Design trends for 2020: ‘classic blue’ and curved furniture to ‘healthy’ interiors and shabby chic
- Pantone has picked ‘classic blue’ as its colour for 2020 because it stands for ‘protection, stability, peace and confidence’
- Demand will also increase for interiors that reflect nature, use rounded edges and where opposites attract
Have you been devouring magazines, blogs and websites for the next big thing this year in home interiors? Because we all know that forecasting trends is fodder for the style savvy when a new year – let alone a new decade – dawns.
The annual predictions begin in early December when colour authority Pantone announces its “colour of the year”. Designers then weigh in with their opinions and predictions. But what purpose do such forecasts actually serve?
Designer Eve Mercier concedes that there is an element of product marketing involved, but she understands why some people slavishly follow trends.
“Interior design is quite a new field in Asia,” says Mercier, founder of the Insight School of Interior Design. “A lot of people are unsure of how to furnish their home, so if they see a trend in a publication, they think: ‘These people must know better than I do, therefore I’m going to believe them.’”
When Mercier first lived in Hong Kong 20 years ago, she felt that “nobody cared about interiors or design in general”. Living quarters were small, and people tended to go out to socialise. “When I came back seven years ago, to open the school, I could really see this was changing,” she says.