RHAPSODY IN BLUE . . . AND COPIOUS OTHER COLOURS
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Well, it’s that time of year once again; the weather seems to be getting warmer, the crocuses (or is it croci ?) are popping their beautiful heads up, bringing a gorgeous splash of colour to gardens and verges, and design houses are releasing their spring offerings.
As regular readers of this missive will know, most of the major interiors manufacturers tend to release new collections twice a year – once in the spring, and then again in the autumn. This has traditionally coincided with the London shows, and been accompanied by national advertising campaigns. In fact, by the time you read this we at John Charles Interiors will have hot-footed it down to London Design Week, based in and around the Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, and seen all that’s new and fabulous – but more of that in future editorials.
However, for the last few years (pandemic excepted) some of the more on-the-ball companies have found it beneficial to launch a little early, and get ahead of the competition in showing their wares to us designers. I suppose the main reason for this is so that we commit to buying their pattern books (yes, you heard correctly – we have to BUY all our pattern books !!!) while the sampling budget for the season is still healthy.
One such company, and a perennial favourite of mine, is Osborne & Little. They always seem to hit the mark in presenting collections that are both innovative and relevant to the direction the industry is currently travelling in.
This season’s main fabric offering– entitled Rhapsody – is certainly no exception. Lakeside views, water birds, aquatic plants and flowers, and magical woodlands all provide inspiration for this enchanting collection of prints and em- broideries. Celebrating textile crafts, the designs imaginatively use a variety of traditional and contemporary techniques. It is accompanied by Rhapsody Wallpapers, a stunning collection of digitally printed wallcoverings and murals.
With most collections, some designs are bolder and more daring, while others are safer and more commercially usable. A particular fabric or paper will usually be available in 4 colourways – at least 1 of which will be there to more or less make up the numbers. Not so Rhapsody. Almost all the fabrics, and the majority of the papers are only available in 2 colourways – the ones which work best and have the greatest impact.
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