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As the Beatles’ moptops influenced haircuts, Wilbur and Orville influenced flight and Marco Polo influenced a children’s water game (well, not really), home hardware knobs can take style cues from fashion, wallpaper and textile trends. DoUp, the largest online retailer of artisan home hardware, offers an exciting new line of knobs that embody this many-faceted aesthetic. These knobs display a rich influence of fashion, wallpaper and textile trends:
ASIAN INFLUENCES
• Influences From Fashion
During Beijing Fashion Week, designer Bo Tao displayed delicate trending garments imbued with soft, misty images akin to traditional Chinese ink-and-wash paintings. Our Square Pink Cherry Blossom Ceramic Knob borrows from this gauzy aesthetic.
• Influences From Textiles
Mosey through the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery to view a resplendent Central Asian textile display that inspired our Square Black Cherry Blossom Ceramic Knob. A centerpiece of this exhibit is a flowing dress embroidered with bright-colored pomegranate, iris and tulip motifs that have inspired this era’s designers.
• Influences From Wallpaper
Inspiration from wallpaper that pays homage to a Grand Master is inestimable inspiration. Vincent Van Gogh’s “Blossoming Almond Tree,” painted as a gift for his newborn nephew, represents awakening and hope. The piece’s poignant Asian-tinged beauty has now effortlessly journeyed from canvas to wall. Our Blue Bird Blossom Ceramic Knob pays homage to his profound talent.
GILDING AND MOSAIC
• Influences From Fashion
Gilding — At the Paris Womenswear show, Rick Owens dropped jaws as his models hit the runway with full-face gold leaf.
Mosaic — Dolce & Gabbana’s sumptuous Byzantine mosaic collection demonstrates how simple little squares can be elevated to haute couture, encrusted like jewels on dresses, shoes and bags. We pay our respects to this meticulous artistry with our Square Koi Fish Ceramic Knob.
• Influences From Textiles
Gilding — This year, metallics emerged as a key textile color, inspiring the creation of our Square Flamingo Ceramic Knob. According to designer Annie Elliot, “Metallic fabrics are no longer risky.”
Mosaic — Take a trip to Or Torah Synagogue in Israel with Cheryl Lynch, innovative mosaic quilt designer, who was inspired to replicate the country’s stone mosaics in fabric. Featured in Quilting Arts Magazine, Lynch creates kaleidoscopic renderings of nature.
• Influences From wallpaper
Gilding — Gold foil wallpaper makes a luminous 2018 statement. Soft matte finishes and sparkling ones can both pair with numerous colors. Golden wallpaper complements most rooms without overpowering them.
Mosaic — Mosaic is a beautiful, ancient art form utilizing small ceramic pieces. This year, mosaic creations entered popular fabric art. Unlike antiquated black and white designs, this year’s mosaic wallpaper patterns burst with vivid colors and startling patterns.
BUTTERFLIES
• Influences From Fashion
According to Paris Vogue, butterflies are the fashion statement of the season. There is an entire Versace collection devoted to them, which has metamorphosed into a trend phenomenon. Margot Robbie wore the fanciful dress at the New York premier of Goodbye, Christopher Robin.
• Influences From Textiles
A symbol of grace and optimism, the butterfly has flitted onto numerous fabrics. It’s no longer relegated to children’s garments, but graces adults’ as well.
• Influences From Wallpaper
Butterfly-festooned wallpaper is now on-trend for rooms other than a nurseries. Butterfly wallpaper styles are limitless: from delicate pastels to bold reds and blacks. This versatility inspired us to create our Round Tropical Butterfly Knob. Bazaar selected butterfly patterns as one of the top design trends of 2018.
DoUp, Australia’s leading online home hardware retailer, carries a profusion of on-trend cabinet, drawer and furniture knobs, as well as a vast selection of handles, pulls, curtain tie-backs and wall hooks. Visit our store today. When you shop with us, you’ll always be in fashion.
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