BEING ECO CHIC IS EASY

A LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION IN THE WORLD OF STYLISH HOME TEXTILES AND FURNISHINGS

- DEVYANI GUPTA

Furnishings today play an understated yet pertinent role in the design scheme. Customers are now more experimental and receptive to designs that move away from archaic languages around form, function and materiality. Exciting vocabularies are built through the reinterpretation of existing vocabularies into a new lexicon that is environmentally sound.

THE GREEN DREAM

Currently, the theme around furnishings is centred on soft, self-textured fabric, where the shape and form foreground other aspects of living spaces. That said, patterns and motifs, like block prints (an eco-friendly process), are coming back in demand.

MATERIAL MATTERS