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Visionary aura.
In uncertain times, we turn our gaze towards the future – a prospect both fascinating and worrying. Equally intense is the desire for orientation and a reactivation of our early nature. AURA OF PROGRESS_visionary+elemental reconciles these seemingly contradictory movements in a fascinating interplay of opposites. Elemental force meets futurism, and archaic elements combine with hyper-innovative technology. This process results in objects, materials and textures that appear almost magical. The normal space-time continuum seems momentarily suspended. AURA OF PROGRESS sharpens our interest in progressive approaches. An interior theme that appeals to the body, mind and emotions in an elemental way, that inspires our own imagination and that grounds us in the same moment.
1 Sisu Nr 1 orange mirror 05 by Studio Rik ten Velden, photo Rik ten Velden 2 POIKILOS a show by Objects of Common Interest by Nilufar Depot, curated by Studio Vedèt, photo Ruy Teixeira 3 Reflecting Holons by Martens & Visser, photo Boudewijn Bollman 4 Moooi X EveryHuman Room Fragrance 5 Moooi X EveryHuman Room Fragrance 6 IGNORANCE IS BLISS Porcelain Tableware Collection by Studio Agne, photo Agne Kucerenkaite Instagram @agne.kucerenkaite 7 fragmented landscape by Yuko Sakamoto, engineer Yoichi Sakamoto, 9+1 Design Studio, photo Yuko Sakamoto 8 Aqua Lilium Coral, Ansteckschmuck by JIL KOEHN, photo Jil Köhn 9 Cleft Chair (Gold) by Max Lamb, photo Courtesy of Thomas Joseph Wright Penguins Egg Ltd for Gallery FUMI 10 POIKILOS by Objects of Common Interest, Nilufar Depot, Photo Filippo Pincolini 11 Mountaintopia, Ansteckschmuck by JIL KOEHN, photo Jil Köhn 12 KIRUNA, FeVita by Aisin Takaoka 13 ERMIS by The New Raw ©Michele Margot 14 Jewellery by Liyun Yu, photo Liyun Yu 15 Lichtmoment 1 by Helmut Frerick, photo Helmut Frerick 16 Detail: DOBLE by Patricia Urquiola, Glas Italia, www.glasitalia.com, photo Paola Pansini
Colours
In the radiant and vibrant colour palette of AURA OF PROGRESS, the digital world appears to merge with the physical. Bright tones dominate the picture. The aura of progress can also be clearly felt here. Colour gradients, airbrush effects, glassy-transparent and blurry colours strengthen this effect. In combination with innovative materials, this creates illusory impressions, ghostly colour effects and otherworldly brilliance.
Nine colours with eight micro-colour themes allow for individual focal points that can be altered and reinterpreted throughout the year. The warm component features an artificial violet, an intense solar yellow and a glowing lava. Here is where technology meets the force of nature. A shimmering cloud tone as well as deep grey and dark earth tones characterise the neutral component. These are archaic shades that seem born out of the shadows and evoke associations with the rocky, the rough and the elemental. In the cool component, light-flooded nuances such as aqua and mineral tones can be found in different depths and gradations and include a colour that brings to mind the deep sea.
Pantone 16-3520 TCX
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Pantone 11-4001 TCX
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Materials
Raw aesthetics and hyper-innovation combine in AURA OF PROGRESS to create an inexhaustible wealth of manifestations and design possibilities. Intensive material research flows into these new approaches, as does the rediscovery of elementally strong materials. Wood, steel and stone, as well as shapes borrowed from nature, are deliberately brought together with futuristic elements. Digital and AI-supported design processes meet traditional craft methods. The results are not only fascinating and novel but, in many cases, sustainable too.
Traditional manufacturing processes are completely rethought using technical innovations, and unimagined beauty opens up in familiar materials: Rough and uneven surfaces have been deliberately chosen. Traces of aged materials flow into the surface design. Even rust can serve here as inspiration for an out-of-the-ordinary pattern. At the same time, there are magical surfaces with reflections, iridescent finishes, luminous colour gradients and mirage effects that appear like portals into another world.
1 Sisu Nr 3 satin purple 22 by Studio Rik ten Velden, credit: Design Studio De Creatuur 2 Detail: Cleft Chair (Gold) by Max Lamb, photo Courtesy of Thomas Joseph Wright Penguins Egg Ltd for Gallery FUMI 3 Pollination of Hortensia Carpet autumn, circular by Andres Reisinger, Moooi 4 Detail: Jewellery by Liyun Yu, photo Liyun Yu 5 Detail: POIKILOS by Objects of Common Interest, Nilufar Depot, Photo Filippo Pincolini 6 ERMIS by The New Raw ©Michele Margot 7 Kyros, Magnetbrosche by JIL KOEHN, photo Jil Köhn 8 Detail: TRACES RUG by Sophie Dries, Nilufar Gallery, photo Daniele Iodice 9 IGNORANCE IS BLISS Porcelain Tableware Collection by Studio Agne, photo Agne Kucerenkaite Instagram ©agne.kucerenkaite 10 Lichtmoment 2 by Helmut Frerick, photo Helmut Frerick
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Fragrances and smells are probably more effective than any other element at cutting through rigid categories and attributions. Their ephemeral nature is a symbiosis of the archaic and the futuristic, which characterises AURA OF PROGRESS: Pointing simultaneously towards the past and future, they bring about an immediate effect that we cannot escape. Whether worn on the body or positioned in our living environment in the shape of candles, diffusers or special room perfumes, the significance of fragrances is an important factor, particularly in interior design.
Visual phenomena play a special role in this interior theme, which also focuses on light and its configuration. This natural element is vital for human life – and also acts as a material for visionary design concepts. One example here is the creation of luminaires that immerse an entire room in a veritable glow of colour thanks to a combination of specifically applied colour effects and innovatively interpreted LED technology.
