News: Keep it Simple: Las Vegas Design Center Highlights What’s Hot for 2010
02.25.10
(LAS VEGAS)— The experts have spoken: Simplicity is in for 2010. World Market Center Las Vegas’ Winter Market, the first major home furnishings market of the year, helped define what trends to look for in the coming year. Now, showrooms at Las Vegas Design Center are brimming with the newest product launches. Many of these items won’t be available in retail stores for months, but shoppers can buy them right here, right now in Las Vegas.
The buzz words to look for? Bright colors, re-claimed woods, eco-friendly, simple and organic. A simplicity-embracing, natural movement is afoot as we veer away from formality. People are spending more time at home and learning how important it is to make that space more livable. Las Vegas Design Center and the Design Salon are leading the way.
“During the recent February 2010 Market, our showrooms featured a variety of fashion forward home furnishings signaling the newest trends for the season and the year,” said Paul Watson, director of leasing, Las Vegas Design Center and ASID member. Prior to joining the team at LVDC, Watson owned and operated Architectural Interiors, an interior architectural firm with offices in Beverly Hills and Rancho Mirage, California. “We invite and welcome the public to LVDC to experience these trends, ranging from bright colors and light wood finishes to sustainable design and more, all of which are available for purchase to the consumer through the ASID Design Salon located within the LVDC.”
Watson highlighted the following trends to watch in the coming year:
1. Bright colors
Bight color accents will add sensuality and liveliness to rooms this year. Look for orange, magenta, turquoise, purple and red. Set amid neutral backgrounds, the saturated tones will add a riot of color to the room. This is an easy and inexpensive way to really change the mood of a room by incorporating something as simple as a pillow or accent paint. "The entire room is not red, green or orange but we see uses of these colors in quickly changeable items against neutral backdrops,” said Watson.
Examples: Purple velvet barstools found in the Christopher Guy collection in the Robert Allen | Beacon Hill showroom (C101). Bold, highly saturated items ranging from chairs to sofas to accessories in orange, magenta, blue and red at H. Studio/Haziza (A219). Turquoise highlights with neutral furnishings at Ethan Allen (C196).
2. Light wood finishes
We’re getting away from the dark wood colors of yesteryear and letting in the light. Gone are the deep java and espresso finishes. Lighter colors highlight natural tones and textures. Look for case goods like tables, chairs, chests, drawers and entertainment units in light ash and light painted finishes. The weathered, rustic look will is also big this year and is best expressed with light finishes. Light wood finishes also happen to go very well with bright colors (trend No. 1).
Examples: Dining room setting with light finishes, high texture and reclaimed materials are standouts in the Safavieh showroom (A125). For the weathered look check out taupe and burnt oak pieces in Safavieh showroom (A125). Matty dining room table and coffee table with railway top are compelling and highly textural offerings in Phillips Collection (A202).
3. Sustainable and eco-friendly
A continuation from years past, the sustainable and eco-friendly movement has really expanded to include fashionable and affordable items. The natural look is in, and what looks more natural than sustainable design?
Example: The Rachel Armchair’s traditional frame is reinterpreted with rustic texture and whitewashed neutral upholstery juxtaposing and lending a fresh look at Four Hands showroom (also an example of trend No. 4) (A110). Tactile table in reclaimed teak featuring a limed finish in antique whitewash available in straight leg or cabrio leg in French Heritage showroom (also an example of trend No. 4) (C156). Paris-Loft white canopy bed antique wash with white finish at French Heritage showroom (C156).
4. Organic shapes and highly textured goods
Organic remains a buzz word and this year it applies to shapes. Look for natural-looking item with high textures.
Example: Eco-chic floor lamp made of horizontal tree trunks, lamp featuring horizontal driftwood with bleached black linen shade, tree trunk stools at Four Hands showroom (A110). A sculpture that takes on an organic shape made of natural materials with a lighter finish in the RC Furniture showroom (A254). Find accents in organic shapes, such as Christopher Guy gold wall art with mirror and other mirrors in non-traditional shapes in the Robert Allen | Beacon Hill showroom (C101). Reclaimed materials with light and unusual finishes can be found at Classic Home showroom (C309).
5. Simplicity
Formality was big in recent years, along with weighty, ornate pieces. No more. As people spend more time in their homes they’re returning them to livable spaces and filling them with simple, approachable, easily understood furnishings.
Example: Look for unexpected combinations, like a traditional framed chair juxtaposed against natural materials, such as linens, that highlight the real shape and detail of the frame, as seen at Postcards Home showroom (A119).
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About Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center Las Vegas
Sitting at the epicenter of the world’s fastest growing home furnishings complex, Las Vegas Design Center at World Market Center Las Vegas is a year-round resource for interior designers and design-seeking consumers. Now open to the public (Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm), LVDC boasts hundreds of leading manufacturers’ lines showcasing top names in fine furniture, decorative fabrics and trim, accessories, wall décor, lighting and floor coverings. As an important source of education for architects, designers and consumers, Las Vegas Design Center attracts many of the industry’s most prominent thought leaders to its comprehensive slate of seminars, networking receptions and other sought-after events. For more information, visit www.lvdesigncenter.com. Las Vegas Design Center is located at 495 Grand Central Parkway.
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