After visiting the first two important fairs of the year, IMM Cologne and Stockholm Furniture Fair, we can now have a general vision of the materials, colours and atmospheres that the brands are proposing for this year.

The new generation of Scandinavian designers are applying innovative materials to the development of intriguing new products.

In an earlier post we already spoke about minimalism and the sad, thoughtless and superficial use of the word. Actually, it is a concept that in its purest sense is very close to the Scandinavian design. Let me explain.