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Best Trends Just as the fashion industry has its runway shows; so does the design world have its showcases. Two important ones have already occurred—setting the trends for 2011. January’s imm Cologne forecast a move toward natural materials (including lightly treated or untreated wood) and natural fibers—occasionally contrasted with flourishes of color or metallics for contrast—but leading to an overall color scheme of greys, blacks and whites. Similar trends were on display at the Stockholm furniture fair, especially sustainable materials and monochromatic colors; SFF also featured a Northern Lights Fair, which shows us how these trends are manifest when it comes to how we light our homes; there we saw a trend toward LED lighting—a versatile and sustainable lighting source—and even a lamp made out of a kind of sturdy paper-like substance called DuraPulp.
