Think of This as your app for Trends—a user-friendly connection to the best styles and stuff you’ll see in 2010. sure there’ll be some surprises as the year plays out. But our style gurus know what to look for (it’s why we asked them!). They’ve told us what’s ahead in all things home— from how we’ll dress the table when hungry friends show up to why we’ll feel better about crafting a pillow than buying one. ready for your upload? .EntEr hErE. >>

The Slow DeSign 1 movement has been picking up momentum since 2005, when journalist Carl honoré (left) published In Praise of Slow: Challenging the Cult of Speed (orion). now slow home champions like John Brown (theslowhome. com) are getting the message of thoughtful design to the masses. Translation: This might be your year to order kitchen cabinetry from a local woodworker, install hardware by a metalsmith friend of a friend—and to let the rest of the space evolve over time.

writtEn by Sarah Egge StylE GuruS: decor8blog.com blogger Holly Becker • designspongeonline.com blogger Grace Bonney • home design editor Oma Blaise Ford • New York interior designer Elaine Griffin • Craftster.org founder Leah Kramer • designforMankind. com blogger Erin Loechner • Los Angeles interior designer Christopher Lowell • Traditional Home editor in chief Ann Maine • lifestyle expert Matthew Mead • trend and futures firm, The Futures Company, Yankelovich MONITOR • Houston interior decorator Joetta Moulden • home design editor Jill Waage • ReadyMade editor in chief Andrew Wagner • lighting designer Randall Whitehead 8 Transforming something disposable into something 13 all of 103 and of greater use and value = still going strong, eva upCyClinG, a step above zeiSel has been recycling. a leader in the creating good design urbAn OutFittErS’ CEO GlEn SEnK has ably led the store into an effort, Tom szaky founded for everyone since she terraCycle, which creates was 17. she designed eco-friendly, diy era where portable sewing machines share window space her first teakettle—for home furnishings and fun Chantal—at age 100, with side tables and t-shirts. as retro gadgets and furnishings (like the products, like this gift bow Watch for more and Crate & Barrel Tangerine apostrophe chair and ottoman below) grace the uo scene, we’re opportunities to donate made of Clif Bar wrappers. recently reissued her to a good cause eager to be dazzled by the must-haves. urbanoutfitters.com .net popular dinnerware. via your purchases. 11 evazeisel.org plug into a cauSe conSumer group 3 Equal parts 14 Who’s tops on like PickYourCause. high-end shopping, Bravo’s Top Design? com or look for retailers high-style interviews Blogger wHitney and invaluable like ToMsshoes, matHeSon (below) design resource, (TOMSshoes.com), of USA Today’s “pop 1stdibs.com doles which gives a pair Candy” has an opinion out eye candy. of new shoes to a child about that, as well as What’s not to love in need for every pair lots of other reality TV shows we hate about shopping for you purchase. a Swedish parquetry to love. popcandy. mahogany cabinet usatoday.com while learning what made furniture designer Florence

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46 Lighting companies dform, above (dformdesign. com), and schmitt design 43 as host of Dear (schmittdesign.com) Genevieve on hGT V, continue to inspire us to interior designer reimagine one thing genevieve gorder as another—in this case eclipses her theatrical the grass bamboo as a role on TLC’s Trading translucent material. Spaces and reaches out to individual viewers. 47 william X. Harvey she embodies what we (below) is a designer all crave in a design first, a musician second and an artist third—but advisor: someone warm pigeonholed never. from his and funny who creates shattered tabletop line for great rooms and makes We’ll ride less And pedAl more—a umbra to the thoughtfully 41 interior design easy to trend that has already inspired cool new wheels abstract pieces in his home understand—and like. accessories collection, like the foldable Ciao! P8 from . Think of HGTV.com harvey consistently has it as a Smart Car you can stow in your office or us thirsting for more. condo. (dahon.com) williamharveydesign.com

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50 finally we admit it: We 45 think trenD-watcHing an interior designer with two influential books,m ichael S. Smith is known is a 2010 trend. But we’re for his elegant yet sensible furniture, fabric and lighting collections. now that not alone. it’s a worldwide he’s the White house interior designer, we’ll watch for his classic, cross-cultural phenomenon, with sites such style in the rooms of the first family’s residence.michaelsmithinc.com as trendcentral.com inviting spotters to contribute to at home with CENTURY 21® 18 daily news flashes. n