Transform your home into a cozy sanctuary with NPD's 2026 collection, featuring warm color palettes, luxurious materials, and modern mid-century designs.

2025-26 Color Palette

Signaling a change of attitude toward an inherent need for serenity and elegance, Pantone's 2020 color of the year points us to the Classic Blue hue. With its calming effects and variations of boldness, we find that this color is versatile and easy to integrate in any room. New Pacific Direct's collection of Blue-toned furniture encompasses items in the dining, living and accent categories.

What is Bauhaus, you inquire? some kind of avant-garde ideology or the 80's Goth band? The answer is both, but in this article, we'll focus more to the former.

Recall the tubular steel frame cantilevered chairs with cane seat and back? Or the classic black leather sofa with pipe structure framing? These were all designed by early Modernists (i.e. Breuer, Gray, Mies van der Rohe, Stam), who shaped the tone in today's Minimalist styles. 

Recently, we were in the middle of a product development meeting when the controversial topic on genuine and faux leather came up. Both materials are currently in high demand, appear stylish and are durable for household furniture.