Wonderful eclectic

What do you think of eclectic style? I have always been fan of a more free coordinated interior design, not restricted by certain styles or periods, but with good taste and professional approach. I have collected some inspiring examples:

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London Design Festival: Bocci 28.280 at the V&A

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And some more very beautiful interior designs, created in eclectic style:

WRONG for HAY debut, Sebastian Wrong for Hay at the London Design Festival

 They are also part of the many interesting events during  London Design Festival 2013 .Inspiring, aren't they? I like that this style seems to be one of the trends in interior design that are obviously going to be popular again.

The London Design Festival 2013

Two trends that I notice and that I like very much: graphic design and
African-inspired design:

Darkroom So Sottsass cushions

A graphic cork installation by FAT architecture for cork producer Amorim lines one of the V&A's walkways. Photography: Ed Reeves source

Lights by Atelier de Troupe

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Richard Brendon for Paternity

 Ade cushion, made with vintage West African wax cloth and part of a limited edition run. 

Hand-woven basket from Northern Ghana

,  All of these beautiful designs are part of Graphic Africa, an exhibition of African design at London’s Platform Gallery.

Another trend in interior design that is also noticed during London Design festival 2013 is the renewal of eclectic.

London Design Festival 2013 - Themes and Trends

Just a few days before the opening of this most important design event in UK we already have some impressions about the themes and trends that are expected to be seen at London Design Festival 2013:

• growing interesrt in modern crafts, but at the same time 'avoiding the pitfall of slipping into rustic pastime pastiche'

Obelix hand-made stoneware by Norwegian Designer Kristine Five Melvær

Galvin Brothers - (Perfectly) Imperfect Stool

• all things geometric + optical illusion:

Ettore, Be+Have

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• metallics - the real ones and also all things bright and shiny

Erica Wakerly’s Block wallpaper

  Cloche Lamp by Lars Beller Fjetland 

This not a new trend - I have published about it several times, especially about the obsession with copper, which is one of my favourite metals.
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London Design Festival 2013 starts today

One of the most important design events for the season - London Design Festival is now officially open. And its symbol this year obviously will be the Endless Stair, designed by Architecture firm dRMM:


What I like very much is Habitat's Graphic Africa exhibition:


More interesting design:

 Taiwan traditional stool

 Hive Pendent by Dare Studio at designjunction

Complete overlap between trends in fashion and interior design

at least what concerns colours, as we can see from the ELLE's New York Fashion Week trend reports:

- black and white is proving its staying power:

Ralph Lauren Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear Collection

and GRAPHIC

                                  Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear Collection

- pastels:

Tory Burch Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear Collection

- metallics:

Gucci Kim Metallic Leather Lace-Up Bootie

Diane von Furstenberg Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear Collection

And in interior design:

Pastels are a major trend in interior design since the beginning of the year, as we have seen from the first design events and untill the latest ones:

designjunction at London Design Festival 2013

designjunction at London Design Festival 2013

Copper Inspiration from Tom Dixon

The same allplies for Graphic design and metallics, too,

 but more posts on the theme will follow soon.

Beautiful ceramics at London Design Festival 2013

ceramics by Ikuko Iwamoto

Dandelion lamp by Amy Cooper - Ceramics in the City exhibitor 2013 at the Geffrye Museum 

Аrgentina - Ambos, 100%Design

 ‘Britain in a Bowl’- Billy tableware, exclusive to The New Craftsmen

VW+BS - Silt collection, a tea service made from rare Chinese 'purple clay.'

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Reena Makwana at Imprint

The world’s lightest wood table

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Ripple is an experimental prototype for an ultra-lightweight timber table. This elegant minimalist design created by London-based designer Benjamin Hubert with  Canadian manufacturer Corelam is made using 70-80% less material than a standard timber table and can be assembled and manoeuvred by a single person.. Ripple is 2.5 metres long, one metre wide and weighs only 9 kilograms.  It is produced from three ply 0.8mm birch aircraft plywood, using an innovative production process of corrugating plywood which makes it stronger. Even legs are made from it.  It was part of Hubert’s Antecedents show at The Aram Gallery during London Design festival 2013.