The Latest Trend: Geometry Is the New Blob

"Patterned decorative surfaces have been a popular tendency in design culture for
the past few years, and the 18th annual International Contemporary Furniture
Fair, in New York, witnessed a coalescence of structured and geometrical forms
as the latest manifestation of this trend, visible in everything from seating
and wall coverings to office buildings" according to an article published in Metropolis magazine yesterday by Paul Makovsky and Michael Silverberg. A good example of this trend is No End Sofa for Sawaya & Moroni designed by Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane. This seven-foot-long sofa emphasizes architectural complexity with an inward-folding gridwork of metal prisms. The disconnected triangles of the upholstery are available in either leather or fabric.


I would add that Urquiola's Antybody shown at this year's Milan Furniture Fair was probably the most clear expression of this new and interesting trend.





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