Furnishing Fabric Fashion March - April 2024

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Furnishing Fabric Fashion
4. COLOR CLASH
This style direction “Color Clash” is about bright, clear, acid colors, that are often
applied in a single product, especially small furniture, accessories, and outdoor
products. They are often too bright and overwhelming to apply in an interior,
although they may be used in wallcoverings as an eyecatcher. But they are mainly
used for decorative accessories that stand out, such as carpets or textile wall
hangings, vases, a single piece of furniture etc.
They look nice in multicolor effects. We see influences from Modern Art, Bauhaus,
but also, more playful and whimsical art movements such as Memphis.
We see ridges, serrated edges and bubbles. Color blocking is important. The
emphasis is on man-made materials such as glass, Perspex, acrylic, polyester
resin and plastic. Graphic effects, sometimes in black and white, are important,
such as stripes, checkerboards, enlarged pixels, facets and geometric patterns.
All kinds of light effects play a role, we see lenticular materials, and application
and integration of adaptable colored Led’s. In the architecture we will see, also
in this style direction, more rounded shapes, such as arches or circles. Renderings
with Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence will become more and
more important. Small furniture such as side tables and stools are important to
adapt to different situations in a versatile interior. Many graphical prints can be
combined.
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