“A balance of nature and colour"

18.10.2006 

Over the last 3 years, beiges and browns have been the main colours used in furniture design.

Over the last 3 years, beiges and browns have been the main colours used in furniture design. These colours combine extremely well with the increasingly popular dark woods and colours, and often provide an attractive light/dark contrast.

Since the light woods such as maple and beech were superseded, first by oak and then by ash, the aforementioned trend has continued and has now split into two distinct design directions.
On the one hand, the existing trend towards cherry among the native woods has now switched more towards walnut, whereas on the other, exotic and unusual types of wood are increasingly being used for an increasingly varied range of applications. In both these fields, elegant linear versions are in demand, as are vivid, characterful wood grains that sometimes contain core and sapwood elements.

As far as furniture design is concerned, this new trend towards dark and distinctive woods on the one hand and exotic woods on the other requires strong accents.
This means that designers are either looking for a strong light/dark contrast, e.g. dark brown with brilliant white, or are creating accents by using stimulating solid colours.
The success of this type of combination depends on striking the right balance in order to achieve a certain degree of harmony between the natural elements and the colours.

To satisfy this requirement, EGGER will this year be exhibiting a wide range of solid colours at ZOW in Pordenone, starting with a new, Premium White, and then displaying some new colours in the fashionable green and blue areas before ending with some innovative ideas for the red and yellow shades.

Walnut is predominant among woods of this type, from the solid and elegant (Aida Walnut) through distinctive and vivid (Dijon Walnut) to colourful and natural (Avignon Walnut). The second highlight is in the area of expressive fruit woods, where the Merano and Rosewood versions can be seen.

But the exotic woods have not been forgotten: in addition to fashionable teak, two shades of the new Cordoba Olive will be on display. Among the oaks, Highland Oak represents a new interpretation of this type of wood.