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Showing posts with label international design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label international design. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Hot Color Trend for 2013

It's a new year which means a new trend of colors in interior design.  Let's take a look at them.

 GREEN
With a growing interest in sustainability and nature, green earned it's right to be on the list.  Traditional palettes of avocado and chartreuse will remain popular, but expect more toned greens like olive and gray-green. 


Pink

Pink has finally made the leap into adulthood...jk... but seriously, the newest mix version of magenta, like an elegant blush is making a mature statement.


Neutral

Dark wood colors like walnut or coffee.  You can include blonde and honey.  



Gray

Sophistication and eclectic design, this neutral palettes can be created using the gray family.  Warm or cool, the color lends itself to texture, emphasizing a tactility not always found within a color spectrum.  


Purple
Great on patterns and textures, purple lies in subtlety.  For example, a gray hue with a purple tint. 
White

We are not talking about plain vanilla here... white is getting softer.  How? white is getting mixed with a spectrum of blues, greens, and grays to create a palette more conducive to pastels. 


BLUE TONES

It's the color of trust! During a time of economic and social unrest, it makes this an attractive hue.  HOT  RIGHT NOW: monochromatic schemes of mid-tone blues. 


Red/Orange

Two colors grouped into one category. Yes! Cool shades of red are losing it's ground compared to warm, yellow undertones.  Hot Red/Orange palette appears on luxury cars.


Yellow

This color is adding excitement to neutral surroundings


Thursday, May 10, 2012

STREET FURNITURE YOUR CITY WISHES IT HAD


Street furniture already catches the eye of denizens eyeing a resting spot, but in select cities it also has people marveling at their good looks. 


Designers from all over the world are adding flavor—with a healthy dose of colorful whimsy—to otherwise gray streets with these seats, benches, planters, and the like, but what makes these pieces even better is that tourists and locals alike actually use them, demonstrating that good modern design puts function at the heart of creation. 


Whether custom-designed or off-the-shelf, we break down a list of some of the coolest pieces on streets and boardwalks right now.

See Dwell's top 12 picks