Select by date

PREV NEXT May 2012
SMTWTFS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

Trending Soon? Design Looks to Watch For

06.29.2011

As we moved into 2011, a designer survey took a look at what changes may be in store in terms of preferred kitchen design elements and colors. According to the responses, the commonality in the shifts appears to be toward simplicity and neutrality.

Here are a few of the trends designers feel could be making their mark this year. Are you noticing any of these happening currently in your market or among your clients?

Cabinetry

Shaker-style cabinetry and furniture has been on the rise since 2009.Traditional is still the style leader, but the Shaker look is taking over second place this year, moving ahead of Contemporary in popularity.

At the start of this decade, cherry was the wood of choice for kitchen cabinetry. In 2011, maple appears to be edging out cherry to take the top spot. It’s important to note that both woods are being chosen by designers more than 2/3 of the time.

Finishes

Designers and homeowners will be opting for dark and natural finishes in 2011. The darker tones became the most specified finish at the end of 2010, chosen by more than ½ the designers. Glazed, white painted and medium natural finishes will be declining. Distressed looks are falling the farthest out in favor, with only about 5% of designers expecting to use that style.

Counter materials

Granite and quartz countertops still dominate, but look for solid surfaces, and notably butcher block and marble, to show up in more luxury kitchen remodels.

Color choices

Is the consumer mood trending more cautious this year? Homeowners appear to be favoring neutral shades for their 2011 kitchen and bath remodels. Beige, bone and gray are gaining ground on darker, brighter hues. White shades are on a slight decline, but remain the kitchen color of choice more than half the time. Deeper browns, terra cottas and bronze tones are currently in a no-growth pattern.

A key thing to remember in luxury kitchen design, however, is that whatever trends may take hold from year to year, the constant will continue to be design and implementation that accommodates and facilitates client life style needs and preferences.  

 

Please add a comment

Posted by Esra on
Cheryl Heller gave a lovely and inutghifsl presentation on how important communication is to the interrelationships that govern our world. I was delighted by her comment about the gap between oneself and comprehending another person’s intentionality, because this is not only something we must face as a communicating species, but I feel that it is the core issue that communication design embraces and designs for. This was the simplest and clearest I’ve heard it framed, and it sparked the realization that this pretty much covers every misunderstanding and miscommunication I’ve ever had with another person. Plus, while being an artistic and poetic designer, she’s also practical and application oriented. I also appreciated how she really sees the importance of context. When she spoke about the way our language builds silos and categories, and that we must design fluid and flexible communication (personal interpretation) that doesn’t draw a box and create hierarchies – this really resonated with me because I believe she is right in saying that these become the roadblocks to caring relationships and communication. Contexts allow for adaptability and shy away from deterministic perspectives of the world. I like her responses to questions that sought a definitive answer because she always answered that it depends. And I’m on that contextual bandwagon. On the other hand, how do we move away from this communication that silos, makes distinctions and creates categories and hierarchies? In some ways, I don’t know if I could understand something if I didn’t have some reference point that creates a distinction. She talked about how language constructs the concept of war. I would imagine that this can be applied to any concept, including peace. I wonder though, if we’re going to design communication that is more in the vein of peace, harmony etc., don’t we need to have that conceptual construct of war in order to understand what peace is, and therefore communicate for peace? Or, perhaps her point was more that we need to get away from these oppositions to – what? I guess I wasn’t sure. Maybe this is where her discussion about the intentionality gap can be applied. Perhaps it is this complexity and our choices in navigating it that leads us to better ways of designing communication.
Posted by dmvhwzfqi on
otrHas mitdsbwfjgqd
Posted by dgbuclzg on
Kg2bSf , [url=http://zswakesbwtsk.com/]zswakesbwtsk[/url], [link=http://ebhngwnugyfq.com/]ebhngwnugyfq[/link], http://dpfrmpyhswwb.com/
Posted by pymgupb on
LSjE9i , [url=http://yqqzdvuwswat.com/]yqqzdvuwswat[/url], [link=http://bsukkcvtxisv.com/]bsukkcvtxisv[/link], http://cygcggpdmzrc.com/
Leave a Reply



(Your email will not be publicly displayed.)

Please type the letters and numbers shown in the image.Captcha Code