Ebony is the new trendy material for furniture design

For the last year ebony appears to be the new trendy material in furniture design - more and more companies offer kitchens, tables, chairs and cupboards

either in natural ebony veneer or its laminate immitation. Elegant and interesting this is a wood we have appreciated for many years, but now it has come to replace the overused wenge.

I expect this trend to continue and ebony to become one of the most popular materials in interior design and home decoration because of its versatility.

Here is an elegant example:

Enjoy architect Giorgio Soressi's Jazz buffet - its unique vision is achieved by the use of "a syncopated composition of striated ebony veneer", as Interior Design describes it.

All Things Concrete

Concrete is a trendy material our days - we see it everywhere - even on the table, as wallpaper, as lighting. If you want to be trendy and buy yourself something inspiring made of concrete, here below is my selection of things that I myself would use with pleasure in my interior design projects:

We Are Well Made Concrete Bench #2

Did you find your inspiration?

The Logs Trend - Another example

This is a fashion in interior and furniture design that was most clearly noticed at the beginning of 2010 at the Maison et Objet and Cologne Furniture Fair and one that I like very much, especially when wood logs are used because of inherent qualities rather than for being a trendy material or form.

I found yesterday this interesting example of the log trend - a lamp with the name The wise one | design by Ieva Kalēja from "mammalampa” . Their manifesto:

"bored by plastic, we yearn for living beauty"

And that is their description of the lamp:

"our wise lamp generates an aura of visceral energy and vitality around her. she will organically blend into a rural environment, as well as providing the essence of nature within city apartments."

"all of the lighting body’s components are inherently natural and refined right down to the finest details; each log has been selected for its individuality, thus preserving the individual character of each tree.

our wise lamps are available in two different inner colour versions – naturally white and spring green.

the collection consists of a ceiling lamp and floor lamp with asymmetrically crossed feet made from two complementary materials (brass and painted metal) which accent the spontaneous character of a felled tree."

This trend is closely connected with the Rough Luxe Design Idea - another trend that tries to re-connect us with the more natural way of life.

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Dutch Design Week 2017

Dutch Design Week (DDW) takes place in Eindhoven each October. The biggest design event in Northern Europe presents work and ideas of more than 2500 designers. Have a glimpse at some of the designs presented:

Twisted cabinet 

(W)ego: The Future City is Flexible. The installation will be open to the public every day at Markt Square, Eindhoven between 21-29 October 2017 Photo © Ossip van Duivenbode

Design Academy Eindhoven DDW17 © Ruud Balk

DDW 2017 photo Ralph_Roelse

Photo © Ralph Roelse

3D printed floorFor the very first time, design label Aectualpresents their first product: a 3D printed floor. The floor combines bio 3D printed patterns with a biobased terrazzo infill - a very trendy material. 

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Тrendy material

Which is one of the most trendy materials in current interior design? I will tell you which is the second most trendy one (for the 1st most trendy one my regular readers will  know :) or can find if check my most talked about trends lately) - the second one is cement tiles. We saw some interesting new collections at Cersaie last September and now Bisazza is expanding its collection with clever new designs that allow numerous combinations. They were presented at Salone del Mobile and are designed by French architect and designer India Mahdavi .



You see how many possibilities with just one pattern and several colours?
See more beautiful designs with the cement tiles in my earlier post.
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