In honor of the infamous New York Fashion Week which ended exactly a week ago, we present the most exciting ideas to follow in the spring of 2017. What we like about these design trends is the fact they can be easily moved away from the runway and put in every living room.
In other words, that’s the kind of design we love the most: daring, smart and practical.
Once we stopped browsing through the infinitive flow of the fashion week photos and articles, we recognized some similarities between the next season’s “ready to wear” fashion collections and the interior ones. Looks like SS 2017 is going to be quite interesting. Let’s see why.
#1 YELLOW & KHAKI BECOMING TRENDY
We’ll start with the easy part – colors. There is something people in show business like to call a “Lemonade effect”, and it’s taking the fashion world by storm. Earlier this year, bright yellow shades stepped into our houses (and record collections), and it seems they will only continue their conquest in seasons to come. On the other hand, the popularity of khaki shades is somehow surprising. Khaki was never considered sexy. In the best case scenario, it was called “safe”. And now, it looks amazing, sophisticated and smart.
And here we see khaki shades with yellow details incorporated into the contemporary design, so comfy and graceful, just waiting for us to pick them up. Thank you, Jaime Hayon, for inspiration. As explained on the designer’s website, such interior manifests a powerful vision: “That through joy and elegance, the bathroom can be elevated to the same level of importance as the living room. Hayon brings his characterful design and the idea of elegance to the bathroom, with the same attention to craft and emotion as he applies to lounge chairs and sofas”. As we know people tend to spend about three years of their entire life in a bathroom – we have to agree with this idea.
#2 THE INCREDIBLE WORLD OF MODULARITY
As stated above, we in the Salt & Water studio strongly believe that a good design should be smart and practical. That’s why we love modular furniture so much. Modularity is something we have learned to respect while working in the yacht design industry and now we use it in everyday lives. There is modularity in fashion trends, too. Just look at the brand new collection by Thakoon and you’ll see what we’re talking about.
These garments are not only wearable, they are constantly changing their purpose. That is why designers like Rosie Assoulin and Thakoon are trying to tell us that even the most simple garment such as a shirt and a jumper can have a new face every season.
The same goes for simple furniture elements like coffee tables. These constants are continuously going through the never-ending metamorphosis. The three-piece coffee table before you is our answer to the theme. Besides being modular, this piece of furniture is made of various materials, allowing users to play around with different textures and surfaces in their home. To develop such a unique design, we used three types of marble, just like a fashion designer would do when designing his statement piece.
#3 LUXURY IS STEPPING OUTSIDE
By this, we mean literally stepping outside. Some of the most exciting shows at NYFW were held outdoors. Yet, Tommy Hilfiger and the model-turned-designer Gigi Hadid lead the round with the impeccable pier event. As one might know, outdoor fashion events are usually held to promote Resort collections, but for “ready to wear” ones, this is not a usual territory.
Designers are now ready to step outside the box and to find new, practical ways to reach the public. Having the regular people, persons with disability and acid burn victims walking the garments on the runway is a huge step forward. The same could be said about “ready to wear” collections being “ready to sell” at the sight.
This tendency – yet in another form – can be also noticed in the world of architecture and interior design. This is something we like to call responsible luxury. Meaning that the luxurious design is now stepping outside of the mega villas and can be found in the most unusual places. Tiny houses are just one of many examples of this fortunate design direction.
