Trends from Decorex 2013

This year`s Decorex, which ended last week in London, did not disappoint. This highly anticipated annual `must visit` destination for high end luxury design,  showcased a multitude of new trends and innovations for home and outdoor space.

Kit Kemp MBE followed in the footsteps of Vivienne Westwood and Nicky Haslam, and designed an interesting entrance, influenced by the Silk Route; she made these simple, colourful lamps the focus of her show-room.

So what would our homes wear this year? How would we decorate to make our surroundings as fashionable as our new Prada coats?

Bursts of vivid colour

 

Antiques are still in, but cleverly re-worked into truly magnificent effect; here, an antique Murano glass takes form of a beautiful lighting panel

Natural materials can be crafted into unexpected shapes

Fashion-inspired interiors - lit-up wall panels use images from well-known fashion houses like this Cartier`s panther

Ethnic influence – exotic dragons will add drama to a simple setting

 

Monochrome – guaranteed sophistication; here in a beautifully made set of armchairs

 

Wall coverings came in exciting new materials: these beads on a stretched out fabric, can be placed behind a glass panel - super-effective and easy to maintain

 

Apart from the main exhibition space, we had the added bonus of two smaller tents, one dedicated to outdoor space, and the other to lifestyle brands, which hosted, for the first time, a team of Missoni Home experts; I have my eye on Botanica rugs, and Liuwa furnishing fabric.