When two very popular subjects collide in time and space, the results can be explosively profitable! That’s what’s happening with pet products and Halloween right now. Pets+ Magazine recently reported that pet-related stocks “are crushing it” in the market these days. Bloomberg states, “An … [Read more...]
Licensing International Expo 2017
For more than 35 years. Licensing Expo has connected the world’s most influential entertainment, character, fashion, art and corporate brand owners and agents with consumer goods manufacturers, licensees and retailers. At this year’s show, held in Las Vegas May 23 – 25, more than 16,000 licensing … [Read more...]
Apple’s HomeKit is Powering Tomorrow’s Home
Apple's HomeKit, the home automation app for iOS devices, is one of the fastest-growing smarthome offerings and the first to score a significant victory with new homebuilders as you will see below. This past Monday was Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) keynote, and there were … [Read more...]
Paints With Graphene Are Here
For several years The Trend Curve has been keeping track of one of the most exciting materials development in history, graphene, and now a company in the UK has created a unique line of graphene-infused paints that are available now. What is graphene? It's a tiny, thin layer of pure carbon laid … [Read more...]
Color You Can Smell
We came across a fun workshop project which is showing how some are pushing the boundaries on ways that color can be utilized in an experiential way. The workshop project is called Bouquet and is "...a synesthetic olfactory device which permits the user to perceive color through fragrances. The … [Read more...]
45,000 Years Ago, Humans Built an Ochre Paint Workshop
Not only did humans build an ochre paint workshop 45,000 years ago, they used if for at least another 4,500 years. One of our favorite, deeply technical and science websites, Ars Technica, had this this fascinating article about how Stone Age humans returned over-and-over again to the same cave … [Read more...]
When Fashion & Technology Merge
There is no question that technology is permeating many aspects of the home furnishings industry. Its influence can be seen in items from smart home products and smart textiles to sensing beds and many other innovations. One of the top technology websites, Engadget, has published a compelling … [Read more...]
The Surprising Pattern Behind Naming Colors Around the World
Understanding how cultures around the world label colors — and in what order they do so — might seem like a daunting undertaking, but surprisingly it's not. Vox video producer Christophe Haubursin and his colleague, graphic designer Amanda Northrop, reveal interesting commonalities among cultures … [Read more...]
It’s All About Green
It's not unusual to hear people say that color trends always begin in Europe. But increasingly, trends will appear simultaneously at key European trade fairs and in the U.S. Case in point: green. In the January edition of Maison & Objet in Paris, at Showcase Ireland in Dublin a few days later … [Read more...]
History’s Deadliest Colors
We thought our website visitors and members would enjoy watching the video below which was published today by TED-Ed — TED's youth and education initiative — whose aim is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. While we knew some of the origins of how specific … [Read more...]