The year of 2024 has been somewhat of a revival of adding back colour into our homes. A white and bright kitchen will forever be a classic but in the past few years as we’ve spent more time at home people are craving personalized spaces that feel lively and inviting.
Read MoreParis week Spring-Summer 2023 saw a bold display of unprecedented variety. From whimsy to grunge to the revival of the classic black minidress, the exploration of individuality and the 'everything goes' has never been more visible.
Read MoreThe most reinvented room in your home is the kitchen. By far. Because of that, following the kitchen trends can be very insightful in what new living patterns are concerned. Here are some of the ones that I’ve spotted with my keen (22-year and counting) professional eye that I’m sure will fill in the 2023 design pages:
Read MoreInterior design is one of the greatest modes of personal expression. Over the past few years people have spent more time at home than ever before. In turn, they have started to hone in on their personal aesthetic, and create rooms that feel right to them. By focusing on the pieces that bring joy, colours and textures that contribute to a peaceful space, and functional living, we can create interiors that truly feel like home.
Read MoreWhen Malinowski coined the ubiquitous term in the 1920s, nuclear families had been at the root of most societies for more than 500 years. Yet it has not always been so; in history, we see other constructs that have been much more successful in delivering a wide range of impressive lifestyle benefits as precursors of this now prevalent reality. Nuclear families, even by definition, are proponents of exclusion. A nucleus is compactly closed, not open. It hardens its barriers to the rest of the world rejecting fluency. Indubitably a suitable environment for the very young, for young adults and beyond, nuclear families are not enough.
Read MoreHotels are amazing places. They are our palace-home, away from home. We all, if we get there, no matter from what economic bracket, are pampered, serviced and treated with full attention. As hotels compete for an increasingly selective traveller, new trends will emerge in hospitality that will be bound to please the famished globetrotter in all of us: we will likely see an increase in service offerings, rooms will have an added personal touch and select VIP packages will offer unique and extra-memorable experiences.
Read MorePeople always did and always will want more than what they have, better things, more happiness, less pain and more pleasure. But in 2022 when the wounds of severed lifestyles are fresh in our minds as we have yet not healed, this will be the finest filter through which everything will be sifted.
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