Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts

The Decorative Antiques Fair - Battersea Park - Spring 2016


The family-owned fair launched in 1985 and was the first to specifically unite the antiques and interior design trades. 

Today the fair holds three events a year: a Winter Fair in January, a Spring Fair in April and an Autumn Fair during the busy ‘design season’ in late September.


Exhibitors from the spring fair can be found here. There was a wide range of different styles displayed last week. Images from the fair follow. Exhibitors provided set ups that correlated with today's interior design trends, but also inspired the integration of antiques and retro pieces within interiors.  The fair displayed many one off, individual pieces, including functional furniture as well as many decorative pieces. There was also many paintings from the likes of Andy Warhol, and one exhibitor even featured a Bansky (in a sitting room!)  



















For the next Decorative Antiques fair, held in the Autumn of 2016, visit their website here. Free ticket admits 2 to the fair.

Surface Spotlight: Post Show Trend Report - Lighting

Trends by Sally Angharad at the Light School at Surface Design Show 2016. 

Creases & Folds: 3D Surfaces use Origami Effects to enhance Colour and light



Optelma Lighting , Spectral Lighting and Ravensbourne BA Design Products
(Student: Lewis Calderwood) 


In line with current trends, relief lighting surfaces were inspired by origami with paper creases and folds replicated in other materials. Sedap from Optelma Lighting unveiled stunning luminaire designs by revealing the secret properties of plaster. Pure lines, sharpness of edge and the effect of changing colour on the surface created a captivating mood. Spectral Lighting worked with Ravensbourne College of Design to help students design a luminaire (pendant, wall mounted or desk light) for the manufacturer. The winning designs were presented on Spectral’s stand at the show, including Lewis Calderwood’s wall light cleverly emitting light from the creases of the three-dimensional surface.

Highlights: Continuous Lines of Light Bring Life to Interiors and Exteriors

Seamless and efficient, the latest LED lighting saw products that serve to enrich interior and exterior structures. Underscore InOut by Iguzzini is a new solution that liberates light and turns it into something far more artistic for exteriors. Much like a brushstroke, the continuous lines outline, highlight and colour outdoor architecture. Also exploring the possibilities using lines of light was In Light, with LED strips presented in sculptural formats to showcase the possibilities of bending light to illuminate spaces in new and exciting ways.

Immersive Tactility: Products Blend Lighting With Surface Textures


The potential that light offers surfaces is immense and designers are now expanding on this by merging the two products. Surface trends put texture on centre stage this year, influencing aesthetic directions for lighting. Quartz launched an interchangeable chandelier that brings a softer side to lighting using fabric panels. The range includes fine woven mesh fabrics in stainless steel, brass, bronze and copper that are clipped easily into position. Lumiscopic’s products were a key example of the relationship between surface and light this year. The dichroic sheets vary in colour depending on the viewing angle and can be illuminated with LEDs to create even more effects. New surfaces from the exhibitor were reminiscent of pleated fabrics, with backlighting celebrating the textural qualities.

Human Friendly Solutions: Applelec Present Innovative LED Panels


Design directions are calling for more considered products that focus on wellbeing, something Applelec have responded to in their latest inventions. Two new developments from the exhibitor focused on new potentials with LEDs. Exploring a wider choice of colours to suit individual spaces and the needs of the user, the LED Light Sheet is now available in a wide choice of warm white, cool white and RGB LEDs and can be fitted with dimmable and colour-changing controllers. Also on display were the ultra slim OLED panels from LG Chem and Applelec, offering the closest spectral power distributions to natural light. Flexible, ultra-thin and light, these panels provide exciting new possibilities for designers working with light, producing very low heat making them easy to handle.

Visit Surface Design show here.