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While women of fashion are lost in contemplation of Haute Couture winter/spring 2009-2010, we are perplexed. In fact we observed exactly same design trends at various international contemporary furniture exhibitions. Both fashion designers and furniture designers are people of many inspirations and untamed imaginations…which, at times…are one and the same.  Don’t believe? — look at our selection.

Christian Lacroix amalgamated basic blacks with lush gold toned embroidery in his Collection to arrive at magnificent panache.  Back in 1998, Ross Lovegrove designed the Landscape Dining Set for Frighetto with the limited edition coated in gold leaf with black “border like” dining chairs, while Brianform in the Monte Nappoleone Collection upholstered the super popular and ultra modern Tiffany Sofa in textured gold colored leather.

Givenchy’s Collection featured Middle Eastern inspired garments. A similar inspiration was observed back in 2005 when Marcel Wonders designed the Diary Sofa for Moooi which debuted in the signature scarlet fabric upholstery with ethnic trim.  In 2008, Enrico Fratesi added Luisa Table to the product line up of the Danish manufacturer Softline.

Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel played with folds. Furniture designers have also such tendencies: Tokujin Yoshioka has made the Panna Chair in 2007 for Moroso which later became the Pane Chair, now a part of the permanent collection at MoMA and the Centre de Pompidou in Paris.  And what about the pleated Plisse Bed by Orizzonti debuted in the 2008 Fiera Milano.

Christian Dior’s Collection infused femininity and color which was what the mega design house Meritalia did for the Settecento Sofa which incorporates curvilinear design adorned by girly ribbons.  MYYOUR infused the seating part of Mr. Teddy and Mrs Rhonda indoor/outdoor Community Set with fuchsia color offsetting it with a brightly lit white center table.

Jean Paul Gautier has opted for masculine, sexy, almost dominatrix type of look using black in various textures, cuts and layers.  The Leatherworks Chair designed by Fernando & Humberto Campana in 2007 for Edra uses leather in the same color but in different textures with a layering technique while Cattelan’s latest buffet – Kayak has a similar façade design used by JPL interpreted using black extra polished lacquer.

Tags: Contemporary Furniture, Design, Designer Furniture, European Furniture, Italian Furniture, Modern Furniture