Versace Wave

 

Based on her trademark Baroque swirl, Donatella Versace presents this dormeuse in bold pop colours.

Gianni Versace’s shapes and volumes were often borrowed from tradition as the designer found inspiration delving deep into the past and subverting it. The late designer also delighted in the excessive ornamentation of Rococo, looking at history through the distorted lenses of his imagination and mixing sensuality with redundant opulence. Among the trademark symbols of the house there is the Baroque swirl, a graphic element that reappered also in the Autumn/Winter 2011-12 collection, in a snaky vine-like tendrils forming whiplash curls around body-con wool crepe shifts.

The same Baroque motif inspired the new key piece of the current Versace Home collection, a dormeuse very aptly entitled “Wave”, derived from the ancient Roman triclinium, but filtered through Baroque and reinterpreted in a modern key. Available in bold pop shades such as acid green or electric blue velvet, the Wave - presented this week during Milan’s Salone del Mobile - is a sort of three-dimensional blown up curlicue that connects fashion and interior design. “This is a great hint of what the new Versace Home Collection will be,” Donatella Versace, speaking about the Wave, told Dazed Digital. “When I created it, I wanted to mix fashion and design so that people could experience the true Versace lifestyle. I love it because it’s so innovative, glamorous and fashionable! It conveys the real essence of Versace.”

Trend Bible Maison et Object

The Maison et Objet show ran from 20-24 January 2012, at Le Parcs des Expositions. Trend Bible’s creative director, Joanna Feeley, and senior trend ressearcher Jill Hawkins  attended the show on behalf of our clients to bring them bespoke brand-right trend reports.

I - Faceted

Angled, faceted, triangular and hexagonal shapes dominated decorative accessories, lighting and textile prints at the show. Mixing matte and shine finishes makes these vases, dishes and receptacles look fresh when grouped. You can check out another report on geometrics by ProvideHome. 

II - Hexagons & Honeycombs

Hexagon shapes are a continuing trend for textile prints and kitchen accessories. This shape lends itself well for products that need to tesselate and interconnect.

III - Geometrics

Geometric prints were seen on bedding and table textiles, triangle based repeats were predominant.

IV - Open Structures

Open metal, plastic and wire structures were evident in decorative accessories, lighting and tableware. This architectural approach to design brings an element of drama to the home, where centre-pieces and candle holders become the main focus.

V - Shapeshifting

New off-beat shapes were everywhere at the show, from elliptical almond shapes to rounded squoval shapes. Even classic square shapes, like the stacked ceramic dishes below, had kinks and angles making them look fresh and unusual. Triangles were still big news following a huge trend for geometric form for furniture and print, stools and side tables are an obvious choice for bringing some of these quirky shapes to furniture.

Treehouses

Stealth Barn

Homewares