# Botanical-Inspired Carpets The Bolon SS 2010 Collection By Meghan Young | Published 2010-01-18 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bolon-ss-2010-collection References: [coolhunting](http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2010/01/bolon.php) & [bolon](http://www.bolon.com/) Last week I went apartment hunting ([uber](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sekra) exciting!) and anything that even smelled like carpet was instantly stricken off my list; never would I have expected to like, not to mention love, carpet until I came across the [Bolon](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bolon) SS 2010 collection. A stellar Sweden company, the Bolon SS 2010 collection uses interesting, unorthodox materials: for example, [vinyl](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lino-materiale). It’s no wonder that they were shortlisted for the 2010 imm Cologne interior innovation award. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.8/10 - Popularity: 22% | Activity: 54% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Sustainable Interior Design:** There is a growing trend in using unorthodox materials, such as vinyl, in interior design to create sustainable and eco-friendly products. - **Botanical-inspired Decor:** The Bolon SS 2010 collection showcases a trend of incorporating botanical themes into carpet design, offering a fresh and natural aesthetic. - **Innovative Material Usage:** Companies like Bolon are pushing the boundaries of material usage in the carpet industry, presenting disruptive opportunities for other manufacturers to explore unconventional options. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Interior Design:** The Bolon SS 2010 collection exemplifies how the interior design industry can embrace sustainable and botanical-inspired designs in their products and services. - **Flooring:** The use of vinyl and unconventional materials in the Bolon SS 2010 collection showcases a disruptive opportunity for the flooring industry to explore new materials and design concepts. - **Sustainable Materials:** The trend of incorporating sustainable and eco-friendly materials in carpet design, as seen in the Bolon SS 2010 collection, presents an opportunity for the sustainable materials industry to provide innovative solutions for the interior design market. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Boldly-Patterned Bespoke Rugs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bolon.md) - [Patterned Bright Carpet Collection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/newstalgia-collection.md) - [Artfully Playful Morphed Flooring](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/exodus.md) - [Dynamic Flatwoven Carpet Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/matter-colection.md) - [Optical Illusion Carpets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-3d-carpet.md) - [Biophilic-Inspired Rug Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/botanica.md) - [Opulent Area Rug Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/winter-collection-1.md) - [Season-Inspired Rug Lines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artistic-rug-range.md) - [Floral-Inspired Home Rug Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/magical-garden.md)