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Accessories

N.49 of January 16th, 2017

Cristina Morozzi

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In flagrant disregard to their literal definition, accessories are becoming increasingly more important in both fashion and deign. The world’s most influential magazines dedicate the lion’s share of their pages to jewelry, bags, shoes and scarves. The accessory makes the look; an on-trend designer bag breathes life into a commercial garment. Furnishing accessories, referred to by the design world as homewares, determine a style’s “shade” by enhancing basic pieces with decorative objects and personalized, imaginative fabrics. The progressive decay of minimalism and modern purism, which call for functional furnishing and stringent design, free of excess or imagination, is reviving “lovely knickknacks in bad taste” that once dominated shelves and consoles alike. It actually seems that to be on-trend these days, one must blend unlikely, colours and patterns, mixing new and old, following personal tastes rather than “good” taste, and considering themselves free to create combinations once considered virtually impossible. Even bathroom and kitchen fixtures are popping up in colours of the moment.

Cristina Morozzi

Editor-in-chief
editor@themoodboarders.com/old

Cover: “Ciel Bleu” tea service, design by Michael Sieger for Fürstenberg.

In flagrant disregard to their literal definition, accessories are becoming increasingly more important in both fashion and deign. The world’s most influential magazines dedicate the lion’s share of their pages to jewelry, bags, shoes and scarves. The accessory makes the look; an on-trend designer bag breathes life into a commercial garment. Furnishing accessories, referred to by the design world as homewares, determine a style’s “shade” by enhancing basic pieces with decorative objects and personalized, imaginative fabrics. The progressive decay of minimalism and modern purism, which call for functional furnishing and stringent design, free of excess or imagination, is reviving “lovely knickknacks in bad taste” that once dominated shelves and consoles alike. It actually seems that to be on-trend these days, one must  blend unlikely, colours and patterns, mixing new and old, following personal tastes rather than “good” taste, and considering themselves free to create combinations once considered virtually impossible. Even bathroom and kitchen fixtures are popping up in colours of the moment.

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The Moodboarders is a glance into the design world, which, in all of its facets, captures the extraordinary even within the routine. It is a measure of the times. It is an antenna sensitive enough to pick-up on budding trends, emerging talents and neglected aesthetics. Instead of essays, we use brief tales to tune into the rhythm of our world. We travelled for a year without stopping, and seeing as the memory of this journey has not faded, we have chosen to edit a printed copy. We eliminated anything episodic, ephemeral or fading, maintaining a variety of articles that flow, without losing the element of surprise, the events caught taking place, and the creations having just bloomed.