Trends in Modern Interior Design Furniture

Modern interior design in furniture focuses on a few basic principles. Colors are subdued and natural looking, in contrast to the bright colors popular in the ’80s and ’90s; edges are gently curved, with no right angles or sharp corners; and furniture is functional as well as beautiful. Gone are the days when a chair you couldn’t actually sit on was considered the height of sophistication. This article looks at some new classics in modern interior design furniture.

Modern Interior Design Furniture New Classics #1: The Lava Sofa

The Lava Sofa from Cor Furniture is so called because its design is meant to evoke flowing lava. It is an upholstered system that is flexible enough to arrange in a variety of ways; crosswise, parallel or stacked. The sofa can be placed at any one of four different heights, including use as a floor mat, and is as comfortable as it is beautiful. The Lava Sofa is the work of German designers Kirsten Antje Hoppert and Steffen Kroll.

Modern Interior Design Furniture New Classics #2: The Hula Op Expandable Table

The Hula Op Expandable Dining Table from Naos is an exciting development in modern interior design for kitchen furniture. It is also available in coffee table form. The heavy base allows the two circular glass tops to either stack on top of each other if you just need the table for a small family, or to expand outwards into a figure 8 shape if you have visitors over.

Glass topped dining tables are in vogue at the moment, and the Hula Op is one of the most innovative designs out there. Cheap imitations are available, but the craftsmanship of the Hula Op Expandable Dining Table sets it apart from its imitators, which often have lightweight bases that simply do not function as efficiently as the original Hula Op tables.

Modern Interior Design Furniture New Classics #3: The Japanese Platform Bed

Sometimes the latest trends in modern interior design furniture consist of practices that other cultures have adopted for hundreds of years. Such is the case with the traditional Japanese platform bed, which has been adapted into a contemporary Western style by several of the top furniture design houses.

The Japanese platform bed consists of a mattress resting on top of a low lying wooden platform. The platform rises around six inches of the floor, and there is a margin of around an inch between the edge of the mattress and the edge of the platform at the foot and sides. The platform therefore acts as a footboard and a shelf for those items that you would normally place on a nightstand. There is a built in headboard at the head of the mattress. The Japanese platform bed is both attractive and functional, and fully fits the aesthetic of modern interior furniture design.