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Many of us live the busy lifestyle, working around the clock and feeling the stresses of day to day activities. There is a growing movement to disconnect with technology and unwind, forcing ourselves to take a step back and relax. Natural connection is greatly inspired by architecture, we are taking a cue from nature by reconnecting with more traditional, natural materials and mimicking patterns, shapes and forms within our environment. We are making tactile, sensory relations to restore a sense of well-being. Key Words: Natural, well-being, organic, reconnect, tactility, sustainable
Colours sweep from calm and neutral to earthy tones, bringing a sense of peace and relaxation into our busy lives.
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Natural materials are key to this trend; bamboo, wood and stone will bring not only beautiful aesthetics but warmth and tactility to our interiors.
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Furniture reconnects with the natural world, by re-using materials and mimicking organic shapes. There is a strong resemblence to our landscapes, which brings beautiful and refined elegance to our indoor spaces.
Seaweed
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Designers are bringing nature indoors and preserving natural elements in resin to create raw, unusual aesthetics to new furniture. This will help stimulate and enhance our connection to mother earth.
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Biomimicry is a new way of approaching design. It is innovation inspired by nature, emulating nature’s patterns and strategies to solve human challenges. This is influencing us to seek new ways of creating products, to make them more intelligent and sustainable.
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Natural textures and marks are used by designers to bring subtle hints of the natural world indoors. Also creating tactile environments that impact on our emotion, pleasure and wellbeing.
3D tactility
Wall tiles
Carpets
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