With just a few days before Heimtextil 2019 opens at Messe Frankfurt, there’s once again optimism in a new year. That’s in spite of economic volatility and political unrest globally. One reason is the theme for the 2019/2020 design trends, always one of the most anticipated presentations at the … [Read more...]
Heimtextil 2018
Heimtextil is the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, and because it’s the first trade fair of the year for its sector, it acts as a barometer for the new business year. Interestingly, however, the next edition of it (to be held from January 9th through 12th 2018) will … [Read more...]
Heimtextil Trend Report – Written and Soon to be Ready
It’s finished! Last night I passed off my trend report and selected images (over 150 of them) from the Heimtextil trade fair for layout. Heimtextil is the world’s largest event for home textiles, which took place last week in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the first of a series of European trade … [Read more...]
Messe Frankfurt’s Press Room Gets an Eco Update
Messe Frankfurt’s press center has been closed for remodeling for about a year. I saw the revised facilities for the first time this week when I arrived to attend Heimtextil, the world’s largest trade fair for home textiles. The rooms are nicely done. The press kits are easy to get to (even … [Read more...]
Top Heimtextil Trend Picks
Another day, another blister. I walked for 8 more hours at Heimtextil, the world’s largest trade fair for home textiles, taking place at the Messe Frankfurt fairgrounds in Germany. I began my day at 8:30 by attending a lecture about the trends shown in the Trend Forum. These are trends meant to … [Read more...]
Tracking The Wallpaper Revival
It seemed like there were fewer wall covering companies exhibiting at this year’s Heimtextil, the huge trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany where I have been trend-spotting for the past two days. If that is the case, there seems to be a bit of a lag between trade-show attendance and the return to … [Read more...]
Trend Exhibit at Heimtextil 2007
I have a system for walking markets and trade fairs that keeps me from loosing my place and forgetting where I have already been and what I have left to do. I developed this system years ago and have stuck with it because it works. I needed it because of the number of events I attend each … [Read more...]
Displays at Heimtextil 2007
Visual display from individual companies at the Heimtextil trade fair has been a lot better in the past than it was at this year's fair. Fewer companies made a splash of any kind at all. And those that did onted things down. There were really no show-stopping visual displays. That said, I still … [Read more...]
Even Roosters Need an Update
I don't really appreciate rooster motifs yet I understand that many people do. They like them in folkloric country themes that translate into whimsical kitchen towels and table linens that have been around for years. I think it is a different customer that is attracted to roosters for their … [Read more...]
Heimtextil 2007 Day 1
I think I have ceased being a human and have instead become a pack animal. At least that's how I felt by the end of my first day at the Heimtextil trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany. I had four bags of catalogs, color cards and CD-ROM's over my shoulder as I walked the six blocks back to the hotel … [Read more...]