DESIGN MECCA MILAN Boundary-pushing design from Salone del Mobile & Fuorisalone
THE TEXTILE EYE Report No. 17 - Summer 2023
Jun 21, 2023
Natural Tendencies
Nature remains a consistent and paramount inspiration for designers, even as the natural world faces increasing endangerment. Its inherent beauty has always been a rich source of motifs in design, ranging from stylized to hyper-realistic representations. These offerings pay homage to Mother Nature, highlighting imperfections and employing unconventional layouts to draw attention to the often-overlooked beauty of the natural world.
Flowers and plants are portrayed as stylized simulacrum of themselves, providing ways to bring the outdoors in. Animals are depicted both romantically and grotesquely, as designers grapple with the themes of extinction, mutation, and the vanishing of pristine nature.
LOOKS
Neo-naturalism and biomimicry
Simulacrum of nature often with surreal accents
Animal motifs from sweetly stylized to grotesque
Flattened & graphic palm leaves
Carefully observed renderings
A celebration of leaf veining & imperfections
Painterly & illustrated styles
Unmirrored & meandering layouts
Elena Trevisan for Barbini Specchi Veneziani
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