IFJ interior solutions for changing times......
Germany wins the phoenix award for rising first from the ashes, after the economic crisis that petrified all of europe in the last few years. showing an important positive growth rate, with the expectancy of recovery in the year ahead, the news is good and the prospects better. the interiors sector has also shaken off the fear of chinese competition and has focused on leveraging the key strengths of high quality and design, a winning combination for the interiors sector. ifj takes a look at the trend forecast for the year 2012, in germany..
of the recent economic situation have seen many changes in the way people live, entertain, spend their money and interact with their work, in Europe. This has translated into changes in the offerings of the suppliers to the interiors sector : multiple-function furniture, moveable and flexible-use furniture and the inevitable bow to the inexorable advance of technology. The trends set in place a couple of years ago, when people were frightened into their shells (read homes) have grown, without the fear factor, into a pride in home, and a confidence in consumers in being their own interior designers.
Spaces are increasingly less defined and the broadened scope is a function of the multiple tasks people perform in their homes, including surfing the internet, sending email communications and holding conference calls from home offices
Germany wins the phoenix award for rising first from the ashes, after the economic crisis that petrified all of europe in the last few years. showing an important positive growth rate, with the expectancy of recovery in the year ahead, the news is good and the prospects better. the interiors sector has also shaken off the fear of chinese competition and has focused on leveraging the key strengths of high quality and design, a winning combination for the interiors sector. ifj takes a look at the trend forecast for the year 2012, in germany..
of the recent economic situation have seen many changes in the way people live, entertain, spend their money and interact with their work, in Europe. This has translated into changes in the offerings of the suppliers to the interiors sector : multiple-function furniture, moveable and flexible-use furniture and the inevitable bow to the inexorable advance of technology. The trends set in place a couple of years ago, when people were frightened into their shells (read homes) have grown, without the fear factor, into a pride in home, and a confidence in consumers in being their own interior designers.
As incomes fell in the early days of the crisis, people sheltered at home, seeking the comfort and the less expensive option for eating, entertaining and just being.This translated into more investment into these spaces. The open kitchen, grew into the open home, as designer couple Doshi-Levien showed at the Das Haus exhibit at IMM, in Cologne, one of the world’s leading furniture and interiors tradefairs. “Areas that used to be strictly separate are now blending into one another, and leaving their traditional functions behind,” says Ursula Geismann, of VDM. So open-plan kitchens now accommodate dining spaces, with armchairs instead of the regular dining chair, and offices in the form of laptops on the work surface.
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