From stripes to prints, 23 bold buys for your home By Victoria Gray For You Magazine Published: 07:00 EDT, 10 August 2024 | Updated: 07:00 EDT, 10 August 2024 e-mail View comments Move over, minimalism, playfulism is the hot new trend in town. This joyful look has its roots in surrealism, luxury design and avant-garde art. And now the high street has embraced the playfulism movement to provide whimsical interiors at an affordable price.
This interplay between geometric shapes, free-form contours, curves, waves and candy stripes is designed to inject fun into your space. Texture plays a starring role: velvets are juxtaposed with glossy lacquered finishes, while classic materials such as metal and wood sit comfortably next to Perspex and concrete. Think 1980s Memphis Group revival, with its vivid colours and disregard for design rules, mixed with the bold, stylised forms of art deco in a rainbow palette.
This is a maximalism trend that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Just tap into your inner child and have fun! PRINTS PLEASE This interior has been inspired by the art deco era. The contemporary squiggle design on the curtains contrasts with a vintage-style lamp and painterly wall, and the elegant deco curve of the sofa complements the graphic lines of the cushions.
Bijou two-seater sofa, £1,999, sofology.co.uk STRIPE TEASE Candy stripes add instant liveliness to any scheme.
The new John Lewis collection includes wide stripes in pistachio, powder blue and garnet. John Lewis x Matthew Williamson floor-lamp base, £200; lampshades, from £25; La Poire framed print, £70; Suffolk armchair, £999; cushion, £60; small lamps, from £65; candle, £20 for four; candlestick, £8; vases, from £15; table, £149, all johnlewis.com BRIGHT SPARKS Layer rainbow bedlinen with block-colour cushions for maximum effect.
Elements Fallon double duvet set, £24, dunelm.com Get the look From stripes to surrealism, choose playful pieces for a bold style update Cocktail glasses, £39 for two, spicerandwood.co.
uk Coffee table, £2,200, uk.jonathanadler.com Pendant shade, £99, houseof.
com; Cocktail cabinet, from a selection, 1stdibs.com Tray, £18.95, desenio.
co.uk; Mirror, £59.88, madeindesign.
co.uk Vase, £95, notjustashop.arts.
ac.uk; Lamp, £35, dunelm.com Sideboard, £999, laredoute.
co.uk Cushion, £18, dunelm.com; Beaded wall art, £70, oliverbonas.
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