Current interior design trends predict breathtaking changes in 2018: the cutting age is the mixing of styles and mass personalization.

Modern designers listen to the news, but everybody chooses how to respond to the world’s challenges. YoDezeen Studio architects and designers create interiors not for everybody, but for anybody.  The clients’ personality and passions, living style, and displaying that.. are foremost in every project. A personalized interior is, primarily, an emotion enclosed in a style. Increasingly, new styles are going to appear indoors, created by your exposure and the specifications of the owner.

Technological innovations in traditional materials are becoming more common. Society harkens back to its roots to draw inspiration from the past, to rethink the value of basic materials and craft techniques. Natural materials are trending!

Wood, stone, glass, and concrete are at their peak of popularity. Functionality takes the form of poetry; it is endowed with charm and tangibility, visually and physically a new form of restrained luxury, without any insincerity or affectation.

Wood is always in fashion, no matter what forms it takes. Based on the catalogues of the leading factories nowadays the type of wood isn’t important, but how it is combined with other noble materials, like marble, leather, and metal. And the most spectacular changes are occurring in wood finishings, more flexible and luxurious than ever before. By now, it’s insufficient to bleach, polish, or color wood, now it’s essential to give it a new life: set it on fire, oxidize it, make it look like steel, or even textiles! This evolution to a more complex vision of wood rejuvenates decorative art, style, and culture.. that may yet reach untoward heights.

Reviewing the hits of the largest furniture exposition- iSaloni 2018, it is safe to say that one of the most popular materials of the year will be marble. White, black, brown and green- a cornucopia is available!  It is mostly used to make tabletops for dining and coffee tables, and to refine the décor; we also love it for wall surfaces.

Design is a reflection of everything happening in the world. Trends evolve at the speed of light, superbrands give way to young and courageous designers, overconsumption and overadornment engenders a movement of minimalists. As a result, a stew of styles is predominant:  designers like eclectic interiors, and love a mix of styles incorporating the passions and personality of the client.

In summary, it seems the most up-to-date interiors of 2018 are an ode to comfort and personalization, using rich unconventional colors in coordination with classic sophisticated taste, and a plethora of various styles; a multifaceted world that transcends the strict confines of styles and trends.

A.Zverev