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Paola Lenti + Campana Brothers = Sustainability With Artistry

November 20, 2022 By Elaine Markoutsas -

Wandering through Paola Lenti’s popups during Salone del Mobile in Milan is like being transported into a visual wonderland drenched in explosive color and irresistible touch-me textures. It simply takes your breath away. Lenti is a masterful maestra of weaves. With a magnificent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editorial Correspondent, European Trade Fairs, International Trade Fairs, Salone del Mobile, Sustainability, Trend   Tagged With: Campana Brothers, Color, Design, Milan Design Week, Paola Lenti, Salone del Mobile, Shape, Sustainability, Textiles, Texture, Trendcurveteam

Japandi: On-Trend and Growing

July 28, 2021 By Michelle Lamb & Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf -

Scandinavian sensibilities have been influencing shape, texture and surface design ever since mid-century modern looks returned a decade ago. Today, they are immensely familiar. Japanese elements are more recent, but nonetheless established. Think lotus leaf motifs and sho sugi ban, the charred-wood … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Specialty Food Association, Trend   Tagged With: Global Style, Japandi, Natural Materials, Sustainability, Texture, Trendcurveteam

Anticipating 2021-22 Seasonal Trends

March 21, 2021 By Michelle Lamb -

In our year-and-a-half of quarantine and isolation so far, we 've had plenty of time to think about the people we have been separated from, and the traditions we once shared with them. To say that we now long for these touchpoints is an understatement. Whether 2021 is the year we return to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Connect SPRING, Housewares Show, Inspired Home Show, Michelle Lamb, Sustainability, Trend   Tagged With: Christmas, Color, Connect SPRING, COVID-19, Fall, Halloween, Harvest, Inspired Home Show, Pattern, Sustainability, Texture, Thanksgiving, Webinar

Down With Denim Blue

February 14, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

Many Portuguese towel, rug, throw and bed-linen makers exhibiting at the last Guimaraes Home Fashion Week agreed that blues are key. Antonio Salgado characterized this color family as being, “on top.” Coton Couleur said sales of their blue products were rising. One mill, Domingos de Sousa, projected … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, European Trade Fairs, Guimarães Home Fashion Week, International Trade Fairs, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Color, GHFW, Home Textiles, Sustainability

Time For Less Trend Product?

February 11, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

Is our obsession with color trends killing the planet? A Fast Company article by Elizabeth Segran asks just that question. The piece chides us with numbers that reveal our wastefulness—like how many times we wear an item before banishing it from our closet (down 36% to seven to 10 times since 2000), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Thinking, Michelle Lamb, Retail Trends, Thoughts, Trend   Tagged With: Sustainability, Trend Assortment, Trend Lifecycle, Trend Lifespan

Sustainable Textiles at GHFW

July 25, 2019 By Michelle Lamb -

The fourth annual Guimarães Home Fashion Week was held June 26 and 27 in Guimarães, Portugal. At this year's fair, ways to minimize the impact of home-textiles production rivaled interesting materials as top innovations. Fátima Sousa, Commercial Manager for Domingos de Sousa & Filhos, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: European Trade Fairs, Guimarães Home Fashion Week, International Trade Fairs, Michelle Lamb, Sustainability, Trend   Tagged With: Cork, Guimarães Home Fashion Week, Sustainability, Textiles, Up-cycling

Fancy Food Gets Ugly

August 2, 2018 By Trend Staff -

The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest specialty food-industry event in North America. Held at New York’s Javits Center, this year’s show provided a snapshot of upcoming food trends. Food and licensing expert Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf of Project Partners Network identified one of those trends as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Trend   Tagged With: Fancy Food, Food, Reclaimed, Sustainability

Paper Gets Popular

August 25, 2015 By Michelle Lamb -

Paper may seem to have limited potential, but it is still getting plenty of notice at markets and trade shows. That’s why—by late 2016—we believe that paper will be the newest must-have material. Paper is more versatile than you might imagine. It can be repurposed, recycled, shaped, cut and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Member-Only Posts, Trend   Tagged With: Americasmart, Christmas, DMC, Key Items, NYNow, Paper, Sustainability, Texture

Wool is in Your Future

January 8, 2015 By Michelle Lamb -

Linen and velvet have dominated upholstery fabric choices for so many seasons that these two workhorses are now overexposed. In response, the market has turned toward textiles with a different look and feel. Some of the newest options are thicker and heavier. But that doesn’t mean they can’t also be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Showtime, Trend   Tagged With: Showtime, Sustainability, Textiles, Wool

Recycling Gets Artistic at SOFA

December 4, 2014 By Trend Staff -

SOFA is the sculpture objects functional art and design show that took place in November at Chicago’s Navy Pier. At the 2014 event, Editorial Correspondent Elaine Markoutsas saw how recycled materials were being used in elevated ways that brought them into the artisan realm. Here are her three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Member-Only Posts   Tagged With: Recycled, SOFA, Sustainability

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