Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Spring Fair - Birmingham NEC

Me and Beth decided to head to the Spring Fair at Bham NEC. Although it's a trade show we just you know went anyway. And it was amazing. There was a range of different sections, from homeware, stationary, childrens toys, contemporary gift and home, jewellery and accessories. We had a look around at most stuff but it was incredibly overwhelming to the point where me and Beth were just walking around at one point and not even taking anything in.. Anyway.
There were two seminars that we went to..

WGSN Trend forecasting - lifestyle and interior trends

Home build life - interiors / design / lifestyle
Trends for the following year
SS & AW
Research reference - use mood boards

TREND 1
Hack-tivate 

Honest / engergised and positive
Modify to approve / improve products
Community - getting together
Repairing products. 
3d Printing
Sustainability 
repair not replace
Primary tones - red / dirty pink / coral / blue
white / teal / red
Pixelated african patterns
retro neutrals 
fashion / interior - bright colours
concrete and resin
patterns red / green
Neon - graphic patterns
Bright red - high energy
Dinnerware
graphic - make believe - post post modernism..
hand stitched and woven elements
digital shapes and colours
balance - floral check and pixel
online - offline is one
new generation
mismatch colours
manipulate objects
hand painted stencils
technical drawings - analogue layered by hand

TREND 2
21st century romance

decorative
beauty / romance
ornate
new age of science - technological breakthroughs 
hyper craft - 3d printing
old & new
dark rich tones - purple tones
grey / dark red / turquoise 
sage / while / charcoal / minty green
white / charcoal / red
minimal / lace
black and white 
neutrals / purples / deepest pinks
victorian botanicals
mirrors and flowers
classic landscapes
decorative tableware
shape and texture
lace patterns
milky white glassware
cake tines
victorian
patterns 
downton abbey - copper
antique textiles
ribbons / sequins and flocking
rugs - patterned 
drama and decoration 
dark backgrounds with bright colours
light out of dark
mauve and grey

TREND 3 
Living Design

Tactile / emotional / come to life
personal technologies 
adding fur to everything
relationships with objects
emotion 
senses and touch
hard becomes soft
textures and soft colours
pastels / nudes / off white / grey
yellow / green
slate grey / dirty blue
biscuit / sage
blue / grey / palest pink
animal patterns
sensuality
stone / marble / pebbles
natural / texture / drama / wood
ocean / seaweed
rounded shapes
ceramics
decorative
draping - movement
feeling protected
fur and feathers


Pantone trend forecasting for SS14. 

Start - natural dimensions - metal - colours of the sky - light blues - influence of purple

early spring - both sides new - conceptual - duality - old and new - ancient and contemporary - masculine and feminine

spring turned on its head - bright - glossy - design aspect - metallics

Flux - spring - nature - pastel shades - floral prints - floral embellishments

summer - bright colours - patterns - larger patterns - bold - solid colours

end of ss - blues - greens - yellow - stonewashed - representation of colours

2013 Colour of the year Emerald

social  and economical situations
how colours work across different industries 
green - soothing - relaxing - nature - growth - renewal 
sophisticated - regal
seen across fashion and retail - jewellery
also apparent in cosmetics - nails and eyes
colour used across sectors 


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