Paint Colour Inspiration from Milan by Dulux

The Milan Report

Our Dulux colour experts along with independent trend forecasters attend Milan Design Week and the furniture fair Salone Del Mobile each year to gather key insights, inspiration and influencing factors that will affect Australian and New Zealand interiors over the coming years. Here we share with you the top 5 trends the Dulux team documented during their visit, which will help to create our next Dulux Colour Trends for 2018 to inspire you in your own home.

Colour experts by Dulux
Left: Cassina; Top: Norman Coppenhangen; Bottom: Miniforms.

Pink Generation

Millennial pink has had a huge influence over colour palettes. Pink in all its varying hues was seen throughout the fair, often used in beautiful tonal palettes ranging from soft porcelain to deep wine colours.

Bring the trend into your home: Choose a pink that suits you, cool and 'poppy' or warm and relaxed. Add a little in accessories or create a tonal palette of warm hues.

Milan Design Week by Dulux
Left: Tachini; Top: Sp01; Bottom: Mingardo.

Curvaceous Lines

Curves, circles and ovals were a repetitive feature in furniture, accessories and architectural details in temporary installations. Furniture shapes were comfortable organic forms or curved to create half circles.

Bring the trend into your home: Choose soft rounded organic shapes in furniture pieces or consider accessories such as round mirrors, artwork, cushions and rugs.

Salone Del Mobile by Dulux
Left: Dimore Studio; Top: Driade; Bottom: Studio Pepe.

Simple Geometry

Throughout Milan Design Week there was a repetition of diagonal lines and stripes as well as simple grid patterns. Used as a feature on walls or on furniture as a pattern, it was seen as bold and contrasting or subtle tone on tone.

Bring the trend into your home: With a bold geometric paint feature on your wall or on a furniture piece.

Insights and inspiration by Dulux
Left: Ariane Prin; Top: Paul Cocksedge; Bottom: Max Lamb.

Second Time Around

There is a trend towards creating new recycled or upcycled materials. Designers and manufacturers are collaborating, looking at how they can use 'circular' production processes, aiming to reduce waste while still making quality, affordable products.

Bring the trend into your home: By buying furniture and textiles that are created from waste, byproduct, recycled or upcycled materials.

Interiors by Dulux
Left: Thomas Nathan; Top: Driade; Bottom: Studio Lizan.

Perfectly Imperfect

Embracing imperfections and a return to handmade was a key trend this year. There is irregularity, asymmetry and an unpolished beauty in natural materials - they share a certain bespoke quality that makes them interesting and unique.

Bring the trend into your home: With a textured wall which is applied in an organic pattern rather than in a uniformed way.

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