Nowadays, our lives are increasingly busy and rushed. It’s time to slow down. Go back to our roots more often. We want to have less stress, take care of ourselves, and live a more healthy, balanced life.
Technology and nature, two seemingly opposite elements that play an increasingly larger role in our lives. This trend will continue next year, and perhaps more than ever. Just think about the kind of future you envisioned in the year 2020 as a kid- robots, teleportation, flying cars, a city on Mars, perhaps?
The right vase can give your bouquet a wonderful platform. Vases are vastly popular, with expressive shapes and patterns, and solid stripes to bright colours and strange designs. Our trendwatchers spotted lots of gorgeous vases at popular design fairs all over Europe, so we decided to make a list of our favourites to inspire you for the coming year. Let’s take a look!
A new year brings new dreams and new goals, and this time they’re rooted in the power and fine arts of ancient Greece. Plants become sculptures, leaves forming unique shapes even the best craftsmen can’t make by hand. Nature, like art, is to be marveled at. Make room and wonder.
We see them everywhere on Instagram these days: smudge sticks! Of course, this trend goes way back, to a time far before the digital trend bubble. Smudge sticks are bundles of dried flowers and spices, and find their roots in Native American traditions. During the smudging ceremony, the bundle is lit and the resulting smoke is said to cleanse and purify spaces, objects and people, getting rid of any negative energies. The positive effects of smudging are well-known amongst many indigenous cultures.
Can you smell those first signs of spring? Blooming flowers, warm sunshine, freshly cut grass; it’s the natural world that beckons us outdoors. We want to venture outside, work in our garden, surrounded by plants and flowers with that fresh spring look, to feel like we’re part of it all.
There’s a lot of romance to be found in nature, if you know where to look. The calm and harmonious elements of a field of flowers, quiet woodlands or breezy meadows are the inspiration behind the patterns of motifs of this style, which also draws from folklore and ancient handicraft and craftsmanship.