Global chic: Eclectic Style Sophisticated

Global Chic is a design style that mixes furniture, textiles, and accessories from different parts of the world.  The eclectic design style combines all these foreign or ethnic influences in a sophisticated way.  Design elements with traditional tribal patterns like Ikat fabric and Tibetan rugs are some of the forces found in this somewhat well-traveled look style.  The strongest aspect of the global chic style is that it makes the space appears as if it was designed over time with collections from the owners’ many travels.   The very distinctive style indeed reflects the homeowners’ sense of style and global lifestyle.

Above, Carolina Irving’ Paris apartment has a beautiful mixture of global patterns and textures.

Above, the London apartment of Cabana Magazine founder Martina Mondadori, featuring a pair of Gehry chairs, Chinese low tables, a vintage suzani draped over the sofa arm and antique kilim found in Istanbul.

Above, a bedroom in Long Island shows the owners travels through Europe, India and the Middle East.  See more of this eclectic globally influenced home at AD. All these international design elements and details are layered in a curated way to create a more collected home that translates into genuinely personalized and individualized spaces.

In this living room above, an eclectic style is created by combining a Moorish architecture with traditional mahogany furniture and Persian rug.