Flower Power, Casual Cardboards, & More: Highlights from Highpoint Market
By Kymberly Taylor
Spring design trends for 2009 promise to be so bright that even the most conservative among us may have to wear shades, say Annapolis and Eastern Shore design professionals who attended the International Home Furnishings Market, held each spring and fall in High Point, North Carolina. Last year’s elegant botanicals have given way to playful, bright flowers that commemorate the birth of the 1960s’ flower-power scene. You’ll find a nostalgic homage to flower power on everything: wallpaper, textiles, furniture—even in lamps shaped like flowers. Also notable at the market were “casual cardboard furnishing” and, in direct opposition, a resurgence of white, down-filled luxury furniture and rooms filled with dramatic linear forms exuding a 1970s-style elegance. However, any severe modernist sensibility is banished by playful geometric art, accessories, and case goods in solid bright colors, especially all shades of purple, including fuchsia.
Last season’s neutrals, including furniture in taupe, brown, chocolate, and beige, accentuated by bright pillows and accessories, are, according to What’s Up? sources, definitively out. Instead, the new trend is in the opposite direction.[ Sofasdirection. Sofas and chairs are upholstered in bold patterns, such as racy plaids, and bright fabrics; accessories such as pillows and throws tend toward neutrals and solids in unusual textures. On the brighter end of the spectrum, watch for psychedelics—(yes, it’s true) including flashy oranges, pinks, reds, greens—and metallics. If you can’t find your sunglasses, relax. You can still be part of the fun. Equally stylish are this year’s try these equally stylish “contemplative” shades: gray, pastel pinks and greens, and soft blue.
Cardboard living room, courtesy AMAZED Trend Center, created by MMPI High Point
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