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The High Point urniture market was an active
place when it came to color. The landscape was
almost equally divided between already-emerg-
ing-color amilies that were strengthening, and direc-
tions that elt completely new and will ollow them.
With the benet o established roots, blues continued
in strength. Peacock, teal and turquoise (Port 69 says
these hues are not just popular, but loved by their
customers) signatured a warm-blue story that touched
all price points. It worked in solid colors, within pat-terns and as an accent to neutrals. E xpanding denim-
inspired mid-tones provided a red-cast alternative to
green and yellow infuences, while clean, light blues
began to ice things down in the pastel range.
Cool greens advanced as dark values joined minty mid-
tones to orm the leading edge o an important incom-
ing trend. Hickory Chair embraced this movement with
dark-green velvet that looked rich and elegant. Going
brighter, a tropical-lea print in malachite at CR Laine
looked positively lush. Wesley Halls soa was covered
in a watercolor-foral print that blended saturated
emerald with sapphire and yellow over a white ground.
Pearsons cut-and-uncut velvet also eatured a pattern
woven into the ground, layering three saturated green
values in a single unique abric.
With a resher perspective, yellows nally burst
through the barrier that had limited them to companionroles with gray. Sunny yellow showed up in embroidery
over natural-linen cushions at Design Accents and in a
powder-coated metal lamp base at Thumbprints, while
a more-complex Solar yellow was the eye-catching
eature at Global Views.
But the biggest shit or the yellow amily came rom
emerging gold. In lightweight mid-values or dramati-
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Brown was building quietly in High Point: CR Laine
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Nevertheless, many showrooms featuredversions o brown
Watch for browns momentum to pick up in2013 and 2014
Black/white duos had more visibility
Individually, white or black made casegoods eel resh
Oranges remained a factor, though a
declining one
Purple looked much better within a patternthan it did on its own
Going Up
One o the key trends in High Point had to dowith scale. It wasnt that urniture size changethat much. Continuing a trend that began during t
Great Recession, huge pieces backed o, and mod
erate scale progressed again in debut collections.
Yet, when it came to print and pattern, the newest
size was going up. This was not a repeat o enor-
mous icons that demanded attention at the turn
o the century. Instead, the look eatured ull and
generous designs that gave ample space to gure
even within a pattern repeat. Indicating a broad
infuence and volume potential, the preerence or
going big impacted all style categories, rom tradi
tional to global and rom glamor (incoming again)
to contemporary. Furthermore, surace designs o
every purpose also elt the shit.For example, ocal-point motis reached or larger
proportions on major upholstery pieces. I go-with
patterns on ottomans, chairs and toss pillows wer
not replaced by highly visible/high-low/all-over
cally saturated tones, gold with a hint o brown was
impossible to ignore. This was especially true or
upholstery, toss pillows and rugs. Just as impor-
tantly, gold metallic got lots o attention in lighting,
decorative accessories and tables o all kinds.
O course, silver nishes remained ar-and-away
bestsellers. But with momentum rom gold colors
to propel it, gold-metallic nishes looked ready to
expand by late 2013. Prepare or a broader accep-
tance o gold metallic by the end o 2014.
Reds also elt new. Thats because dark values gave
them a resh perspective. Pearson showed oxblood,
a hue appearing to rave reviews on the fall/winter
2012/13 fashion runway. Ferguson Copeland made
a major statement with
dark-scarlet upholstered
dining chairs, soa and
cushions on an o-white
bed. At Bernhardt, dark
reds played o black ordramatic eect. Expect
all versions o dark red to
grow throughout 2014.
Other color notes rom
High Point:
Grays were stilltouted as bestsellers
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Dark-red luxury from
Ferguson Copeland
Gus Design Groups
Carmichael Loft Sofa in Citrine
Dominican Tiles from Paragons Bobby
Sikes collection in a champagne frame
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textures that dened the most-innovative wovens,
they came in a meatier, mid-range size that worked
better with larger showcase patterns. Designs on
painted chests and mirrored credenzas got bigger,
as well. So did the subjects o ramed art.
Among those subjects, tile-work designs were an
emerging standout. Companies like Paragon com-
bined forals, stars, lotus leaves and other Persian
motis into wall art that was well received. Toss
pillows at Design Accents eatured similar icons. A
host o interlocking designs and especially quatre-
oil allovers rode the same wave o popularity one
that will last or at least 24 months to come.
These patterns emphasized an expanding global
style that recently avored ikat motis. New paisley
and foral patterns with jagged edges demonstrated
that, going orward, ikat infuences will be moreimportant than ikats themselves.
Kilim designs, however, remain on the trend land-
scape. They reach out in two important directions.
One reinorced the angular approach to motis
ound in Persian rugs. The other, a Navajo-blanket
look, included not only bolder kilim geometrics,
but also narrow-to-wide stripes, some interrupted
by diamonds or arrowheads. The second personal-
ity has quietly used the interest in angular ethnic
designs as an on-ramp to an updated Southwest
style (see Ethnic Evolution in the August issue ofThe Trend Curve).
Florals went beyond a global point o view to
become a key direction in High Point. Watercolor
techniques popped up on a soa rom Wesley Hall,
accent pillows rom Dela Robia and ramed art rom
Art and Frame Source. This blurry look emerged
earlier this year, and is doing its best to be noticed
amongst prevailing ikat-infuenced textures. Flowers
and leaves looked lush and tropical at Century and
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C.R. Laine, ollowing an incoming trend that will
have more visibility next year.
Another resh look or fowers took its cues rom tra-
ditional tree-o-lie designs, adding vines and leaves
back into a foral landscape that has avored only
blossoms or so long. Designs in this spirit, shown
by makers like Thibaut, Lexington and Norwalk con-
veyed a sense o simplicity. They stressed an edited
color story, outlines, generous scale, well-spaceddesigns over open grounds and a lack o texture
that contrasted with dominating ikats. These types
o forals will be perect additions to traditional
themes as the allure o Downton Abbey, Anna Kar-
enina and more advance into 2014 and 2015.
Style Shift
Dcor has been inormed by minimalism or sometime. Upholstered items have looked trim, linenwas the go-to abric and contrast piping the bestembellishment. When it came to case goods, lines
were slim and legs were either straight or curved in a
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Thibauts simple, over-sized tree-of-life floral
From Stanleys
Rustica collection
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cabriole style that t with key vintage trends.
Then last year, kilim rugs roared onto the trend
landscape with over-dyed and pieced carpets that
were so compelling they began to dri t into the
upholstery realm. Lately, soas, chairs and otto-
mans have shown up with heavy, kilim-rug covers.
This was a major challenge to the popularity o
linen. More importantly, it was just the beginning o
a broader shit to heavier looks in dcor that made
the jump rom upholstery to case goods at the
recent High Point market.
Hickory White was among the companies oering
more het. Their Manor collection was infuenced
by English antiques, primarily from the Elizabethan/
Jacobean era, a timerame that is interwoven with
the Renaissance, and thus Spanish and Italian infu-
ences are both requent and apparent.
Hickory White called this look sturdy, saying
heavy construction was a hallmark o well-built ur-
niture o the times. Details in their Manor collection
included medium-dark nishes on oak, barley twist
posts, marquetry, bun eet and leather-clad doors
with a nailed-shield pattern.
Stanleys Rustica casual-dining collection leans in
a traditional
direction. It
is targeted to
Baby Boomers
who, or manyreasons, still
own the homes
they have lived
in or years.
Since these
homes were
built pre-reces-
sionbeore the
average square
ootage in new homes droppedrooms are gener
ously sized. They need to be urnished with larger
scale pieces. But with increasingly casual liestyle
those consumers are replacing ormal pieces with
something that eels relaxed.
Rustica is grandly scaled and heavily carved. That
carving is imperect. The resulting tendencies
not only increase the casual appeal, but also to
reinorce a handmade quality that adds value tothe collection. Tables have scrolled trestle bases
and chairs are Florentine-inspired, with cabriole
legs and carved trid eet. Dark stains on white
mahogany make pieces eel even more substantia
Finishes are Sorrel, a coppery chestnut with an
aged patina, and Raven, a rich translucent black.
While Stanleys inspiration is Italian, Hookers
Alicante collection o living-room and dining-room
urniture takes its cues rom Spanish design. That
opens the door to inlays in mahogany solids and
veneers, as well as elaborate metal accents. Nail-
head trim is applied to case goods. Using dieren
sized nails in a single design adds to the decorativ
nature o the group.
Universal was also drawn to a Spanish point o vie
in Escalera and Castella. Dark-medium brown or
antique black nishes make these collections eel
substantial. Generously scaled pieces have old-
world details like carved bonnets or cabriole legs.
Stylized egg-and-dart table edges, graceul over-
lays, uneven planked tops, bun eet and serpentin
upholstered dining-chair seats are key. Scrolled
accents, antique brass knobs, key escutcheons annail-head trim make metal an important part o th
designs. Acanthus-lea motis are repeated.
Mediterranean looks have been popular in the pa
but it has been more than a decade since Italian
style was on-trend. It has been even longer since
dark nishes covered urniture pieces, alluding to
a Spanish infuence. But makers reported that all
these collections were perceived as grand and ele
gant, yet casual. And all o them were well receive
Expect the countertrend for heavier/darker/more
ornate pieces to take hold during 2013, balancingsleeker and lighter-weight trends into 2016.
Materials Update
The Mediterranean trend was noteworthy ormore than a return to the style itsel. It alsomarked a shit in wood-stain direction. It demon-
strated a departure rom the range o light-to-dark
Universals Castella
Santino Writing Desk
Hickory Whites
nail-head detailing
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medium nishes that have cap-
tivated dcor or the past two years.
These collections were dark and heavy.
Some were even stained black. (This ts
with a color trend that is bringing black
back onto the trend radar.)
At the same time, the preerence or light-
medium tones was in the mainstream or
all style categories. Tables in the Banyon
Bay collection rom Thomasville did a
good job o representing established
light-medium stains that were every-
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collection was built in maple with an alabaster
nish, achieved with weathered-ivory paint and a
lacquered topcoat. Caracole created a new, classic-
contemporary collection eaturing pieces in black
and/or white. White pieces with names like Snow
White and Ice Cube were sometimes accented with
mirror or metallic.
While the various introductions may suggest thatwood nishes are all over the board, they should
be viewed as in transition instead. Light-medium
nishes are todays volume choiceone that will
last at retail into 2014. But the uture will be about
countertrends o light and dark that will start taking
hold in late 2013 and move into 2015. Also o note
in High Point:
Nails trimmed and added design to everything
Glazed linen offered pops of luster
So did case goods in low-luster metallicsilver and gold
Gold took a big step forward in metalsand metallics
Damasks hinted at a return to glamourthat could include Art Deco
Art Deco items from Pearson and Centuryelt directional
Visual display was newly attracted toBaroque reerences
Tabletop TextureThe most noticeable trend at the recent NewYork Tabletop market was the attention paid totexture. Whether the topic was casual dinnerware
or ne china, fatware or crystal, decanters or cake
plates, companies were ar more adventuresome
with texture than they have been in some time.
Flatware showed the trend o well, with emerging
allover brushed eects that gave a sophisticated
matte appearance to patterns Edessa and Urbana
December201
Alexander Julians Herringbo
chest for Jonathan Charles
CaracolesFrenchLinesvanity
where in High Point. But other makers pushed into
much-lighter territory.
Copeland was one o them. Their Modulux contem-
porary bedroom, with a built-in look, came in solid
cherry with a natural nish (other options: walnutand white lacquer). Alexander Julians Herringbone
Chest or Jonathan Charles was crated rom white
oak in a natural nish, cut and inlaid to create the
herringbone pattern.
Henredon went not only light, but also dry. This
company applied a cerused nish to wire-brushed
quartered white oak veneers in Montaigne. The
resulting light, open-pore patina made the geomet-
ric lines o their designs look more relaxed. Ralph
Laurens Desert Modern table and buet, made
o solid oak in simple-yet-lovely orms, appearedcompletely unstained.
Hardens Artistry Collection was updated with a
new sheer nish called oyster that made cleanly
styled wood pieces look almost white, yet still
allowed the woods grain to show through. This
transitional collection with modern overtones was
just the tip o the iceberg or white nishes debuting
in High Point.
At Hooker, o-white paint teamed with light-wood
nishes in Chic Coterie, a vintage-inspired group
with a eminine character. Hickory Chairs Alice Sec-retary, designed by Alexa Hampton, paired a white
exterior with a rich-mahogany interior in a classic
cabinet design.
Whites and o-whites were also showcased on
their own. Ivory Key case goods, rom the Tommy
Bahama Home collection at Lexington, were
nished in crisp white with parchment highlights
or a casual sensibility. The Salon collection, rom
Bernhardt, was decidedly dressier. This 50-piece
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Quilted texture from
Vers ace for Rose nthal
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at Oneida. Mikasas Swirl hollow-
ware demonstrated a new use o
wire-brushed nishes or a dull
glow on serving pieces. Drinkware
also used matte-metallic texture
in interesting ways. Imperial Caviar
Gold, new in the Marchesa collec-
tion at Lenox, eatured the look o
hand-carved gold lines seeping
up rom the base o each DOF,
highball or champagne fute.
A carved and aceted character
appeared in other collections, as
well. One o the best was rom
Vera Wang or Wedgewood. Her Sequin Crystal vase
played with light to make it sparkle with upscale
elegance. Mosers Pebble martini glass had carved
and rosted areas (in clear or color tints). In metal,
Michael Arams diamond-aceted bowl suggested
the center o a sunfower in the Vincent collection.
Vista Allegres Matrix porcelain dinnerware withbisque/glaze contrast looked folded over in some
cases, carved rom natural erosion in others.
Pierced tableware oered another emerging texture
story, which was also noticed earlier this year at
Ambiente. Mikasas tiny dots and short, graceul
lines highlighted this emerging trend. It brought
another layer o pattern and texture to this com-
panys Italian Countryside serving pieces. Gits
rom Versace or Rosenthal translated the quilted
textures that are appearing in womens leather
handbags, belts and shoes to dcor. Selected blackor white vases, jars or decorative plates were also
detailed with raised-gold-metallic dots, mimicking
studs, in this exciting and directional look.
Texture merged with pattern throughout the
market. Dots were an important vehicle or this
trend, joining with vertical r ibs, horizontal lines and
lattices to update ramekins at BIA Cordon Bleu.
Hancock, a black-and-platinum bone-china design
with classic architectural sensibilities, included
raised dots fanked by knots that punctuated the
outer edge o each piece.
Basket-weave eects were called on oten enough
to notice. Nachtmann used this texture on Bossa
Nova, a non-lead-crystal cake plate that can fip over
to serve chips and dip instead. Waterords Marquis
brand launched Versa crystal gitware, including
ice bucket, barware, vases and bowls in a stunning
basket-weave design set o by an uncut rim.
Vivania Weave, one o three coordinating earthen-
ware patterns or the table rom Oneida, eatured
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bold basket-weave accents on white. Mix and match
it with Viviana Floral and Viviana Lace. Ralph Lauren
Somerset Island Woven, a basket-weave design in
shades o indigo, expressed texture visually on the
dinnerware, yet was tactile on serving pieces.
Texture was exaggerated, as well. Ceramic din-
nerware rom Mateus eatured a dimensional but-
terfy on plate rims, or on the outside wall o cups
and bowls. At Spiegelau, grape-like indentationsmolded into the wide-diameter base o their newe
decanter not only provided visual interest, but als
a graceul way to hold the piece or pouring. Othe
trends to track rom the Tabletop market:
Transitional-style comeback
Downton Abbey inspiration
Emerging toiles
Butteries overshadowing birds
Increasing scale
Mixed materials Colored-glass drinkware
Return to black
Manila FAME
The 56th edition o Manila FAME, Asias Designand Liestyle event, showcased urniture andaccessories, Holiday dcor, gits and ashion. The
theme o this session was, The Art of The Crafts
man = The Soul of the Philippines
Several accomplished Filipino artisans designed
collections and environments using the country s
indigenous materials in inventive ways to create
their own design house. Design houses were
positioned at each entrance to the air (to see a ga
lery o design house concepts, go to Manila FAME
in the Members area at www.trendcurve.com).
A ocus on eco-inspired and handcrated pieces,
using indigenous, sustainable materials, contin-
ued as a signature o Philippine product. Eye-
catching home collections seen throughout theair expressed it in a blend o texture, color and
sustainable materials. They reinorced the over-
arching trends o eco-sustainability, hyper-localis
and being in connection. Linda Simpson, Contribu
tor to The Trend Curve, details the top three looks
or urniture rom this air:
Fond Embrace:Several seating pieces curved
and swirled like natures waves. Backs rose and
ell in graceul rhythm, as well as curving to create
Hampton Forge used raised/
epressed, organic and pebbled
textures to update t raditional
flatware shapes, moving them
into the transitional realm.
Ramekins at BIA Cordon
Blue updated with texture
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Manila FAME clockwise from top left: Vito Selma; Designs Ligne; Milo Naval and Kenneth Conbonpue
both varied seat-back heights and a sense o being
embraced. One lounger surrounded the user in seven
well-spaced bamboo rings encircling the length o the
chaise, like a series o magicians hoops.
Exaggerations:Furniture that was both low-pro-
le and over-scaled, or elongated and over-scaled,
was a key look in Manila. This movement included
cocktail tables, chaises, sectional seating and
chairs or indoors or outside.
Color Blocking: Contrast was an incoming trend
at FAME. The best interpretation came rom piecesthat included painted and unpainted areas.
On The Runway
Carole DArconte is a color-and-trend expert orapparel and an Editorial Correspondent or TheTrend Curve. She calls out two trends rom the all
runway shows with big potential or home interiors:
Piecing:Call it color blocking, piecing or patch-
work. Its all the same trend, and one that The
Trend Curve noticed emerging at Tendence and the
September version o Maison & Objet in urniture,
lighting, rugs linens and tableware. Use large elds
o contrasting color or a bold look that is also an
on-ramp to the emerging mixed-materials trend. We
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The weather turned cold in Minnesota the dayater Thanksgiving. It also snowed. Everyonewho loves crisp air, drinking hot cocoa by the
replace and playing winter sports was thrilled. I,
on the other hand, started planning my escape.
First stop: High Point, NC or the semi-annual
Showtime textiles market. This is a great early-
read event, because colors and designs seen
here will show up on upholstery rames during
the April urniture market. The urniture we see
in April will be on retail showroom foors in time
or Holiday selling in 2013. I also like attending
this event in December, when the temperature
in High Point is about 60 degrees, as compared
with temps around 30 in the Twin Cities.
Ill be home long enough to swap suitcases,and then Im o to Ft. Lauderdale to present a
color-and-trend seminar to the Air Care division
o CSPA. Great group, welcome warmthnearly
80 degrees. A perect escape!
The ollow-up comes in January, when I begin
my European travel to Maison & Objet, Christ-
masworld and Ambiente. Its easy to get lost
in the colors, materials and motis that emerge
at these trade airs. I will write about all three
events in The Trend Curve, as well as in special
Trend Album reports that will be available in the
Trend Store. I also begin developing trends and
colors orTis The Season, our orecast or theHolidays, while I am still in Europe.
I actually do more orecasting and writing in
the rst ew months o the year than I do at any
other time. Because so many events come in
such a compressed time period, attending and
analyzing them becomes an immersive experi-
ence that keeps me completely ocused on the
uture o color and trend.
Im also escaping by shiting my thoughts to
Spring. The next version o ourSpring Forward
color-and-trend orecast is well underway andwill be released shortly (you can emailJanice@
TrendCurve.com i you want to preorder now).
Trends like 24-Carrot Garden, Party Animals,
Appalachian Spring and Picnic Guests are keep-
ing my thoughts not only on warmer weather,
but also on the cycle o renewal that makes us
all so optimistic year round.
the last word
Pattern Mash-Up: Adults o a certain age
grew up thinking o this as a clash. Now its an
incoming trend. Dries van Noten showed it best
in his autumn/winter runway showplaids withplaids, plaids with forals or plaids in dier-
ent orientations. Bass Bros liked the mash-up
look, too. They eatured it in graphic geometric
designs that work within a single pattern-
blocked piece, or in dierent patterns in the
same setting. This look is a perect t with theincoming 1970s-1980s style that is orecasted to
last into 2014.
Dries van Noten Bass Bros
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