Europe's largest decoration show, Maison & Object in Paris, provided a snapshot of the trends, patterns, colours and styles that will dominate interior design this year.
It was obvious that a mid-century influence still dominated, with streamlined furniture, geometric fabrics and pastel tones in abundance.
In textiles, Italian brand Missoni presented giant pouffes, modular sofas and accessories covered with macro knit - a printed and magnified photographic pattern of chunky knitted textiles.
Textile artist Lorna Syson teamed up with furniture maker John Luff to launch the new Bradbury chair. Crafted with an American black walnut frame, it is reminiscent of mid-century design and upholstered in Syson's geometric-print fabric with chartreuse, grey, black and white triangles.
Also popular were hexagons, octagons and multi-faceted shapes. Many textile designers drew on city themes with buildings or sculptures in Paris or London being firm favourites.
With the London Olympics and Queen's Jubilee coming up, London was a popular choice for designs, but there were plenty of other items resembling the Eiffel Tower such as Christian Lacroix's new Paris cushions available through Designers Guild.
In furniture, the concept of two tables displayed together with varied heights was a common theme. Used as a cocktail or coffee table or as a side table, this look will help to add visual and special interest to a room because of the differences in height. It helps break the grid often formed by a sofa, chair and coffee table. And it also means more flexibility in the way that you use the pieces as you can display them together or split them up if you tire of a particular configuration.
