a [...]
The rapid pace of urban growth all too often ignores an important need, that of decoration and beauty. We fail to realise just how crucial these factors are for our quality of life. We all know how redevelopment projects aim to make the suburbs more efficient, eco-sustainability and people-friendly, but it is perhaps not [...]
How long will a trend last? This is the question that always arises when we see a new direction timidly beginning to emerge. In general, a trend is first perceived as a weak signal, a mere trace that gradually takes on more substantial form until a clear road forward becomes visible. But will this [...]
Within the complex world of trends, one movement that is particularly worthy of attention is emerging as a result of two distinct forces: minimal-functional on the one hand and eco-sustainable on the other. The result is a trend that embraces all the various models of functional design - such as Northern European and Japanese [...]
