The Trendbook
Photo: Koelnmesse, Constantin Meyer
The way we design our home environment is increasingly becoming a question of our life plan. A chair is no longer just something to sit on but a statement: sometimes it is merely a utility object, sometimes an ecological footprint and sometimes a piece of art. Its quality is no longer purely a question of workmanship, but of where the materials come from, the tradition behind its form, its innovative added value.
It has to do with quality of life – something which, having just about got through the crisis of the last two years, we must now redefine. A product’s sustainability will play a crucial role in that, agreed the members of the Trendboard when it came to naming the most important trends in interior design. In all four Interior Trends – “Emotional Austerity”, “Surprising Empathy”, “Re-Balancing” and “Transforming Perspectives” – sustainability and quality are the fixed points around which the very different design approaches revolve. When it comes to form, designers and consumers alike are indulging their desire for new configurations: old forms are being equipped with new functions, materials mixed, techniques combined, boxes converted into furniture modules, furniture reconstructed. The cards are being reshuffled.
Topics:
- Title: In search of new ideals with beautiful furniture
- Interior Trends for 2011: Emotional Austerity, „Surprising Empathy“, „Re-Balancing“ und „Transforming Perspectives“
- Sustainability of forms and products is an ever-present theme
- Great longing for quality as the basis for something new