Hi again and a very happy Friday to you! I simply must report in with more trends and highlights from Salone del…
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Hi again and a very happy Friday to you! I simply must report in with more trends and highlights from Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week. It was such a fantastic citywide explosion of design, I’ll definitely return in 2018 for more of Milan. I was honored to collaborate with Kvadrat on this assignment as their eyes and ears to bring back trend reports for their global clients and customers – and now briefly, here in this post.

Milan gave me the inspiration and interior design boost that I needed. I felt so fatigued by everything I’ve been seeing online, over and over again, that I found myself using Pinterest and Instagram less. Milan cured all of that for me with a fresh new outlook and I loved seeing all of the innovative, creative and clever ways that designers worked with not only materials in fresh, new ways but also in how they’re working to conceal things like a/v equipment and that they’re incorporating technology into kitchens, bathrooms and lighting that I found amazing to behold.
A list of TRENDS that stood out:

60s and 70s era throw backs
art deco influences
Bauhaus geometry
Memphis-era influence
80s influences as well – like all of the salmon, teal and gold
Color color color. White walls were hard to ...