Maison & Objet
The best fashion and trend information from Europe's premiere home furnishings show.
High Point Hot Buttons – A Review
After a few days of High Point Market coverage, I like to look back at what I saw and edit down to the Trend Essentials. Here is my take: MODERN predominated as the most important style category, which came in three flavors: Elegant and polished with Art Deco or Jean Michel Frank references.Rough, Rustic and Architectural with a Prairie Western sensibility.Subtly Asian influenced.SURFACE and CRAFT... Read More
Comments (6)The Magic Formula: Craft
When I talked about increased sophistication in High Point offerings, I meant not just a different attitude in presentation - the suite monopoly seems finally broken in favor of a more natural assembly of individual but related pieces that work well together and even talk to each other through multi functions. I also want to convey the complexity of the many different materials used within a give... Read More
Comments (0)The Hot News In Color
I am going to switch horses today before getting back to specific company reviews to make room for the No.1 priority for all Home Textiles Today readers: The STATUS OF COLOR here at High Point Market. While the brights have predictably kicked in, what's really interesting to see is that there is almost a class division for the color choices exhibitors have made for this season's introductions. It... Read More
Comments (2)Who Knew?
There is a fresh breeze of sophistication blowing through High Point's furniture showrooms this season - and in some unexpected places. When was the last time you spent an entire day in exhibitors' showrooms feeling excited, even exhilarated, and having fun with furniture? I experienced all of the above Sunday after watching the market fill in with attendees after a light opening Saturday. Exhibit... Read More
Comments (2)Three to Move the Markets
If you want to know who and what is driving home furnishings industry sales today, there are three answers to that question coming out of the High Point Market this week. 1. Interior designers continue to gain influence within the industry as a most wanted customer and most effective distribution channel for high quality home furnishings. I blogged about it before, but became clear once again in p... Read More
Comments (1)Vision of the Future for Housing
What better platform to explore what housing will look like by 2015 and beyond than the Architectural Digest show which took place in New York just over a week ago?Such visions were presented by IFDA, the International Furnishings & Design Association in a seminar based on a national survey the organization conducted that investigated what changes may have already occurred in housing or will short... Read More
Comments (3)Notes from the Architectural Digest show (with photos)
The annual New York Architectural Digest show typically draws the creme de la creme of the interior design profession,n which participates with imaginative settings culminating in the "Dining By Design" exhibitions benefiting Diffa. Here, designers can let their fantasies come to life whether imagining a colorful birthday party, a dinner built on sheer glitz -black and gold all over with... Read More
Comments (3)Look to the cathedral for inspiration
The verdict is in. When you look beyond the whites for spring and summer blanketing Maison & Objet, look to the future with the help of the textiles leaders who present their new lines here under the umbrella Paris Deco Off. A much darker and richer palette is on the horizon for fall/winter 2012/13 and into 2014.Red is the undisputed leader, deep and intense, followed by re-energized purple, stron... Read More
Comments (5)Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Well - talk about surprises! When I suggested two days ago - before I set foot into Maison & Objet "to watch the whites" - I was just following a hunch. Little did I know that I would face a white tsunami as I started coverage of the show today. A Great White Wave is indeed blanketing exhibits at M&O, at least in the interior design sections which were the only ones I looked at today.Sea... Read More
Comments (8)The top dogs of home textiles
If you want to get spoiled for the rest of your Paris show trip, start at the top. I did and am glad for it.Too early to call trends, but so much is clear so far from visiting showrooms as part of Paris Deco Off.Watch out for whites both the pure and the creamy kind. Most often seen in modern designs, printed, woven and embroidered. Also seen mixed with black and gray for an urban geometric story... Read More
Comments (2)Paris Deco
As far as home textiles are concerned, there is no hotter ticket here than the showrooms of high-end specialists who open their doors to professionals and the public alike only in January of each year. Outside the halls of Maison & Objet, it's a world all its own and an event not to be missed if your business is the world of interiors and you enjoy the best of couture fabrics, trimmings furniture... Read More
Comments (2)The Priorities
As I rev up my expectations for what Maison & Objet will bring when it opens on Friday, I lay out my priorities for coverage ahead of time. While yours may differ from mine, I hope this to be an informal if highly subjective guide to working the show.Given the audience of HTT, naturally, my first stop will always be home textiles. In Hall 2 the focus is on finished home products: bed, bath, kitche... Read More
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