2019-02-01_Inside_Out

individualism

“In this super-speedy world of image-based

delivery, I find trends themselves becoming

obsolete! What I feel a lot of my clients

are relating to is ‘beautiful’ – that kind of

hard-to-put-your-finger-on beautiful because

everyone’s version of it is so different. But

classically beautiful, contemporary beautiful

and poetically beautiful are the kind of

things that I think we are resonating with.

People are self-aware thanks to our digital

age, and this makes for potent, fabulous

decorating and design gestures. Trends

might be made by everyday people rather

than by old ‘trend-makers’, and that in itself

is an upside-down, wonderful concept!”

MEGAN MORTON,

AUTHOR, STYLIST &

FOUNDER OF THE SCHOOL

contrasting tile work

“As I saw at the Cersaie International

Exhibition Of Ceramic Tile And Bathroom

Furnishings in Bologna, Italy, in September,

tile formats will continue to evolve in 2019.

I loved small-format rectangular tiles placed

vertically and creating a play with texture,

muted and muddy pastel tones, handmade

finishes where irregularity is embraced,

and plays between matt and gloss finishes.

3D textural forms were big, too.”

JAMES TREBLE,

JAMES TREBLE: INTERIOR DESIGN

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THINGS WE LOVE

PHOTOGRAPHY: (TOP) BROOKE HOLM, FROM

IT’S BEAUTIFUL HERE

BY MEGAN

MORTON, PUBLISHED BY THAMES & HUDSON, THAMESANDHUDSON.COM.AU. (BOTTOM) ‘HAND-MADE’ TILES, SURFACE GALLERY, SURFACEGALLERY.COM.AU

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