Our ‘look to the future’ trend has been bubbling away for some time and can be found in tv, fashion & homewares.  The subject is quite broad and all centres around one word, ‘science’.  Brian Cox (who is now super cool) is the face of the television movement, with other celebrities following behind.  Fashion collections for Spring/Summer 2012 saw world renowned designers, dressing their models with ‘spaceage’ clothes and alien inspired hairstyles, whilst architects and interior designers are having fun with white futuristic spaces, teamed with splashes of punchy neon.

Credits: Paco Rabane Spring 2012 RTW (silver dress). Grad show, Otago Polytechnic collections 2011 JoJo Ross.  Silver trousers: Giles Spring 2012 collection. 2012, Golden Globes. Set of 4 models: Christopher Kane, S/S 2012. Restaurant Design, Home Design 2 you.  Futuristic living room, Home Interiors Look Futuristic by Geometrix Architecture. White room with face on wall, Raiffeisen Bank’s flagship offices in Zurich.  Lampshade head, decor.davinong.com. Medical glassware: essy.com.  Colorful alien: Anne-Sofie List by Signe Vilstrup for Elle Denmark, on fashiongonerougue.com.  All white apartment: Natalya Farnosova and Elena Samarina in Kiev, Ukraine. Hair, Paris Spring/Summer 2012

All things bright & graphic, this is the next big trend that is slowly filtering it’s way down to the interiors market.  I don’t know if you remember, but we published a trend story on graphic and digital prints last year when it was popular with fashion.  Brights is something that has been around for a while but now it’s being combined with graphic prints, also look out for bold and crazy illustrations on textiles and furniture; there are going to be some shocking designs coming your way, here is a good example of what I am talking about, this a great piece in the ES by Barbara Chandler.  Major retailers and independent designers such as Zoe Murphy are at the forefront of this look.  Zoe, takes ordinary pieces of furniture and adorns them with cool illustrative images and transfers using a bold and clashing palette of pink, red and orange, I am a huge fan of her chest of drawers (image below).  Another favourite of mine is Rachel Gornall, who makes hand dyed stitched textiles.  I saw her work at Origin this year and it was simply stunning.  Then of course there was the Anthony Hartley chair at LDF, that everyone was talking about.  Anthony’s work is so current and best of all every multicoloured piece has its own unique colour sequence, its DNA, which is authenticated and registered to its new owner, my favourite piece is the Edna 1, it has the bright multi colored drawers but with a simple wooden casing – ‘Like’  The chairs are from Emeco, handmade from 80% recycled Aluminum.  Apparently it takes 77 steps to get there but it means that they are designed to last for 150 years, that’s some promise!

Rachel Gornall

Gill Wilson

Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of posts recently, things have been really hectic with the launch of our new style service, and so blogging has been really difficult.
I thought I would post some pictures from the shoot I styled for Heart Home magazine as we have just received the high res pics.  The magazine launched last month and has been really well received, well done guys and thanks for the front cover! xx

I am loving the Christmas trend this year to decorate with raw, earthy like materials such as driftwood, string, twigs/sticks, recycled brown paper and newspaper just to name a few! It has a chic, effortlessly cool look and gives a unique twist to gift wrapping and the home. Plus, the added bonus is you save money and are being kind to the environment!  Take a look at some of these ideas for your Christmas decorating inspiration…

Images courtesy of Love to Know & The Design Files