Who drew the color from the children's rooms?
A neutral baby plays with wooden toys (Photo: ShutterStock)
In a series of satirical stories titled Verner Herzog's sad beige toys for sad beige children (an imaginary toy line by the German film director Werner Herzog known as sad beige toys for sad beige children), the comedian Hayley de Roche managed to isolate a common and puzzling trend that eliminated the entire color palette from children's rooms , leaving only pale remnants of neutral tones in them.
De Roche's posts and stories accurately identified not only the explosion of the neutral design trend, but also its accompanying results - are we raising a generation of children who won't know primary colors until they are old enough to stand up for themselves?
Where have all the yellow-red-blue-green-orange toys gone that stimulated our senses when we were children?
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Like every trend, this also came to us imported from abroad through the fast and convincing channels of Instagram and Pinterest. And it seems that even in Israel today it is difficult to find a drop of color in decorated babies' and children's rooms. As an example, the Israeli content creator Timur Geller referred to this phenomenon in one of the humorous reels she uploaded to her Instagram, in which A 'fashion blogger' is seen teaching her toddler son colors ("Navy, offwhite, stone, beige, blonde..." etc.). Perhaps it is natural that the platform that served as a fertile breeding ground for the pale trend, will also be the first to overturn it. But for now it is difficult To say that the cynical criticism slows down the spread of this pallor
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The preference for beige shades comes from the parents and their personal taste.
A nursery in neutral tones, interior design: Michal Rosenblum, courtesy of Nirlat (Photo: Shiran Carmel)
"Designing children's rooms has become an integral part of home design in recent years," says Sharon Perger Leshem, director of architect relations at Nirlat.
"During infancy, the babies' rooms are designed in such a way as to give the baby and his parents a sense of calmness, comfort, and peace. During this period, the room is mainly used by the parents who take care of the baby. The baby is not aware of the general design of the room, and its main activity is sleep. But this fact is only valid for a few months, until the baby Grown up a bit."
In other words, according to her, the preference for beige shades comes from the parents and their personal taste, and not from some developmental agenda that made the colors of the rainbow assigned.
"Under the influence of the trends in the world for design in natural colors and natural materials, in addition to the influence of Scandinavian design that speaks of an envelope in light and soft pastel colors to create a soft space, which creates a warm and pleasant atmosphere, many parents choose to design the baby's room in light colors,
"Color affects the children's energy and level of distraction."
Children's room designed by Hadas Roth, Hillel Architecture (Photo: Oded Smeder)
"The geometry creates enough interest in the space and makes the color redundant."
A Nordic children's room designed by Dolo Studio (Photo: Uzi Porat)
Interior designer Hadas Roth from "Hillel Architecture" actually thinks that there is also a developmental agenda here - "Over the years we see a change in the whole world of children: the understanding that all colors affect the energy and level of distraction of the children sharpens. You can see this from the level of the toys to the design of the spaces that surround them. Today there is a return to the natural materials that bring us peace and calmness into the space. There is more use of wood in soothing shades. The games have also moved out of the bedrooms and are usually in a separate space (playroom)."
Are the Scandinavians to blame?
It is impossible to ignore the fact that the intense fondness for beige shades is part of a wider trend, which affects not only home design, but also fashion.
The Scandinavians as well as the Japanese are the geocultural origins of these currents (with Nordic and Japanese design styles), but these have long since gained a foothold in the heart of the mainstream.
At the basis of these trends is the concept that the interest in space stems from formality and materiality, and not necessarily from color.
And they are joined by alternative educational approaches such as Montessori and Anthroposophical education which have gained increasing popularity in recent years and they also fit well with the clean color and design.
This colorful conservatism fits well with the recessionary economy currently prevailing in the world.
Children's room designed by Naama Rodin Asher (Photo: Naama Rodin Asher)
"Designing children's rooms has become an integral part of home design in recent years."
A room for a girl designed by Naama Rodin Asher (photo: Daniel Adri)
"The Nordic design that has entered our lives in recent years has brought with it geometry that sometimes makes the use of color redundant, and the trend is also reflected in baby and children's rooms. You can design a baby's room or a children's room in calm neutral colors, while the warmth is obtained by using natural materials such as wood, and the geometry creates enough interest in the space," says interior designer Adi Klein from Studio Dolo.
Probably in the next year or two we will continue to see rooms of "sad beige babies" as De Roche calls them, because these trends show no signs of going away.
What's more, the economic recession that the world is entering often creates conservative influences on the worlds of fashion and design.
But it will be interesting to see what happens next, since such trends often get a backlash.
And it is possible that in a few years from now we will witness a maximalist trend of children's rooms that look like a paintball complex after a particularly busy weekend.
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