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Ugly-Cool floral trend: Freakebana

The floral decorating trend you need to master right now - by Diana Moore
  • 03 Jan 2018

The latest trend to sweep the floral decorating scene is ‘Freakebana’ – and it’s kind of ugly.

You’ve heard of Ikebana – the Japanese art of flower arranging where minimal floral materials are used to form elegant, striking, sculptural arrangements under strict rules of line and composition.

Freakebana is certainly a nod to the style – with minimal materials used in formal, lineal style arrangements, but we wouldn’t call it elegant – more ‘ugly-cool’, as described by Stella Bugbee of The Cut.

“Freakebana is the art of arranging whatever-the-hell, in a way that nods at the traditional Japanese art form, but subs out years of study for a naive, new-wave naturalism,” says Bugbee.

Enthusiasts are using what looks like whatever they have to hand to effect striking minimal arrangements, creating quirky art forms out of everyday objects – mostly organic in nature, but always with a dynamic mix of shape and colour.

It looks kooky, sure. Look closely however and you’ll find that a lot of thought and design actually goes into each piece and they’re strangely attractive. The style is super economical too as it uses minimal flowers and makes us think differently about the ‘less is more’ concept. 

Are you on board?

Here’s a round up of our favourites:

1. A freakebana a day…

Freakebana a day - keeps tylsyys away #freakebana #freakinfun #bcreative #floralart #stiinasuo #blommacreatives #catchoftheday #päivänsaalis

2. Definitely left-of-field

🍅🌱 @mattias_b and @dream__magazine

3. Home spun

Good news: from here on out the days get longer again. 🌕

4. Form follows function

Freakebana, is the new, ugly-cool style of arranging flowers. While a subset of ikebana (the centuries-old Japanese art form) called "morimono" has long included the use of fruits and any part of the plant an artist likes, this new style deploys even more eccentric elements for maximum surprise. Pink carnations, cubes of Jell-O, an air plant, a single rhinestone earring, a tuft of steel wool - almost no object is too low, or high, to qualify. Check out @freakebana.life to see what #freakebana is all about and tap the link in bio for more on @thecut. 📸: #BobbyDoherty, edited by @chupsterette, styled by @brrch_floral

5. Current obsession

Current obsession- Freakebana🐛

6. Our new vice

My favourite from a collaboration for @oohanydaynow with @k_hug @catrinehaland @hedieh_anvari_bcsilikeit @creativedebuts

7. Trail blazer

The difference between a weed and a flower is judgement. (From a yogi tea bag.) Cannabis arranging for @anjalouise and @broccoli_mag featured on Vogue 🌿✌️

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