When it comes to gadgets, the home often feels like the final frontier. While we’re quick to embrace new personal technology like phones or tablets, we’re a little more hesitant to integrate them into our spaces. Maybe it’s the price, or maybe it’s the permanence, but for many it’s hard to justify living like the Jetsons.
Looking to update your space with texture instead of tone? The choice is clear! (And semi-sheer, and smoked, and high gloss and matte, for that matter.)
For some designers, form follows function. But for Oki Sato, founder of the Japanese design studio Nendo, form also follows narrative. “It’s about what kind of story you can find behind the object,” says Oki.
There’s no doubt about it that carpet is out. For years now the focus has been on hardwood instead, but judging by every design mag we’ve seen lately, it is finally tile’s time to shine! 2013’s focus on modern geometrics means intricate tile work is everywhere right now. From graphic patterns to faceted finishes, modern Moroccan styling to traditional tiling installed in fresh new ways, tile is most definitely in style!
With 2013’s unofficial mantra of “More is More”, we simpler folk are staging a design revolt by embracing the clean and clutter-free look of classic Scandinavian décor. Simple Scandinavian design combines clean lines, graphic patterns, high contrast tones and finishes, and carefully considered injections of warm, woodsy elements. The look has a lot in common with classic Japanese design, which expertly marries the principles of minimalism with the wit and wisdom of traditional folklore. It’s no wonder, then, that today’s Simple Scandi is a perfect hybrid of the two, meaning it’s not unusual to see a Japanese scroll displayed alongside a Dala horse or two.