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Coverage continues today of the Habitat Autumn Winter 2014 press show which I was lucky enough to attend in London last week. This post focuses on the wide range of fabulous rugs that were being showcased at the Oxo Bargehouse by the river Thames in London. There were bold geometrics and stripes in yellow, grey, blue and a colour that featured throughout the show orange. The rugs are traditionally made, mostly from hand-tufted wool but the graphic designs are anything but traditional injecting contemporary design into any home.
Also snapped at the Habitat Autumn Winter press preview were a selection of ceramics and tableware. Here we saw geometric patterns and textures, some made from pressing fabric into wet clay to create a grid or woven finish on would have otherwise been a plain dish.
The 'Savannah' tableware pattern came about after Habitat buyers visited the workshop in Portugal and spotted the colour test plates. The craftsmen had produced these to see which colour Habitat preferred but they immediately loved the soft organic shape and the way the four gentle savannah inspired colours bleed into one another.
These colourful designs on gadget cases from Remember are part of Habitat's Christmas gifts range.
Habitat's Festive decorations for Christmas 2014 featured the themes of space travel, imaginary worlds, and mystical creatures. The Christmas room at the press preview last week was darkened to show off all the colourful lighting making it impossible to get sharp photographs but here are few I did manage to take below along with some PR shots.The designs use warm copper and matt bronze for low key sparkle, along with crystals and faceted decorations. Reindeers, robots, and rocket like trees all form part of their 'Starstruck' collection.
Finally today a few further snaps from the Habitat press show featuring bedding and furniture which although not patterned I have included for colour inspiration.
