Think of This As Your App for Trends—A User-Friendly Connection to the Best Styles and Stuff You’Ll See in 2010
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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 for everyone since she urbAn OutFittErS’ CEO GlEn SEnK has ably led the store into an effort, Tom szaky founded 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 next must-haves. urbanoutfitters.com terracycle.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 Knoll tick? The experimental 4 As executive work of Spanish director of Socrates artist and former Sculpture Park in Long skateboarder British propaganda ii Island City, New York, JAimE hAyOn Alyson Baker makes crosses global Art ACCESSiblE boundaries. Like tO EvEryOnE and 5 Barter, trade multitalented sparks dialogue by and swap your way Philippe Starck, bringing together the to a repaired roof or disparate art, craft and Hayon designs heirloom tomato seeds. From design worlds in public everything from online classifieds to old-fashioned photo courtesy of settings. Watch for news shoes to chairs. He 9 Robert Deutsch, USA Today in June 2010 on the flea markets, we’ll be looking for has our attention CASH-FREE WAYS TO EXCHANGE second annual Makers for perking up GOODS OR SERVICES. 15 The world’s best Market, a top-tier crafts 7 need to tally the tip? 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