What’s Hot, What’s Shot in 2019
We asked over 200 design professionals to identify the next big decorating trends—and the ones that have bottomed out
OUT: Naked Light
If you’ve ever felt aged by harsh illumination, you’ll be happy to hear harsh illumination isn’t aging well itself. Of unfiltered, direct brightness, New York designer Thomas Jayne said, “I see us moving away from game-show lighting.” Fellow New Yorker Libby Langdon agrees. “The past few years, we’ve been bombarded with glass-globe fixtures with bulbs exposed inside,” she said. “That trend has officially peaked.” Miami architect Jacqueline Gonzalez Touzet includes cold, unnatural LEDs in the category of fading lights.
IN: Soft Shine“Subtle,...