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.
It appears that flooring is in the middle of a mini revolution. While wood and decorative tiles maybe practical, rugs, cow hides and sheepskin rugs are back in vogue. Positioned correctly, a rug can elevate the status of your interiors, whilst adding a stylish fresh touch.
While high-end designers have exhibited rugs of all shapes, sizes, colours and textures for a while, the general trend for geometric patterned floor fillers is now unmistakable.
If you've been wanting to invest in a plush new rug for a while, now's the time.
