According to Shauna Levy, co-founder of the Interior Design Show, these are challenging economic times, and celebrating design is more important than ever. Design isn't simply about frivolity, beauty and excess, it's also about providing inspiration, and creating innovative solutions and smarter ways to inhabit the world.
Is understated elegance returning? According to Caroline Tapp-McDougall, "a new class of connoisseurs may well be emerging." Where once we valued "bigger is better", there is a growing interest in cultivating a lasting and discreet more subtle, lower-key approach to design. Statistics show that quality and durability are returning, as is craftsmanship, with well- worn antiques and hand crafted wood products showing up in the homes and offices of the new connoisseur.
Companies that reflect the trends, are answering the needs of Cocooning 2.0 and that means making your home a more comfortable place to be in, a place to reflect and retreat in these uncertain times. It's reworking that awkward all-but-no purpose room, repainting your entire space or retrofitting your home to be more environmentally friendly.
It means finding inspiration, ingenuity and a willingness to compromise when it comes to today's economic uncertainty.
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