A look at the latest product, styles and emerging trends including color forecasts for the home accents industry.
Top shiners 08/01/2008
Art glass designs step into the shimmering spotlight this season, boasting brand new coats of metallic splendor. Gold and silver offerings run rampant with the sparkle meter ranging from soft and subtle to all-out bling. Texture, playful patterns and distressed finishes take these shiners straight to the top of the must-have list. Featuring Zodax, Michael Wainwright, Wildwod Lamps and Accents, JSG Oceana, and Evergreen Enterprises.
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Making a splash 08/01/2008
The variations of color and intriguing movements of the sea stir an inspirational wave in art glass designers, generating offerings that coast in high style. Look for designs to mimic the ocean's frothy foam in bubbly textures or model rippling seas in waving patterns. Colors run the blue gamut from aquamarine to azure to steel.
Featuring Palecek, Three Hands, Nuvo Designs, and Annieglass.
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Free form 08/01/2008
When it comes to shape, silhouette and design, art glass offerings disregard rhyme and reason, opting for ultra-contemporary guideline-free forms. Creativity is on display with asymmetric configurations, abstract patterns and undulating edges. Bold colorations punctuate with panache, making these modern models demand attention. Glass Eye Studio, Payne Street and The Breece Collection, DeSantis Designs, Global Views, and Jamie Harris Studio are featured.
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Park Ave. posh 08/01/2008
Modern glamour goes uptown, deftly blending contemporary and classic with the accent on chic. Poised for entertaining, this panache-laden setting extracts the maximum drama possible from pristine porcelain pieces, elementary forms and lush silks and satins. Concluding with a dashing animal print, the Manhattan pied à terre is ravishingly ready to take on the urban jungle.
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Hoot for Hiboux 08/01/2008
Owls descend upon the home with a gracious landing and nostalgia-heavy imagery straight from the ’70s. Fending off the birds-of-prey stereotype, these feathered fowl are less likely to shoot a savage glare than to completely charm and captivate. — Tracy Bulla
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Atlanta Market -- Branching Out Angela Heck - 07/09/2008
Mother Nature has a designer's eye and created a pattern of graceful lines diverging again and again from a single source. In home decor this pattern can be obviously organic, subtly stylized or adapted in the abstract. Branch designs have found their way into style niches from rustic to cosmopolitan.
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The Best of Both Worlds 07/01/2008
Diametric opposites illustrate the wide range of trends in our summer sketchbooks. Our cover look, Nouveau Classic, spins traditional with a refreshingly light hand. Airy elegance is the name of the game, touching on some of the season's top trends. Global Village takes ethnic on a suprisingly modern tour, blending c...
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Wes Kennedy, Art Director, Home Accents Today July 8, 2008 Olympics boots Mao
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Wes Kennedy, Art Director, Home Accents Today June 30, 2008 Dynamic Living
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Tracy Bulla, Product Editor, Home Accents Today May 15, 2008 Paris, je t'aime
While I was staring blankly at my computer screen the other day, I found myself day... More
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Wes Kennedy, Art Director, Home Accents Today October 17, 2007 Hard Wood
Are you like me? In the garage, Dremel in hand, ready to finish the inlay in the door... More
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