Decor March April 2020

Unique stagings of “ATMYSPHERE” at Framing Trends
Developed by the Munich-based Schmidhuber agency,
the “Contract Frames” area played a central role at
the Framing Trends special display. This new-look
event consisted of four pavilions, each of them serving
as a source of inspiration for the lead theme, which
was showcased in practical, applications-oriented
settings. Acoustically Effective Solutions, involving
materials and furniture, were integrated in all areas.
The Sustainable Flooring frame demonstrated the
sustainable use of materials, with a floor made of the
rapidly renewable raw material cork, plus textiles
from ecologically oriented production and durable
solid wood furniture. The Well-being room emphasized
health-promoting and environmentally friendly
aspects intended to create a balance between body
and soul, including a natural wooden floor. Floor &
More demonstrated the versatility of flooring materials
by expanding a Balta Group carpet into an upholstered,
three-dimensional seating arrangement. The
Green Living frame featured environmentally friendly
floor coverings (resilient flooring from Windmöller,
carpet from Tisca), rich green tones, plant and floral
elements, as well as wall decorations. A central open
space connected the four rooms and illustrated the
benefits of typical Outdoor Floors, with a flowing transition
from indoors to outdoors. The wooden outdoor
floor was provided by Denderwood, while the artificial
turf came from Lano Carpets.
Organic designs, geometry and fair trade
DOMOTEX 2020 featured numerous carpets with
floral and plant patterns, including Rica Basagoiti,
Tissage, Tisca, Rug Star and the Floral collection
from “The Four Seasons” exhibition by Lila Valadan.
Creative Matters displayed its “Balthazar” innovation
from the Halcyon collection made of Tibetan sheep
wool combined with Chinese silk, with a motif graduated
in eight shades of gray which reminded the viewer
of gently curved stalks.
Another trend in handmade carpets consists of
geometric patterns (Galleria Battilossi, Jaipur Rugs),
several of which were inspired by motifs from the
Bauhaus workshops, such as the “Ghashgha’i meets
Bauhaus” collection by Zollanvari, which combines
the traditional Ghashgha’i style with the formal lan-
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