Elena Shlenkina: about fashionable vectors in interior fashion 2016
An expert in the field of furniture and interior design, Elena Shlenkina, head of the representative office of many designer brands, highlighted fashion trends in the shape of furniture and accessories, colors and the use of materials in the new 2016 collections for interiors.
Elena Shlenkina: about fashionable vectors in interior fashion 2016
February, 2024
“As a rule, it is not easy to identify a general trend or new fashion in interiors that appears every year at the Milan Furniture Salon: such trends are multidirectional! – a lot, and they seem to cancel each other out. The famous ISaloni exhibition of 2016 – Milan Furniture Salon, however, provides a little more food for those who like to structure and systematize interior vectors, although here the factories have different paths: some develop already existing collections.
For example, at the Desalto factory, the brutal Clay table from designer Mark Krusen “gave birth” to a cheerful brood of Mini Clay tables. Other furniture companies, along with additions to new collections, are actively introducing absolute new items, like the Gallotti&Radice brand.
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There has been a retreat from varnished multi-colored surfaces towards natural wood, both traditional and unusual finishes and species: sukupira at Armani/Dada, “graphite oak” at Molteni&C, etc.
In kitchens, a decisive and, apparently, final turn to high-tech is obvious – in materials, equipment, functionality. In general, the modern kitchen is increasingly balancing on the line between a laboratory for cooking and a living space – a living room.
Examples of this: the VVD kitchen model designed by Vincent Van Duysen for Dada, where in his first “kitchen” experience the Flemish designer plays on contrasts: includes elements of different thicknesses, a massive stone sink.
The Dada company presented a new CORNER (!) version of the Tivali kitchen, with fully closing facades: this version is in great demand on the market.
For the new look of its collections of furniture and accessories, the Besana factory chose rhythmic “origami” geometry.
The Arca factory, a manufacturer of kitchen furniture, in the new version of the Champagne kitchen has opted for radiant cleanliness of facades, smooth lines and additional elements (counter).”
Text prepared by Angelina Vin