Published March 18, 2008 by

Trend-Defying Products

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Pops of pattern peek through this white bone china. Perry dishware by Watts Contemporaries

I have been dying to go to the Maison & Objet tradeshow for years. A week in Paris watching next season’s trends unfold, interspersed by croissant breaks—nothing could make me happier. Alas, I couldn’t get to this winter’s show either, but I made darn sure I had someone to cover it for us. Our design correspondent, Patty Bouley, has just divulged the “Design Forecast of Fall 2008,” featuring the six dominant trends and 25 to-die-for products. There were so many amazing things we couldn’t include them all in the article—but we just had to show you these.

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This delicately carved wood is more architecture than table. By Asia Tides
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Love is an incredibly hard thing to depict without a saturation of cheesiness but Lladró got it right.
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These foot-high bone china figurines depict the different stages of love, starting with the budding of flowers to a full-bodied takeover.

Sometimes the best products are the ones that defy the trends.

Anne Collins Howard

Anne Collins Howard

Born in Hollywood, schooled in Amish country, and most recently residing in New York City, Anne E. Collins quit her job as a magazine editor (formerly for ELLE DECOR, House Beautiful, and One Kings Lane) to take a 675-day honeymoon around the world with her husband Mike and chronicle the journey on HoneyTrek.com. During arguably the most extensive honeymoon ever, they were brought on as “Newlyweds at Large” for Honeymoons.com, scouting and reviewing the most romantic destinations on the globe. Their writing and photography have also been featured in acclaimed publications such as Condé Nast Traveler, The Knot, and CBS Local. Extremely passionate about long-term travel, they've decided to take all they've learned from their two years on the road and help more people get out there and explore the globe with HoneyTrek Trip Coach, a one-on-one guide to world travel.

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