Interior Design Trends Launched on WHoArtNow.co.uk

We've been writing Interior Trends now for some time now & judging from the number of emails we get from people all over the world asking about our trends, they seem to be creating a bit of a stir. So following the success of the 2008 trends we wrote last year, we wrote the 2009 interior forecasts earlier this year & we have now decided to publish them on WHoArtNow.co.uk . After all, it would be rude not to share them with the world!

We aim to write around four trends a year, and keep it simple. Interior design trends are no way near as complex, future thinking and fickle as fashion design trends, so simplicity is almost paramount. To our surprise, we actually found that there is very little written on interior design. As fashion design is very seasonal, and current styles advocate this generation of "throw away" fashion, interior design is quite the opposite - it aims to stand the test of time. After all, you don't really want to be re-decorating your walls every year or season do you?

The initial concept of writing trends stemmed from our designers trying to design art for next years trends. Finding little or no information other than Dulux, C4 and a handful few other sites, we decided to write our own. The trends are based on what few sources we do have, and written to tie in any of our designs that might suit. As well as fitting existing designs into future trends, the big advantage for us is that we are able to create new artwork and designs to fit into these trends, as we did for the massive 2008 "Invidia" trend, that has to be found in almost every inner city bar and restaurant in one form or another that had a re-fit in the year or so. Following on from this, we will be launching a new trend in to tie in with one of the big trends of 2009 - "Interior Sweetness" Trend - think Japanese Florals, Art from the Asian & Orient, silk textile inspired prints... If you can't wait for the new range, get stuck into our Floral Art section for a pretty comprehensive selection of Japaneses Floral Prints. We've been producing Japanese florals for years now, it's great when the interior design trends finally catch up with the art that we really believe in that we have been pushing for years.

So watch this space, trends for 2010 will be following, around the start of 2009. Feel free to subscribe to our News pages for up to date News and Info from WHoArtNow. Interior designers: Feel free to contact us for bespoke artwork. We work very closely with interior designers and design firms & Taylor design to fit projects.. Contact us for more.

New Organic Canvas Art

Artwork Updates: [June 2008]

We have a new selection of Organic Canvas art prints fresh on the site. This is an update on the Organic section, featuring loads of beautifully photographed shots of nature.

So, black and white is a key theme for 2008, so there is plenty here to choose from. "Bare Trees" is one of my personal favourites, it is quite unlike anything on whole of the WHoArtNow site. It's blurry, out of focused trees and branches make it quite abstract in nature, and I just love the whole half and half feel with it, the bottom part being entirely black. Cracking stuff, in the right enviorment, the right space, it would look lethal.

The black and white theme continues, the "Lone Pine" photograph has something about it, a fantastic composition with bold piney leaves is maybe what does it for me. There is quite a few tree and forest related canvas prints here too, "The Dead Forest" is one and "A Old English Garden" is on a similar tip. If abstract is your thing, the "Tree Limbs" print has got some interest. "Pebbles" finally is a good old fashioned greyscale photograph, with a bit of focal interest. Soft & smooth pebbles on a beach bring some shaded texture to this design, and it's a bit of a move on from classic photos like Peaceful & Balanced.


Now if colour is more your thing, there are a few cheeky prints to inject some vibrancy & add a bit more of a focal point into your chosen room. "Tangerine View" is a powerful photograph, the deep Mandarin colours from the sunset sets off some amazing colours in the corn field & gives the print an abstract, artist quality. You could try mixing this print in with subtle hints of orange in a room. Scattering orange cushions on a deep red leather sofa for example...

Sitting next to it is "Raspberry View"which is unsurprisingly a "fruity" coloured canvas. Any hints of this raspberry colour in a room would complement the predominant colours in this canvas. "Crimson Corner" is again, very colour orientated print. Minimal and abstract, it's subtlety and artist composition is something that would accentuate the right wall.

2008 Interior Design Trends - 'Reinvent'

The 'Reinvent' theme is all about colour. Lots and lots of combinations of colour, some of which can be quite risky. The use of woods and greys combined with more retro colours like aqua blues, and bright pinks. The use of miss matched colours and items works wonders. You could even use 6 different chairs around a table, and it wouldn't look out of place.

Well used and worn furniture and fixings are king, where brand new and flat pack is far to clean and 'un-inviting'. the use of hand made accessories and furniture is King, and quirky is its Queen.
So where does it work, as with 'Optimism', it works well in most homes and rooms, yet its best to pick a feature wall to hold most of the colour, and soft shades of grey for the majority of the room. The bright colours need to be contrasted to bring the room into perspective. Flooring is a key factor, varnished hard wood flooring brings the natural and worn feeling in, yet solid more industrial floors work well too.

Avoid this in bedrooms and possibly living rooms too. Kitchens are perfect because the colours add to the social side of every kitchen. Furniture is best suited to masculine styles, flowers and hens on your chairs won't sit right, wood is great, but so is re used metal. Accessories need to be kept in control, and found and recycled items work brilliant.

If you like what you see, check out our Abstract canvas art section, where you will find a the designs featured in this article, and plenty more canvas prints.