With the start now a new year comes new perspectives and trends. Our Haute Design Experts have chimed in on trends they see making a big splash in the design world for 2023.
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Leslie Saul & Associates
LS&A has been a proponent of eclectic design for 30 years, and last year we saw renewed interest in the multi-style style. We anticipate even more interest as the year unfolds. Eclectic design can help make spaces reflect “their” people. Eclectic style is more “green” because it allows people to keep their favorite things as they update their spaces. Eclectic style can be a big mess if not contained in a thoughtful and creative way by a design professional. We’ve chosen this image to show how bold color can pull the styles together. Do you think the Art Nouveau style lamp looks good in this relatively modern urban condominium? Eclectic style has vitality and is never boring.
Studio Louca
We think the design trend for 2023 will be the gradual step away from fully neutral color palettes in interiors. We often use a spectrum of colors in traditional projects such as Manor Houses and Castles. However, our clientele for contemporary projects such as London penthouses tended to focus on risk averse tones such as whites, greys and taupes. Excitingly, we are seeing recently that there is much more desire to inject colours and interesting finishes and this is a trend we see continuing to develop in 2023, supported by suppliers whose new collections feature an increasingly diverse range of striking colors and exquisite patterns and finishes.
This is a modern scheme where we are fortunate to use different color schemes in every room, each with their own pop of color. There is also a push to utilize unique finishes such as poured metallic bronze, embroidered wallpaper, woven leather – with the idea of having a conversation piece in every room no matter how big or small.
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CI Design + Build
The design team at CI Design + Build, led by founder and principal Michael Miller, acknowledges how deeply personal it can be to design and build a home. For more than a decade, clients have trusted CI Design + Build’s team of in-house licensed architects and designers, project managers and craftsmen to understand their vision of home and deliver innovative solutions to make it a reality.
The Chicago-based firm expertly works with clients to create a bespoke home catered around their visions while maintaining a timeless design that will never go out of style, regardless of trends.
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Ryan Hughes Design Build
Cantilever Structures: antilevered structures can reach out over outdoor water elements of all kinds like this lazy river. The structure allows for accent water features such as this water column to descend from the cantilevered ceiling and plunge into the winding waterway. Cantilevered structures allow for fun elements to intersect with the ride on the lazy river. The cantilevered structure can be artistically shaped for more interest and does not need to be a standard square or rectangular roof.
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Water Columns: Water Columns create an architectural element formed out of cascading water. The versatility and uses for this water feature are endless.
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Floating Planters: With this outdoor design element, planters wrapped in decorative stone or granite appear to be floating on water surfaces through the existence of a monolithic cube-like design. Individual islands can abound in outdoor living designs.
