2018
Heimtextil is the biggest international textile trade fair and its extensive, progressive trend forecasts are followed by creatives round the world. As a longstanding member of the Heimtextil trend panel and the current lead Heimtextil agency, we identify key lifestyle, design, material and colour trends, and create the annual Heimtextil trend publication and exhibition.
Spread between nine distinct pavilions and installations, the exhibition is designed to be an immersive and multi-sensory celebration of ideas, with a varied group of international designers commissioned to create bespoke works exploring the show’s themes or physically working and interactively demonstrating their ideas on site. As they explore the exhibition visitors were met with visual inspiration, thought-provoking, impactful insights into the evolving cityscape and, ideally, a vision for a more sustainable design future.
The rate of urban-waste generation has now overtaken the rate of urbanisation itself. To ensure the sustainable future of our cities, we need to rethink waste and develop new materials and making techniques.
In the Atelier space, visitors could learn about natural dyeing techniques and grind their own pigments with designer Lola Lely. Alongside, The Bristol Weaving Mill invited fairgoers to contribute to the creation of a collaborative tapestry depicting weaving and knotting techniques.
The homes of the future will reject the static housing model in favour of flexible, modular and multi-functional living spaces that can be easily adapted to the evolving needs of the occupant.
Research has indicated even a single office plant can have a demonstrable impact on wellbeing and productivity – both psychologically and physiologically. The ‘Green Workspace’ invited visitors to explore a breathing office designed to boost health and focus.
Heimtextil’s Colour Experience Space explored the power of colour as sedative and stimulant to our circadian rhythms, through a two-part audiovisual experience, comprising a red-based ‘Relax’ programme and a blue-infused ‘Recharge’, created by The Unknown Collective.
