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.
Maison & Objet is a great place to spot emerging talent, break-through brands and new season collections.
Each year, design industry professionals nominate up-and-coming designers from one European country for the fair's Rising Talent Awards. Out of the six winning designers, this year all from Italy, we were completely bowled over by the simple lines and clean aesthetic of Federico Peri's work.
Peri's design ethos is developped with comfort and function in mind, and as a result, he makes furniture you actually really want to buy.
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