Interior Design | Architecture | Furniture

The latest trend in the design world is convergence, or crossover, a blurring of the lines between runway fashion, furniture and architecture.
It’s when a sofa fabric inspires a new line of china; when apparel designer Giorgio Armani, already the creator of a collection of home furnishings, styles a building’s interior; and when a staircase on a building’s interior inspires the fabric for a gown.
Closer to home, it’s when the renowned Italian house of Fendi, famous for its fur fashion, decides to open a showroom of high-end furniture and accessories in the Washington Design Center, to be called Fendi Casa, scheduled for later this month. (more…)