Plumbing, construction and finishing materials today are no less impressive and creative to the public than designer furniture. MANDERS, for example, lured guests at the MosBuild exhibition with a gazebo with paper flowers on the background of Paradise wallpaper from the LITTLE GREENE collection, and PETERHOF, a company specializing in plaster decoration, came up with the concept of a time machine for its stand. The small pavilion consisted of two parts connected by an arched portal. In the first one, one could see traditional stucco molding, in the second one — futuristic, gypsum rosettes enlarged dozens of times, covered with metallic lacquer and presented against the walls of the color of a dark night sky. A new interpretation of the classic decor proves once again: the modern interior lives in defiance of time. There are different epochs in it: classics and futurism, modernist furniture and fabrics created according to the drawings of the 17th century, ancient barn boards of the last century, which today are readily used in wall and floor decoration, and innovative composites — materials of the 21st century.

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