Designing the home in 2021
Trust and optimism in design are conditioned by colour effect
Every year since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute has announced its Color of the year, the colour that sets the trend for the coming 365 days. The colour is determined by surveying a variety of sectors, and is by now a well-established tradition which influences the worlds of fashion, graphics and design. In this difficult time, the Institute has chosen not just one, but two colours for the year 2021: Ultimate Gray, a neutral grey, and Illuminating, a bright yellow, which combine to transmit a feeling of resilience and hope. These two strong, decisive colours create an eclectic chromatic palette, full of energy but also stability, in response to a time characterised by fragility and uncertainty. What is more, both speak of durable naturalistic scenarios as familiar as a view of pebbles strewn across a sun-drenched beach.
This infusion of optimism is also influencing interior design and furnishing, in which both colours can retain their independence while combining in support of each other. While the palette of greys is a classic element in colour design, the combination of Illuminating and Ultimate Gray offers a new, versatile option, ideal for chairs, tablecloths and household accessories: while the yellow fills the room with its sunny warmth, the grey is suited to the most varied surfaces.
A number of new successful inspirations are also offered by the world of interior design. As Living magazine suggests, the use of mirrors, for instance, is emerging as an interesting trend in 2021: they both reflect light and make a space feel larger than its physical dimensions. The new trend is to use mirrors to cover furniture, like the doors of a credenza, but can also be expressed in the use of mirror glass doors, like Essential Mirr, making the door not just a simple dividing panel, but a fully fledged protagonist in the design of the interior.
Flush doors also make a valuable contribution to interior design, especially in minimalist interiors. They can conceal a passageway, blending seamlessly into wooden panelling or a lively wallpaper, but can also add restrained decoration to a wall. The latter is the most recent trend, using the flush door panel as a refined design element.
Source: La Repubblica, 28 December 2020
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