Forms that seem to flow, folds that hold their movement and colours with the depth of honey and caramel. Liquid Gold explores the warm, concentrated side of Nappé Doré, a trend direction in which interiors, accessories, tableware and Christmas decoration share a material language.
Warmth you can almost feel
Caramel is the starting point of the original direction. As sugar heats and thickens, it gains colour, weight and depth. This transformation also offers a way of thinking about design: an edge becomes fuller, a fold becomes a contour and a surface seems to have just settled.
The caramel-coloured folds evoke that syrupy quality. Light glides across the curves and disappears into the creases. Their appeal lies in the combination of softness, sheen and weight, as though the form could still slowly change.
From fluid colour to soft interiors
Mellow Nectar brings a warm, slightly earthy yellow to the palette. Its honey-like association remains when the surface is matt or woven.
In the sofa upholstery, this warmth becomes soft and tactile. Lighter and darker nuances break up the surface. Here, the fullness of Nappé Doré comes through texture and colour, without a thick glossy coating.
Cocoa brown adds depth. In the dark forms within the niche, soft folds and rounded contours reinforce one another. The brown provides a calm counterpoint to the lighter yellows.
Glass and tableware
The same idea works on a smaller scale. Amber glass, rounded dishes and thickened edges give accessories and table objects a full presence. Translucency makes colour lighter across a surface and deeper where the material thickens.
Glass stool by 6:AM.
The new interior collage brings these applications together. Soft textiles sit alongside glass and tableware. Warm colours, flowing lines and surfaces that hold light in different ways make the connection. This creates coherence within a collection while allowing each material its own character.
A yellow-green tension
Ripe Olive adds a yellow-green undertone alongside Mellow Nectar, caramel and cocoa. This nuance keeps the palette lively. With a glossy finish, the colour can recall olive oil; in textiles or matt ceramics, it remains a warm, earthy shade.
For Christmas, the same colour brings a different tension to the familiar pairing of gold and red.
The red ornament shows the festive side of Nappé Doré. A rich coating gathers into thick droplets around the curve, like reduced fruit on a dessert. It is one application of the wider direction: pouring, thickening and setting translated into colour, form and finish.
Nappé Doré is one of seven trend directions in ATHOME Autumn Winter Christmas 2027–2028. Liquid Gold explores the connection between fluid forms, concentrated colour and tactile comfort for interior and seasonal collections.
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