Sovet’s material expansion | News | Architonic
Mixing materials and textural finishes is the route to designing an interior that emits warmth and character.
‘It’s painting by numbers!’ I always remember the damning indictment delivered to a stylist by an interiors editor once. It was shorthand for the apparently amateurish matching of colours or materials across a space; taking one accent and slavishly repeating it to tie things together visually. I made a mental note. This was definitely something I did, but seemingly it was unimaginative. Not to mention clinical. Fast forward a decade or two, and we are all now adept at mixing things up. Our eyes are more accustomed to unusual colour pairings and textural layering. In fact mixing materials wildly within four walls – even mixing the materials on those walls – is de rigueur, a sign of confidence and competence in the art of designing interiors. It also represents an understanding that there is more warmth and emotion instilled into a space when materials mix. And if ever we nee…
