COLOUR TREND | BLUE

In this post we are looking at the recent re-surge of the colour blue in fashion and interiors.

The burmatex design team are involved in many aspects of carpet tile development and installation. From creating new ways to lay our carpet tiles as well as developing new product collections.

 Looking into colour and pattern trends is a big part of our role and over the past year we have seen an influx of the colour blue. It is showing up constantly in trend research that we subscribe to, online and published articles as well as projects we have worked on. No longer thought of as old fashion or overpowered by grey, blue is having a real comeback! 

Be bold and use blue as a strong statement colour! Or stay soft and sophisticated with a neutral blue-grey mix, like the Dulux colour of the year for 2017, Denim Drift. Blue is known for it’s calming properties, links to nature and it easily compliments neutrals (greys, blacks, whites, beige) as well as stronger colours, such as oranges, reds, purples and greens. 

The natural link from blue (water) to green (land) ties neatly back into the Pantone colour of the year for 2017, Greenery.  

The boards below explore this new blue era we are entering; how to mix and match blue with different colours and hues, as well as how to tie all of this into your floor design. 

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Indigo & Mustard

1. burmatex installation of lateral, Saffron Warden
2. Street fashion found at Chronicles of Her
3. Pattern Observer forecasted trends for 2018
4. Vibrant Colours article on Domain
5. burmatex installation of cordiale at Combiwerk, the Netherlands
6. Disobedient Bodies, JW Anderson curated exhibition at The Hepworth

burmatex products featured: code, tivoli, grade, infinity and hadron

Navy & Concrete

1. burmatex studio installation of grade with furniture supplied by Orangebox
2. Navy walls via Pinterest
3. Shapescape art installation by Kangan Arora at London Design Week 2016
4. Zenith Optimedia Offices via Archilovers
5. burmatex installation of lateral, Dubai
6. Vibrant Colours article on Domain
7. burmatex installation of strands and balance stripe, Bradford College
8. Street fashion found at Chronicles of Her

burmatex products featured: hadron, grade, strands, zip and lateral

Bright Blue & Grey

1. burmatex installtion of lateral 
2. Industrial inspiration from Chicago, USA
3. Ally Capellino
4. burmatex installation of cordiale at Combiwerk, the Netherlands
5. Nature inspiration from Stockholm, Sweden
6. burmatex installation of balance and strands at Sheffield Hallam Charles Street, project by Bond Bryan Architects
7. Disobedient Bodies, JW Anderson curated exhibition at The Hepworth

burmatex products featured: hadron, strands, balance, lateral and balance stripe

Blue & Greenery

1. Forecasted Pantone colours for 2017 via Erika Firm 
2. Pantone greenery colour pairings
3. Pantone chip art via Pinterest
4. Blue furnishings via Dezeen
5. Nature inspiration from Bergen, Norway
6. Pantone's dedicated colour to Richard Nicoll
7. Nature inspiration via Pinterest
8. Interior blue tiles via Dezeen
9. burmatex studio installation of strands with furniture supplied by Orangebox

burmatex products featured: hadron, strands and tivoli

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Further reading: 

Domain's article on bold colours here

More about Denim Drift - Dulux colour of the year here

Elle Decor's breakdown of forecasted 2018 colour trends, featuring blue and orange as well as turquoise stories here