With ethical style taking centre stage at Ambiente this year, it’s no surprise the trends for 2017 were ‘sustainably inspired’.
Trend bureau bora.herke.palmisano has identified four trends and created four scenarios with products from exhibitors, bringing them to life with actual examples. ‘Refined, authentic, fanciful and elegant’, the trends at Ambiente cover a wide spectrum and offer an overview of the entire sector and its new products.
“The four styles bring together the key features that will inspire the new season in 2017,” explains Annetta Palmisano from bora.herke.palmisano.
“On the one hand, importance is given to shapes and textures that are inspired by nature and are reflected in a relatively discreet approach to design; on the other hand, there is a focus on a degree of care and a certain credibility in the way materials are handled, with a view to creating good quality, genuinely authentic products.”
Delicate structure
Filigree structures and textures are inspired by nature. With the help of innovative manufacturing and finishing processes, they create refined, approachable surfaces. They invite the observer to touch them and provide distinctly sensual pleasure. Ice crystals, the surface effects of water, leaf structures, sand shaped by the wind―elaborately worked surfaces, 3D printing and laser sintering replicate natural phenomena, producing breathtakingly artistic designs.
Honest materials
High-quality craftsmanship with a commitment to design keeps traditions alive. A meticulous approach to the original materials creates products that are grounded in the earth, that are as unostentatious as they are durable. Simple looks with the charm of the irregular―earthenware, enamel, cast iron, linen and a colour palette ranging from wood to berries are the things that characterise this new trend that is set to sweep through our homes.
Jumbled pattern
An homage to carefree youth, an invitation to let the imagination roam free: in the untamed chaos of patterns and motifs, the frankly fanciful plays an equal role alongside the nostalgic and the ingenious. In this creative smorgasbord of style, the geometrical meets the representational, the bizarre meets the naive, and vintage meets a home-made look. Bright colours set the tone here while toys, buttons and emblems create cheerful accents.
Notable shapes
A clean-lined and characterful interior design with strong silhouettes defines traditional modern elegance. The epicentre is sculptural form, self-confident, monolithic and heavily charged. Dense materials, dark hardwoods, leather, velvet, marble and metal produce contrasting surfaces ―and in striking combinations, too, with some unforgettable inlay-effects, diamond motifs and geometrical patterns.
By Marion Gerritsen
