The New Face of Home Design (an essay by guest writer Mary Douglas Drysdale)
photocourtesyswedishfurniturecom Friends and blog readers, The economic down turn in America has influenced the face of design and will continue to do so in the coming years. The look and feel of today's home is the extension and reflection of a broader range of attitudes and sensibilities. In the year to come expect to see in the pages of magazines and on the boards of designers a more streamlined, simple and direct aesthetic. Perhaps once again, Le Corbusier's famous credo "Less is MORE" may become the tag line of the coming decade. Everyone I know is paring back - wanting less in their interior spaces, this translating into fewer objects and a decidedly unfussy look. The excesses of the 80's, and the hard-edged minimalism of the 90's are no longer relevant at this time. It seems that the Modernist tendencies of the last many years has given way to a warmer and softer look. The bigges...