Casa Decor 2023 once again shows the trends that will mark the world of interior design in the coming months. Almost a hundred professionals have transformed the building at Serrano 92 with 55 spaces that summarize which colors or materials will be the great favourites, the decorative resources and the type of furniture that will be the star of the decoration... Seven keys give the guidelines to put the day living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens and bathrooms. Also to live in minimal spaces without losing quality of life or comfort, even if we travel to space.
What began as a trend a few years ago has become one of the most deeply rooted resources in current interior design. After the pandemic, the aim is to make spaces comfortable and cold minimalism is cornered. The soft and rounded lines evoke nature and make spaces feel more comfortable and welcoming.
A perfect example of this trend is in Cosentino's Le Bain Parisien, designed by Alejandra Pombo, which integrates the bathroom with other spaces. He uses materials that provide warmth, such as wallpapers and fabrics from the Belgian firm Arte and woods with different finishes, which are integrated with the different combinations of Cosentino surfaces.
Also in the bathroom that Erico Navazo has designed for Strohm Teka, organic shapes are present in elements of wood, clay and stone. Architectural plaster structures designed by the interior designer delimit the different areas of the bathroom.
Fabrics and coverings made with innovative natural fibers become the luxurious version of wallpaper to upholster ceilings and walls, such as the floral or striped prints that Galán Sobrini Arquitectos chooses for the bedroom at Leroy Merlin or the geometric patterns in the dining room at El Corte English, by Decor Studio.
The project for the kitchen with a gazebo by Inmaculada Recio and Silvia Trigueros surprises with the unexpected use on the ceiling of a coating made up of a sheet of metal and tinted cork, and the walls covered with paper made from braided banana leaves, both by Arte.
The walls upholstered in sisal, cotton and hemp are also the protagonists of the project by the interior designer Adriana Nicolau, a room that is also karaoke and that is transformed according to the music that is played. It has organic shapes, neutral tones and a balanced combination of noble materials. The Japanese garden embroidered by hand on sisal fibers that covers one of the walls stands out, in contrast to the technology of television screens.
Design and interior design professionals are aware of the authenticity of handcrafted objects, the power they have to add character to their projects and, on occasions, make their spaces exceptional.
Most of the interior design projects in this edition of Casa Decor revolve around cabinetmaking, plaster work, ceramics or porcelain. Proof of this is the Mediterranean kitchen designed by Germán Álvarez and José Manuel Fernández, in soft olive green tones with the presence of natural materials: deco stones, ceramics and wood marquetry, a heritage of Spanish craftsmanship, and clay mortar on the walls. Again the crows are protagonists.
Ricardo de la Torre's room for Castilla La-Mancha also integrates traditional manufacturing in a contemporary interior with creations by seventeen artisans and a plastic artist from the autonomous community.
The large kitchens are still the center of the house, but the bathrooms are claimed as sumptuous and well-being spaces. Miguel Muñoz has created a jewel bathroom for Geberit that is a compendium of the best materials and luxury finishes. Smooth walnut wood or with reliefs to match the deco-style microcement front of the bathtub and walls covered with luxurious bouclé fabric that give even more warmth to the space.
Jean Porsche looks at Hollywood in her bathroom for Neolith. conceived as a tribute to wellness. The sintered stone, in white tones with marked veins, and black is combined with current and antique furniture, vibrantly colored fabrics, and art on the walls. The interior designer uses wall coverings to give life to the ceiling and the decoration of the bathtub. They are made with a sheet of wood on gold foil on which floral details made with laser are drawn.
If there is a material that never goes out of style and that offers authentic, unique and precious pieces, it is natural stone. Marble, granite and also terrazzo are very present in Casa Decor. An interesting pairing is to combine them with wood, which gives it the warmth that stone needs.
The room Breathe! Living Room of the Italian Trade Agency, designed by Beatriz Silveira, is one of the most elegant and welcoming spaces thanks to the natural stone from northern Italy, the wood in the handmade design and the artistic Murano glass.
Art and architecture also inspire the elegant Burana bedroom suite, by Sandra Antón. The protagonist of the space is travertine, treated in the most minimalist way, a clear tribute to Mies van der Rohe. In contrast, the sculptural lamps by Lladró and the brasswork on the headboard of the bed, which is based on the main organ of the symphony hall of the National Auditorium in Madrid, by the architect José María García de Paredes.
The author of the space shows with this singular interior design that a well-designed piece can order and decorate the space without the need for more. The walls, in addition to marble, are covered with a paper from the Tangram collection that imitates natural fiber and whose relief changes in depth depending on the incidence of light.
Tiles, browns, beiges and sands are the trend. At Casadecor they are present in clay or decorative cement mortar-type coatings. One example is the bathroom by Jacob Delafon designed by Guille García-Hoz, which reinvents a hamam in a contemporary key.
Also the Niessen space, the work of Raúl Martins, a living room with integrated home automation to control lights, temperature and comfort, and Delta kitchen furniture, in an interior design by José Manuel Gómez Ruiz-Clavijo.
What could our homes be like in the future if we continue with the dizzying technological advancement in which we live? Will we live in a spaceship? Will we travel between planets? To answer these questions, Andreína Raventós has devised a home with everything you need to live in just 18 square meters.
In two central modules, the complete program of a house conceived entirely in white is developed, with the bed on the structure that houses the bathroom. In turn, the design of this minimal dwelling that harkens back to the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, could be the interior design of a future ship that will transport us to other planets.
Casa Decor will be open until May 28 at Calle Serrano, 92 in the Salamanca district of Madrid.
