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Left and Right: Surya's Tessera Collection features the new jewel tones color palette we saw reflected in several rug providers at TISE. Center: Jaipur Living’s new introductions highlight an array of trends including distressed terracotta visuals in needlepoint rugs.
[Las Vegas] Now that The International Surface Event (TISE) for 2017 (held here last month) is behind us, it’s important to not just look at the trends seen there but also at the bigger picture of where and how all the new products fit in, and how they might impact the marketplace as well as what changes may result.
Here at TISE, the basic palette certainly looked muted but with a strong influence of blues. For example, if there was a color line of eight to 10 colors, there would be taupes, grays, off-whites, creamy whites, washed denim-like blues and saturated indigo blues. While the warm neutrals are found in longer color lines, they were still veering far from the terracottas and yellow golds of years past. We can expect, however, to see clay-like terracotta hues to gradually work their way into design. Gray, taupe and mushroom are still the majority of the neutrals that I spotted and are still going to remain important for the next several years. While it takes years for trends to make their presence known, it also takes years for trends to recede. And gray, for example, has been so much more than a trend.
One often asked question is — “Is hard surface going to eventually replace carpet or does carpet maintain a position in the floorcovering industry’s overall picture?” I believe carpet not only holds its own, but through continual innovation and highly creative product development, carpet more than exceeds expectations fitting many of the “Top 10” trends, while enhancing and complementing the areas where only hard surfaces should be. Here is a look at the trends and how they played out here in Vegas.
Top 10 Trends
1. Understated luxury such as marbled effects
2. Clean or zero grout lines, no visible wood grain for “uncluttered” living
3. Global or a travel-inspired design movement; layered rugs over sisal or hardwood
4. Urban Farmhouse visuals; a blend of rustic and reclaimed
5. Hybrid of traditional and modern details; natural neutrals, keep things light
6. Wood has migrated up from the floor to the walls and ship-lapped boards
7. Danish design movement aka “hygge,” indicative of comfort, include rope-like yarns, matte, plastered or concrete finishes
8. Jewel tones and a set of new warm neutrals — muted earth-tones, terracotta, camel and sand
9. Blue, all shades of blue
10. Open living floor plans