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The Future of Kitchen Design: Top Trends from Eurocucina 2024

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  EUROCUCINA 2024 TRENDS As we anticipate kitchen design innovations for 2024, recent insights from Eurocucina offer a glimpse into future trends. Eurocucina, held bi-annually alongside Salone del Mobile, is renowned for revealing cutting-edge designs and innovative products soon to enter the US market. During my recent visit to Milan for Eurocucina, I identified several key trends for 2024 that will eventually make their way to the US and will  transform kitchen aesthetics and functionality.  It will be a quite a few years before these new concepts presented reach the US mainstream but have a glimpse at what to expect once they do arrive. EUROCUCINA - KITCHEN TRENDS TO WATCH IN 2024 Satin Silver-Toned Finishes The Social Kitchen Marine Edge Countertops Irregular ribbed Door Profiles Reverse Edge Countertop Profiles The Hidden Kitchen Warm, Muted Clay/Apricot Integrated Sinks Let's explore each of these Eurocucina 2024 kitchen trends in more detail: • Satin Silver-Toned F...

Alcova Curated Trends for Heimtextil 2025

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Heimtextil 2025 Trends : A Glimpse into the Future of Textiles with Alcova Heimtextil 2025, held earlier this year,  showcased the latest innovations and trends in the textile industry. One of the highlights was Alcova's curated Trend Space , which explored the theme of "Future Continuous." This innovative exhibit examined how current trends regenerate ideas from the past. ALCOVA ABOUT Alcova, based in Milan, Italy and founded by  Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, is a renowned platform for independent and forward-thinking designers, companies, institutions, and researchers who are shaping the future of design.  Each year during Salone del Mobile (and for the last two years at Design Miami) Alcova assembles the key movers and shakers defining today's design culture by exhibiting  their groundbreaking work related to living spaces, products, systems, materials, and technological advancements. Alcova's Unique Approach Heimtextil 2025 witnessed a fresh perspective i...

Top Statement Kitchen Products at KBIS 2025 – Award Winners & Trends

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What Are the Best New Statement Kitchen Products? Well, I just attended the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS), held annually in Las Vegas. This year was my 12th year attending, but it was different—I was tapped by the NKBA (National Kitchen and Bath Association) to judge the Best of KBIS awards. Each year, exhibitors submit their latest and most innovative products with hopes of winning the best in their category or Best in Show. I’ve written about kitchen and bath trends in the past, but this year, I had the opportunity to write from a different perspective. This year, one of the categories I judged was Statement Kitchen—the best new kitchen products designed to make an impact. While judges reviewed all submissions in December, only a select few made it to the finals. On the first day of KBIS, we visited each finalist to evaluate their products in person before deliberating and selecting the Gold and Silver winners. Below, I’m sharing the top statement kitchen products of KBIS 20...

Outdoor Upholstery Fabric: The Newest Collections

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  Breathe new life into your outdoor living area with the latest arrivals in outdoor upholstery fabric! Summer is now in full swing, and it's not too late to freshen up your outdoor patio or pool area.  New outdoor upholstery fabric collections have just arrived in our Pasadena showroom from your favorite legacy brands.   In the past, outdoor upholstery fabrics were either beige, navy blue, black, white, or very vibrant.  Too vibrant.  As much as I love bright, it isn't for everyone. We still have the bright  and bold outdoor patterns, but now we also have outdoor fabric that are more in tune with the local classical Pasadena architecture.  The same color palette and patterns that you would expect from your traditional indoor fabrics are now available for the outdoors.  What we have now is a true extension of the indoors, only now its also for outside. Morris and Co Outdoor Fabrics Morris & Co., the iconic design house from the UK renown...