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Design Forecast for 2008-Greg O'Neal
January 11, 2008
Please! Please! Please! Let at least one of my predictions come true for 2008, because the 2007 American home furnishings market-place was really conservative and thus really boring (to me!). My picks for 2008:
(1) “Grandma with a twist,” a category that merges modern day design and technology with nostalgic, grandmotherly icons of days gone by – chromed cuckoo clocks, reinvented lace motifs in slick black vinyl, turned chair spindles morphed into edgy contemporary furniture pieces.
(2) “Mid-century makeover” -- mid-century has become a booming business for retailers selling the real deal in vintage, and retailers selling the 2007 re-models and knock-offs. The design is comfortable, not extreme, and inspired from an era of homes built for quality, design and value. Now consumers are back at that place looking for all three in one item.
(3) Gray, in tones ranging from blue/grays to brown/grays, merged with hot oranges, bright greens and yellows. Customers are seeing a "sea of brown" in stores and they’re losing interest.
--Greg O'Neal
Posted by Greg O'Neal on January 11, 2008 | Comments (1)
