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Receiving an invitation to a show is always a great joy, especially for the store window, its main space, which makes the project even more challenging. What most people don’t know is that while you have creative freedom, we, in a way, need to keep our feet on the ground to create a project that involves a brand identity.

Introducing the Essential Showcase.

Elegant and refined, this space divided into Living Room with Fireplace, Dining Room, and Lounge Bar involves every visitor to an intimate and sophisticated atmosphere. Created based on the visual identity of the brand, Artefacto, the predominance of black color, feared to make the environment heavy, in this project makes the environment subtle and imposing without overloading it. Precisely by the use of softer colors in the foreground, loose furniture, which highlighted with the punctual and indirect lighting permeates depth in the space making it light and pleasant to be in.

Despite the monochrome palette, different textures were used in the finishes to be able to differentiate the color without having to change it. The secret then comes in the correct choice of textures and in their composition, interspersing with cleaner parts of the same color for breath and contrast with other materials, so it is possible to maximize and highlight elements of the same tone without these conflict or becoming tiring.

Rich in details the design has uniqueness not only by the furniture used, as decorative objects and handmade tapestry. Natural plants humanize the space and share the scene with works of art punctually applied bringing personality.

Another highlight of the project is the finishes. Portobello launches, the large porcelain tiles applied to the floor print the nobility of the Marquina Marble in large format, 120x270cm, and continues as a highlight on the wall of the Lounge Bar. Composing with the same the Concrete Graphite of 120x250cm gains movement by the use of aluminum profiles in gold color making the coating of the walls unique. The coffee tables with various designs, shapes, and sizes, Artefacto, harmoniously compose different materials and blend to the floor by the use of natural marble tops, Nero Marquina, interspersed with pre-composed tops in granilite, Terrazo Kyoto.

Essential Showcase, for Artefacto 2020 shows in the city of Balneário Camboiú/SC – Brazil

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In 2020, new habits became part of everyone’s daily life, with social isolation as a preventive measure against the New Coronavirus, many people changed the relationship they had in different areas, especially with their homes.

These new ways of seeing our homes directly impact the trends for decoration in 2021.

Here’s how the habits acquired in 2020 influence decorating trends for the year that is about to start.

Always in search of comfort

By 2020, homes were no longer seen only as dormitories and began to have more relevance in everyone’s everyday life.

If we spend more time awake and perform more tasks at home, therefore the environment needs to offer more comfort and this search is a strong trend for decoration in 2021.

Comfort has become a priority at home, after all, many people have started working, exercising, and doing so many other tasks in the same space.

The elements that bring comfort, warmth, and, above all, accommodation were essential for the long periods of confinement that we have spent and, of course, this trend will continue to 2021.

Possibilities and functionality

The kitchen and dining room were not only the place of the house where only meals were made these spaces turned into office and classroom.

The TV room also turned into a gym and the balcony became a place of rest and contact with nature.

If in 2020 the functionality was being improvised within homes, the trend is that by 2021 it is already more naturalized in our thinking.

Something that became very clear in 2020 is that every space in the house can be thought to perform more than one function in our lives and adapt them to this will be essential in decoration in 2021.

Nature at home

Contact with nature was something that was so lacking for many people during social isolation, so thinking about some ways to take some of nature into the house has become essential.

This trend should continue with everything in 2021, from plants in outdoor and indoor areas to the use of natural materials such as wood, straw, and natural stones.

Opening the windows and letting natural light enter also came to be highly valued in 2020 and certainly this habit will be taken to 2021.

Give personality to the decoration

Talking about decoration without talking about personality is impossible, after all, every element within a home reflects the feelings and preferences of its owners.

Impersonal decorations can be excellent in corporate spaces, but in your home, the more the decor shows the personality of those who live there, the better.

A strong decoration trend for 2021 is to make your home reflect your feelings, personality, and worldview.

The choice of colors, the style of decoration, and all the decorative elements of the house should show a little of who live there.

DIY – Do it yourself

In 2021 the trend of “do it yourself” has everything to continue with everything, after all, with the changes in habits that 2020 brought us, the idea of doing things with their own hands spread and many people discovered talents that they did not even imagine they had.

From doing it yourself to painting a wall, to building things with your own hands, the feeling of looking in a corner of your house and knowing that it was you who transformed that space is very gratifying.

Conclusion

In 2021 the discoveries made in 2020 will be even stronger and comfort, functionality, nature, and personality will definitely be part of the decor.