Natures Contours Trend

Today’s Elevate Your Curiosity podcast is all about natures contours trend and we’ll be identifying the trend and product development ideas within this theme.

I originally posted about this trend in October last year, however I feel it’s still relevant and got a lot of traction recently so I bumped it back up. Plus Gudy Herder from Eclectic Trends recently posted about this and I love her content – so do go check her out!

I’ve included the original mood board, Pinterest board and updated the key design styles to be inspired by below. But listen to the podcast for more ways to develop this trend and areas to inspire your design and product development process.

Contour (noun) 1. (usually contours) An outline representing or bounding the shape or form of something.

1.1 An outline of a natural feature such as a hill.

Contour (verb) 2. Mark (a map or diagram) with contour lines.

Key design styles to be inspired by:

Creating light relief by layering materials or drawings that create depth in a product (or the illusion of this)
City grid shapes create a new take on the geometric trend to update this popular theme
Mixing natural and man-made materials to represent city and nature (such as wood and resin) in furniture and home accessories
Repeated linear patterns – using lines in an irregular way to create uneven repeats.

What’s your take, does the lay of the land inspire your work, and if so do you prefer natural or man-made contours? Let’s carry on the conversation over on Instagram or below as it would be great to get lots of input in on this theme to spark ideas for everyone.

Until next time, I’m sending inspiration your way!