Blast From The Past: 6 Decades Of Design Trends, Reimagined
Interiors
The 1960s captured a Slim Aarons-inspired outdoor setting, the first decade in the Warwick Fabrics Six Decades of Style campaign.
Outdoor entertaining made fun with SunDec fabrics featuring Nimbin in Ocean.
The 1970s was all about comfort and warmth, featuring Warwick Fabrics Delray in Honey.
Eclectic styling for a ’70s interior, complemented with a cosy lounger in Conway in Bronze.
A playful take on the 1980s. Warwick Fabrics Caulfield in Blush on sofa, and Sackville in Amber on accent cushion.
The minimalistic 1990s. Warwick Fabrics Sackville in Amber on stools.
Animal print adds an edge to the sleek aesthetic.
The 2000s. Braxton in Sky and Lautner in Rouge on sofa.
The vision for all six decades was led by Jono Fleming, with Nonci Nyoni supporting throughout.
The calming 2010s. Warwick Fabrics Majorca in Snow on armchair. Copeland in Opal and Carlo in Nectar on cushions.
After 60 years in business, Australian-owned brand Warwick Fabrics knows just how impactful fabric can be in curating the right interior.
Not only can soft furnishings instantly shape a room’s personality, but it also plays a defining role in design trends — reflecting the popular colour, texture or mood of a specific moment in time.
Warwick started out in Melbourne with a vision to provide velvet for the automotive industry. But after six decades, the family-run brand has grown into a soft furnishing powerhouse servicing Australia and overseas.
Marking the major milestone called for a creative campaign that celebrates the past, while still speaking to the design possibilities of the future.
In ‘Six Decades of Style’, Warwick takes a trip down memory lane in collaboration with Sydney interior stylist Jono Fleming, who created six rooms each loosely inspired by a decade from the 1960s to the 2010s.
‘All the pieces in the campaign came from either re-purposing, re-covering, borrowing, buying or having them custom-made,’ Warwick Fabrics marketing manager Nicole Body says.
Starting with the ’60s, the team drew from the era’s mod-driven colour combinations. Layering energetic striped fabrics like Mallacoota in Melon across vintage-style outdoor furniture from Business & Pleasure Co created a retro poolside scene, inspired by Slim Aarons’ iconic photographs.
Interiors in the 1970s were all about mixing velvets with warm earthy hues like brown, amber, deep green and mustard. To recreate the relaxed look, Warwick Fabrics highlighted textural textiles, including Conway in Bronze and Uluwatu in Terra, styled across Facebook Marketplace finds and a revamped authentic ’70s sofa.
Meanwhile, the ’80s marked a decade full of blushing pastels to bright neon, and bold geometric patterns captured best by the zigzags of Sackville in Amber, as the 1990s introduced a famously more minimalistic energy — pairing pops of animal print with sleek chrome furniture.
In the year 2000, high-impact jewel tones, logo mania, and confident forms of creative expression defined the moment. Warwick’s take on Y2K style sees the return of the modular sofa which adds flexibility in configuration and fabric. Creating a contrasting, colour blocking statement here using Braxton in Sky and Lautner in Rouge on two of the six pieces.
Lastly, the calming interiors from the 2010s are reflected by a soft colour palette and Scandi-inspired styling. The campaign reimagines the decade’s pared-back finishes and its love for blush to create an inviting bedroom, peppered with plush feature cushions in subtle tones such as Copeland in Opal and Como in Blush by Weave Home.
‘Creating our 60th campaign was more than a visual outcome; it was built through the hands, ideas and creativity of the people behind it at every stage,’ Nicole says.
Not only does it reflect just how far the industry and the brand have come in the last 60 years, but it also proves the limitless possibilities of Warwick Fabrics’ range to make a space feel totally distinctive. And that’s something that truly never goes out of style.