DESIGN TRENDS 2021

A penchant for the primordial

here has been something almost elemental about the past year, its topsy-turvy months suffused with a sense of unpredictability and awe (not to mention dread) rarely experienced in our modern era, at least on such a global scale. This is obviously driving the current zeitgeist, which isn’t exactly preoccupied with pastels versus primaries or the latest ultra-cool nightclub interior. Rather, the prevailing design mood has been marked by a return to basics: primordial basics, to be precise — the kind of shapes and forms and textures that evoke the dawn of time, a