Event styling trends

When styling an event you need to keep an eye on current trends in much the same way as fashion. Event styling themes recur seasonally, like summer's sorbet colours, retro styles, English eccentrics (the return of Upstairs Downstairs brings a new wave of wartime glamour to event production, check out the Upstairs Downstairs set design blog); current films, tv and pop culture all influence what is hot and what is not... 

Current trends for event styling include:

>Tribal, Asia and Japan inspired
>Sorbet Summer (think candy colours, deck chairs, pink lemonade and pick 'n mix)

>Mother Nature (think grass furniture, log seating, vintage books, branded recycled crates and jam jar cocktails)

>Blank Canvas (think high white gloss with neon flashes)
>Extreme styling (think OTT interiors,  3D projections, and high impact make-up)

>Tickety Boo: uniforms and tailoring (think pie n mash, buttoned collars, post war east London - thanks to BBCs Call the Midwife)
>All things Gold  (think gold leaf, metallics, towering installations of entire treasure troves of delights sprayed gold)

...and not forgetting The Best of British - 2012 is the year of the Union Jack, corgis, mini Yorkshire puddings and London landmarks, thanks to the Olympic games and the Queen's Jubilee - positively brimming with ideas for events (think Marmalade fizz, acrylic London Eye sculptures, jelly St Paul's, London skyline in back-lit vinyl, Olympic colours cocktails).