Thursday, 25 September 2008 whoartnow

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.

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Monday, 4 August 2008 whoartnow

Website Updates [August 2008]

We've got a load more updates for you on the WHoArtNow website front, as of August 2008. If you hadn't already noticed, we've updated the left side navigation bar, so there are a few more features, and given it a bit of a spring clean. You've now got three more sections: Murals, Ranges and the News Blog, to sit along side the categories for our canvas art.

Murals is exactly what is says it is, and hand painted Murals to be precise. This is what we have been offering since we set up the section a couple of months ago, following the addition of a couple of Old Skool veteran painters to the WHoArtNow team: Nick and Steve. It's not just murals either, it is in essence, anything hand painted. Everything from theatrical backdrops, to chalk boards, to war re-enactment backgrounds, to hand-painted canvases to hand painted canvases, these guys can do it all, and with 30 years of experience under their belt, it is a job that you can guarantee will be done to a high standard. No job too small, no budget to high(!) there is very little that we actually won't do, so if you are seriously looking for some hand painted artwork, get in touch and we'll get a custom quote for you.

Ranges is another new addition to the WHoArtNow family, and we are loving it too! Along similar lines of the category sections that we have on the left side of the site, Ranges is essentially a themed section, where you can browse for art by our art which is been cherry picked by us. We have focused on some of the emerging trends, and styles that are apparent at this moment in time. From Interior Trends ranges like Invidia 08, to Cityscape's, and Graffiti canvases, ranges have been put together to give you a bit more scope into discovering some hidden away gems that you might not have found. We are going to focus more and more on ranges in the future, and try and bring you some new favours before they become too commercial and mainstream. On the colours front, we already have Sepia and Monochrome, well you can expect a whole host more to come, every colour in the rainbow. For Interior Designer, expect to see some ranges to tie into forthcoming interior trends predictions. Ranges will become an invaluable tool for designers & home lovers alike, so watch this space for more.//

So that's about it. News Pages is pretty self explanatory, as it is what you are reading now! We will keep y'all informed of our movements and updates, many more to come on the website and art front. Don't forget to subscribe if you are interested, feel free to drop us a line if you are interested in anything that we do or would like some more info.

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