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Design Directions 2024/25 Part One: GRAIN & MINE | Colour Now: 2023/24 1969 & SOON | Focus on Office & Contract.

Back after a significant gap of four years, Germany’s biggest office and contract show Orgatec was a chance to see if the recent seismic shifts in work have filtered through to office design.

Colour planning tool for 2024 with complete palettes, colour flows, seasonal continuity colours, colour evolution and colour references.

An in-depth exploration of regional colour preferences with analysis and palettes for eight global regions. 2024 Design Directions MEMORY, HELTER-SKELTER, PROVENANCE & SUBMERGE.

Emerging from a two-year hiatus, this year’s EuroCucina marked the return in force of the kitchen sector, building on the collective experience of the pandemic to rethink aspects of one of the most important spaces in the home.

Some motifs rise and sink in our collective consciousness, the inevitable consequence of a complex web of social and cultural factors. Part of the forecaster’s remit is to spot the ebb and flow of this popularity; here we look at the feathery appeal of birds.

Design Directions 2024 Part Two: PROVENANCE & SUBMERGE | Colour Now: 2023 CLINIC & KINGDOMS | Focus on New Talent.

Velvety and rich, Carmine has a chameleon-like quality, strong and opulent enough to make a statement but with just enough subtlety to play a supporting role in current and future palettes.

Some motifs rise and sink in our collective consciousness, the inevitable consequence of a complex web of social and cultural factors. Part of the forecaster’s remit is to spot the ebb and flow of this popularity; here we look at the sinuous appeal of seaweed.