Trendtablet

10/09/2018

Going to Paris for PV? Don’t miss the Trend Union S/S 2020 seminar on Friday September 21st - fashion, colour & active streetwear - presented by our creative director Gert van de Keuken. Tickets 250€ per person at the door

LIDEWIJ EDELKOORT is one of the world’s most famous trend forecasters. Under her company TREND UNION, Edelkoort creates trend books that are tools used at international brands.

06/09/2018

New York September 14th! Our Talking Textiles Conference next Friday brings together amazing speakers from around the world to discuss ICONIC TEXTILES. Free for students & faculty! Full program & tickets @ $150 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iconic-textiles-tickets-46440724457
Photo: Tony Vaccaro for Marimekko

Full-day Ticket: $150 per person Students & Faculty: FREE! (with valid ID) Textiles have the power to brand a collection, communicating a company’s heritage far beyond the talents of mere marketing. Traditional fabrics have traveled from region to region throughout history, recognizable because of...

01/09/2018

New York! Check out all the amazing events taking place this month as part of New York Textile Month!

01/09/2018

Indigo dying at Buaisou in Japan - wearing Heartwear from Benin 🍃 2018 tour

30/08/2018

The 12th generation in a 400-year family mill, Hosoo is a textile star. The Nishijin technique is reinvented in a contemporary way, like here where an MIT computer is programmed to constantly reinvent structure & motif - organically & unique

23/08/2018

position at Marlene Huissoud ‘s studio on Paris !

Looking for fun and ambitious interns to start in September 2018! We are a busy studio, working on product and material development projects. Based in Paris 19th, the studio works for institutions, galleries, companies, private clients on projects going from product design, material development, installation…
The ideal candidate will have to enjoy experimenting with materials, be fluent in English, confident with 3D, curious, ambitious and reliable.
You will work on different projects at once and you will experiment with materials and processes from industrial to craft based projects.
If you feel like it is for you, please send your portfolio and a short CV to [email protected]
1 month position.
www.marlene-huissoud.com

16/08/2018

Tickets to the lecture can be bought here:
https://www.munichfabricstart.com/trendpublications.html

10/08/2018

10/08/2018

Jessica and Stephen started working together back in 2013 with their design studio All The Fruits
Recently, over a period of five months while living and working in , India, they ventured into the traditional technique of , discovered incredible fabrics like and fell in love with the vibrancy of our surroundings and the people they met. The collection consists of cushions, drawstring bags, tableware and pouches. Enjoy !

The process of creating Khadi is very slow and delicate. In fact, spinning the yarn used for Khadi is a completely manual process, done on a spinning wheel called a charkha. The irregularities in the weave give it a beautiful texture full of character and charm. It is a fabric full of history, with....

10/08/2018

‘Dreaming In The Sun’ is a collaborative summer story by Prince of Sun & Arturo Bamboo. Prince of Sun is based in Barcelona and Arturo Bamboo switched city life in Berlin this summer for the islands of / Spain and / Greece – a sense of summer heat comes right at you when looking at this story.

08/08/2018

Antonia - Toni - Packham is just graduated from the University of Brighton in 3D Design. She explores the possibilities of waste materials found on beaches such as plastic fishing nets. By transforming waste into beauty, she questions our relation to waste and open a door on what could on new material.

Can you tell me a little about the design process, how do you start your design and what's your goal? As I'm very material driven, I often work backwards; starting with a material and its properties and then seeing how it can be applied to a product. The outcome often differs from the initial goal a...

07/08/2018

An an innovative Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate developed a 3D-printed garment designed specifically for a future in which humankind lives in very close proximity with water.

Called Amphibio, jun kamei ’s creation consists of a gill and a respiratory mask and was designed as a garment that could support underwater breathing. A researcher, designer and materials scientist for the the MicroLab team – a joint initiative between the Tokyo University Institute of Industrial Science and RCA – Kamei’s practice frequently sees him working within the field of biomimicry, and Amphibio seems poised to solidify his expertise within this field.