The interior design trends to know this year
There is nowhere better to see the latest interiors trends than at Maison & Objet Paris, the most prestigious design fair in the world.
From traversing the fair earlier this year one thing is crystal clear: 2018 is all about the exhibitionist approach to home decoration.
According to Vincent Grégoire, Director of M&O's partner trend-forecasting agency NellyRodi, the modern day consumer seeks refuge from reality through ‘story-living’ and 'show-roomisation'.
Thanks to the internet, the consumer can learn, buy, and curate. And to show off our new found skills, we post, and post and post.
The consumer has become the art-director, or what is known in the design industry as the ‘prosumer’. We are the new design professionals, the new opinion-leaders.
Ahead of London Design Week, these are the 2018 interior to know now.
In-keeping with the rise of exhibitionist consumer tendencies, mirrors of every shape and size are garnising the walls of designer showrooms everywhere.
Mirrors are golden reigns of vanity, immortalised by ill-fated Narcissus. But with the rise of Instagram – a distorted mirror of sorts – and the selfie, our ever-increasing obsession with mirrors as decorative objects doesn’t seem so odd.
Buy loads of them – the shinier the better – and hang them all together. This year, we have fallen in love with eccentric Danish brand, Reflections Copenhagen. Their handmade mirrors and crystal table wear, designed in Copenhagen by Julie Hugau and Andrea Larsson, are all inspired by the bold expression of Art Deco. Look to M Nuance (above) for something a little more subtle, or Norwegian Designer Daniel Rybakken.
