With the recent launch of our annual Design Trends Look Book, we wanted to dig a little deeper into each of the three design trends that align with the latest influences in interior environments and how Crossville tile collections answer these trends. The trends are derived from three core design tenets: timeless luxury, era of contrast, and outdoor living.
Can nature really be a trend? The world of design answers with an emphatic “yes.” Residential and commercial environments are not just bringing outside elements in but reinterpreting exterior areas to offer the full functionality of inside spaces. After all, it’s only natural to be immersed in nature.
Take it Outside
So, we’re gonna take it outside, but outside a little different now; we’re going outside with a purpose. The outdoors and fresh air have always contributed to a healthier environment, and natural materials and biophilia continue to be leading factors in interior design. We crave transparency. As much as we want to know the ingredients in our food, we also want to know what goes into our spaces. We want to make sure that it’s natural, or even if it’s not, what is that? And when we couldn’t connect with one another, we connected with the land. People began to realize the importance of their outdoor spaces, not just as an extension of their home, but as affecting their wellness.
Owen Stone – Slipper
Ebb and Flow – Sand and Surf
Portugal – Velho White
Each of the three design trends is expanded in Crossville’s Design Trends Look Book. With coordinating tile options for each of the trends, the new Look Book is a tremendous digital reference tool.
Find the full book via this link.
Crossville’s VP of marketing, Lindsey Waldrep, researched today’s design trends from a holistic perspective that factors in the broad societal and fashion influences that guide current aesthetics for commercial and residential design. She first presented her findings as part of a global trends panel discussion at the 2022 Coverings Expo. Click over to YouTube to watch the presentation. The transcript is below.
Video Transcript
Excerpt from Coverings 2022 Global Trends Panel Discussion with Lindsey Waldrep
So then the last tenet is outdoor living. So we’re gonna take it outside, but outside is a little different now. Outside is with purpose. It’s not great, big green slipping lawns anymore. The outdoors and fresh air have always been proven to contribute to a healthier environment for us, natural materials and biophilia continue to be a contributing factor in design. We’re still craving that, but we’re craving less of it kind of on the inside as less, just open everything up. We crave transparency. We want to know the ingredients in our food, what goes into our spaces. We want to make sure that it’s natural, or even if it’s not, what is that? Can I pronounce it? And when we couldn’t connect with one another, we connected with the land, and people began to see how important their outdoor spaces were for them, not just as an extension of their home, but also going back to that wellness.
So this room on the left is actually an outdoor room in an arcade by the designer, Bunny Williams. And residentially, we are doing that outdoor room space. Like I said, not big sweeping open expanses, but purposeful destinations. I love the picture on the left by Randy Angel. He’s a landscape architect and pool designer. He has sunk a living room with a fire pit into the middle of a swimming pool. Again, a space within a space within a space outside. We’re opening up all of our French doors and NanaWalls to just blend spaces back and forth. So with tile, it’s really important that we have materials with exterior finishes so that we can do that. We’re moving our bars and our entertainments by the pool or into the outdoor, and it’s happening in commercial as well. And I really wondered how long it would take for workplace to catch up.
The image on the left is a LL beam’s at office and they have created outdoor office space pods on their campus. And I think that’s pretty amazing. The image in the top right is hospitality, a Zen outdoor room outside of a hotel with set places for people to have activities. And below is a hospital, and the outside where they have seating areas for people to go outside and rest and wait and do the things that they need to do there. So in tile, there’s two things that are happening with this trend outdoor tile with exterior traction spaces, and then the body biophilic tile. And I chose several different green looks, that with technology available, are allowing us to get amazing looks and feels that you would not normally be able to get from the original interior. For example, this Del Conca USA wood-look exterior tile. You wouldn’t necessarily be able to do that with minimal upkeep with other type of product. Crossville debuted a new exterior finish back at the last Coverings, so that as well, and then these beautiful luxurious greens that help you bring that outside in and then the inside out. So those are what I’m seeing as far as decor trends and how all they relate to tile across the United States. And why. So with that, I will let Christina tell us more about trends specifically in tile.
