Trade Show

A comprehensive, eight-page guide with all the essential take-home messages from this year’s Milan Design Week: Overview, Key Materials, Colours and Combinations.

Diverse themes were explored at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show; health, history, diversity, sustainability and fantasy, all inspired both soft and hard landscaping.

Sober colours, cold metals and stone, an emphasis on performance; new directions in kitchens are heading into distinctly masculine territory.

Maison & Objet, Paris’s exhibition for the home decor, design and lifestyle sector, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Key colours and themes on show.

At Heimtextil, home and contract textile brands navigated a diverse landscape of regenerative design, bold florals and multiple colour palettes.

Two varied directions from Stockholm Furniture Fair; a palette of naïve brights and pastel combinations, and sophisticated neutrals informed by material and craft heritage.

Paris Déco Off, a major draw for international interior designers and decoration editors, offers an early opportunity to discover the latest directions in textiles, wallcoverings and rugs.

Dedicated to material innovation, London’s Surface Design Show was a welcome chance to catch up on the latest directions in this sector.

Dutch Design Week is always a treasure trove of new surface ideas; this year, projects ranged from tiles made of eggshells to reimagined vinyl and lino.