Salone del Mobile 2014

Hot colors for wood and fabrics at the Salone del Mobile

At the Salone del Mobile the wood is the true protagonist, as we have already noticed from the previews presented in recent days.
They are the warm colors of lacquering and wood treated naturally the real stars of the exhibition this year, although there are effective attempts to mix together different materials such as wood, metal or satin and polished stones, especially marble.

What is striking at first, wandering around the various pavilions of each sector, is the tendency to rely, on the design of the furniture, materials and colors that more closely recall the nature and all its nuances of color.

Almost banned the absolute white and even less protagonist is the shiny effect in favor of softer colors and matte finishes from the tangible aspect at the touch as to the eye, it is the shades ranging from cream to chocolate the true stars, through the taupe and light brown.

The wood chosen for the furniture in the living room and kitchen, all with classic dark oak, is most of all natural walnut or declined in many shades of paint, provided so that they all strictly emphasize the grain.

Even the leathers and fabrics used for upholstered beds, sofas and armchairs, confirm the trend toward warm earthly tones and textile textures that favor the antique classic handcrafted techniques, with a rough effect.

The external layers, especially in the case of nubuck, are often used with plot woven to create a game of light and shadows in tone on tone colors, while it is typical in the heads of the beds in the backs of chairs and sofas most current, the theme of the quilted revised and softened in a modern, sometimes highlighted with the inclusion of classic buttons.

Furniture design and stylistic details at the Salone del Mobile

Now the most important game as far as the new stylistic trends around the furniture industry and furniture in general is played on the ground of attention to detail, rather than of the general formal, which also generates a natural selection among the companies, as it is these that highlight special design skills and technical-production which, in the long run, make the difference and create trend.

In this regard, the one that immediately jumps to the eyes, is the almost total absence on the cabinet doors, of the handles, at least in their most traditional understanding. If, however, in recent times, the solution used was that of the integration of the throat undertop, especially in furniture for kitchens, now the recess for the insertion of the hand is formed directly in the top, with decorative effect which reports to craftsmanship of old cabinetry.

Elsewhere is a strip of leather worked to turn, with a wavy effect, in an handle, taking the same coating of the doors, or there is a slim handle in contrasting colors on the front of the drawer, but placed vertically.


In addition to the leather twines of leather for the upholstery, which I have already mentioned, there are the mixture of various materials to create new possibilities. It happens, therefore, that it goes out with other natural materials, for example, the cold effect of metal when it becomes the supporting structure for containers and drawers with leather or regenerated leather.

Technologies and nature effect in the kitchens at the Salone del Mobile

Also in the production of furniture for kitchens the styles and colors that have been discussed so far are confirmed, so we see in this area as well a great use of wood treated with natural or ecological paints that emphasize the grain and knots of the original wood. The use of colors stops, in fact, also here at the different shades of cream, taupe and light brown.

The area of the kitchen, however, is also the one where the most you experiment with new technologies for coating materials and especially for the production of household appliances, built-in or freestanding.

Detailed information, consult a more in-depth discussion on the appliances in our site in the coming days, with some advice regarding new production, I can not avoid to briefly point out some news.

Notwithstanding that the trump card in the household appliances sector, rather than the aesthetics, that is also important, are actually efficiency and convenience, we have seen this year, at FTK, all the excellences of the field, national and international.

In addition to the confirmations of models already on the market for some time and which have been carried out technical makeover with added accessories and greater employment opportunities, new appliances become important appearances regardless of the context in which they are inserted.

The appliances of the new generation are, in fact, more and more beautiful and efficient technologies allow you to bring even the most properly Italian style items nearer to the European standards, such as, for example, in the case of induction cookers, that are still looked at with suspicion by the average user of our country.

Comes in handy in this regard, the fact that the big brands tend to group up, so you bring together the expertise and manufacturing excellence of each, to the benefit of all components, while maintaining specificity and links with the territory.

There are many prototypes presented at the show, just to test the public response to the new proposals, in order to study any possible updates and changes of direction. There were suggestions aesthetic with an ironic nuance, as in the proposal, a prototype for a new hob with silhouettes of the birds instead of the support grids for the pots ( Smeg ).

Other prototypes have focused on small appliances such as coffee machines, in a wall under shelf version, conceived as a sort of small modules alongside those for electrical and USB sockets, the following measures of the widths of the modular wall units.


Also noteworthy solutions for cooking, or hobs and ovens, which use LED technology for lighting in general or precisely inside the oven or the burners on the hob (Beko), for a great aesthetic impact, which adds value to the functionality and efficiency of this new generation of built-in appliances.

But that's another story to tell in detail.