TREND UNION
Lidewij Edelkoort creates a collection of trend books for the textile and fashion industries, as well as the interior, design, beauty and well being markets.
NØRDIC NEWS
Scandinavia is a vey specific and interesting aera in term of design and lifestyle, we are happy in this section to share with you all the best coming from Northern Europe. Enjoy!
TALKING TEXTILES
lidewij edelkoort explains that after a “reaction to the increasingly digital landscape of our lives, a craving for tactility and dimension has lead several designers to reconsider textile."
GOOD NEWS
We want to share with you what is positive and what is working! We know that there are a lot of great projects, dynamic initiatives, creatives makers and much more. Enjoy!
MEMORIES
Latin memoria, equivalent to memor mindful, remembering ....
TALENTS
we want to share with you the names and works of some of the most promising future designers.as you will see their work is fullfil of talent.
POST FOSSIL
time has come for extreme change.society is ready to break away from last century for good. to break with creative conventions, theoretic rules and stigmas that now are questioned, challenged and broken.
COLOUR CODES
Today colour never comes on its own. When we discuss colour we speak of volume and we describe matter. That is the way we see and actually feel colour. Exactly what we want to share with you!
HANDMADE
We believe that craftsmanship will be a very important value in the future. In our handmade section we will share with you our best discoveries for home and fashion.
ANTI_FASHION
"A break-through philosophy focusing on textiles, garment-making and the imminent revival of couture. It’s time to simply celebrate clothes!"
WATER
we want to break free from fear and aggression. we want to open the sluice that has oppressed and contained us for so long to let the waters float freely and wildly. spilling out to discover new terrain and to carve out new matter.
SIMPLY SOUTH
Creativity and energy are coming from the South. In this section we will share with you our best findings. Enjoy!
DESIGNED BY CHINA
The diversity and inclusiveness of China's collective culture is a magical treasure to discover. We will give you insights and fresh news from this fascinating territory.Enjoy!
BLOOM
Some of the latest articles of our Bloom magazine in this section and much more... Let's talk about plants, flowers, nature, design, ecology, fantasy, ... Enjoy!
COLLAGES
A section to let you know quickly what is our mind, our mood, our loves. It will be a collage of photos, feeling, quotes, words, all small pieces of life. We hope you'll enjoy it!
FASHION STATEMENT
In this section, we profile emerging, young designers, with something to say. They have a brand story that stands shoulder to shoulder with their clothing; setting them apart, in a commercially oversaturated era.
EARTH MATTERS
she is talking loud and clear.she is protesting violently with frontal attacks.
she is flooding her tears on the world and shaking off buildings and people like flies.she is spitting her anger in the air.she has had enough and is tired of accommodating further abuse.
FOOD FUTURE
Food explains how we live, love, take care of the other.Food is a necessity, a pleasure, a choice.Join us on this section and take part!
FOLKLORE
This section is devoted to elements of world folklore culture revived by contemporary aesthetics. We deeply need to appreciate our cultural heritage.Enjoy!
FETISHISM
The contemporary fetish movement in design and fashion previews objects that will become animistic and ritualistic, layered with another strength or energy – embedding them with a soul.
TRENDxCHANGE
A major theme is treated twice a year to better understand the world in which we will be living tomorrow.TRENDxCHANGE provides access to brainstorming on major trends, allowing participants to meet entrepreneurs, artists and talented creators, selected with utmost care.
MILAN THE SALONE
Day after day,from Milan and from the design fair, here are the things we noticed during the Salone.... Enjoy!
BERLIN
A city that is on everyone’s lips. Currently a huge playground for curious individuals with ideas, visions and a pioneering spirit – we will share the best coming from the German capital!
DESIGN JUBILEE
Dutch Design is recontexualized by a younger generation in the jubilee exhibition of design publisher Thomas Eyck. In collaboration with Zuiderzee Museum & curator Jules van den Langenberg this section is first to publish a series of new projects.
BIRDS
the world of birds is therefore an amazing source of inspiration, with birds’ interesting behaviour patterns forecasting the society of man. Living in flocks, they connect us to nature, Transgressing borders, they install in us a new sense of freedom …
GALLERY
A gallery for all kind of artists: photographers, writers, movie makers, poets... we found them great and meaningful and we want to spread them....
FROM JAPAN
We have a special link to Japan. We love everything there and find a lot of inspiration with their daily objects, food, art, nature..and we want to let you know what's going on there!
SENSITIVE SCIENCE
This section is devoted to one of the strongest long term trend of the future: the hybridization .We will navigate at the border of organic & digital, intuition & interface. A world where technology and human will be one.
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK
Dutch Design Week is a major event hosted in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, committed to showcasing the country's burgeoning design and technological innovators.
NYTM
To investigate and celebrate the survival of the different textile components and expressions NYTM will draft a calendar that scripts all events, talks, walks, demonstrations and exhibitions concerning cloth, helping the general public to better comprehend and embrace the textiles of life.
PORTRAITS
Portraits is a section where we share artistic representation of gifted persons to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of those persons.
DAYS OF DISORDER
Discover in this section a fascinating flow of curated and intriguing videos. Enjoy!
THE LABOUR OF LOVE
People’s work wear will be inspiring the coming trends to become realistic and responding to the different jobs that are coming back to a market in movement.
TREND TRAVEL
A part of the essence of our life and job is traveling. We enjoy the feeling of being somewhere else, meeting new people, seeing colors and landscapes… You will travel with us through beautiful photos, memories of faraway cities, evocative atmosphere… Enjoy!
TOGETHER
Co create with Li a cooperative S/S18 Trend Report.Send in your inspirations and ideas now #CreatingTrendsTogether
TREND PET
we are so fond of pets that we want a section for them all on Trendtablet. please send us photos of your stars. we 'll happy to share them !
DESIGN COLLECTION
Edelkoort has collected design that has sparked important trends, as a new generation came to terms with technology within a post-millennium context, often exploring material values and craft.
ROMANTICISM
“romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling.” charles baudelaire
RETURN OF FACTORY
Factories are making a come back in a lot places. The proximity of the production, the will to possess knowledge and expertise, the possibility to make rapid changes and of course jobs for the local community are all good reasons!
TREND WORDS
We are happy to share with you the best essays written by Lidewij Edelkoort.Those texts will put a light on some of our deepest needs or obsessions.
GATHERING
"We are an unstitched society suffering from a lasting socio-economic crisis that has made us ferociously protective and egocentric. It is time for mending and gathering, thus restoring the fabric of society ..."
DESIGN ORACLES
“Design can be seen as an oracle that reveals our times. It can be ultra-light when we’re travelling easy, plump when we need protection, conventional to provide reassurance, intimate to better cuddle us...”
MATERIAL WORLD
Textures and surfaces give inspiration to a whole new creativity. ‘Material World’ capture the spirit of the times to gather facts and to report on what is new and exciting.
NOMADISM
We no longer need a desk or an office and are able to completely reinvent our existence and timetables. borders of working time and leisure time have faded as we decide on our own timetables and priorities. we are free to roam and wander…
BELGITUDE
United by a sense of avant garde and surrealist humor, We highlight the best of increasingly renowned Belgian art, design, food, and fashion from both sides of this small but diverse country.
PRESS
Discover the fascinating universe of Lidewij Edelkoort and Trend Union by exploring our press section. Through a compilation of news articles and interviews, you will unearth the inner workings of the company.
US TAB
With headquarter in New York City we are at the right place to find the trending topics in USA. Let's talk about shopping, living, decorating, loving, acting and much more.
STUDIO EDELKOORT
Studio Edelkoort, established in Paris since 1991, is a creative, artistic and operational think-tank on an international level, they provide an " à la carte " answer to specific requests of clients.
SHOPPING
imagination, improvisation, intelligence and humour are needed to redefine the shopping experiences of tomorrow. to engage in a new dialogue with our clients, to anticipate their every wish, to service their every whim, to satisfy their hidden desires. to bring them together in a social space.
FARM OF THE FUTURE
recognizing at last a truly new timeframe in which everything will be different for the years to come, with each aspect of our lives converting to green, inspired by the way nature functions and how life on the farm evolves.
BOLD
We have tried everything we could to sustain the business of bringing fashion and design to the world.
Now with a crisis in its sixth year creating fear for all,we will have to use other means to get there and stronger ideas to progress.
GREY
with a strong feeling of political, economic, ecological and humanistic failure, a growing need to go back to grey, to consensus, osmosis, blending and cross-fertilization starts to invade all fields.
SCHOOL OF FORM
The School of Form is founded and art directed by Lidewij Edelkoort, offering a unique hybrid program that blends design education with the humanities.
M°BA 13
Every two years, M°BA (Mode Biënnale Arnhem) displays the current state of affairs in worldwide fashion and design. Now in its 5th edition, this biennial has the unique quality of being a cultural event which both the fashion industry and a broad public flock to.
ANIMAL MEMOIRS
In celebration of the animals who make our lives a little bit silly, a great deal more interesting, and all the more meaningful, we invite you to share your favorite photos and memories of pets who have passed too soon.
NOMADISMI
An installation between avant-garde design and antique primitive carpets, tracing the return of nomadism in the third millennium and analyzing its influence on contemporary lifestyle.
TOTEMISM
There seems to be a kinship between Memphis ideas and South African style, between shantytown colours and Italian kitchen laminates from that period. The use of tactile matter, coloured patterns, wild animal skins, fringes and finishes, lightbulbs and neons are all reason to believe that we can expect a Memphis-inspired revival of inspiring magnitude.
RUBELLI 2013
Nothing is ordinary at Rubelli. Everything is naturally extraordinary or intrinsically extravagant, manufactured for a hedonistic lifestyle of sustainable beauty and eccentric elegance.
CODE NOIR
"To live our time, black establishes itself as a romantic expression, even frenetic. With a return to rural life combined with a deep respect for the ordinary spirituality, a return to a normal life. A romanticism to have great experience and feel a need to escape, a visceral craving of landscapes, seeing the horizons of one's life."
The Pop-Up Generation
Today’s youngest generations are born into a life dominated by being, playing, learning and sleeping with flat screens, living in a shadow area between the second and third dimensions which they would like to connect, and between which they strive.
HYBRID HOUSE
An initiative that will seek to join the scientific and technological disciplines with the humanities, autonomous design and the arts. The goal is to set up a research-driven virtual institute: a Hybrid House fund where different institutions, universities and academies will join forces.
BLISS
We will try to make the spiritual in everyday life visible and tangible, to make it tactile and textile, to touch on the rare suspended moments of bliss in which we know why we are alive and are able to celebrate existence.
MOHAIR
In a wild expression of our collective creative instincts, people will rediscover the beauty of one-of-a-kind creations made from yarn, fringe, crochet, patchwork, embroidery and hand-knit pieces.
ATMOSPHERES
As part of Design Parade 7, Lidewij Edelkoort has been invited to select 7 objects she feels represent the zeitgeist. The exhibition will be shown in Hyères' beautiful Villa Noailles from June 29 to September 30, 2012.
TREND LETTER
fresh ideas and grounded arguments, analysing fashion shows and brand strategies, and noting the exhibitions, books and culture that will trigger trends and help you make up your mind once armed with new arguments and insights.
ORGANIC DWELLING
As we sit at the cusp of a new millennium and a new era in ecology, our civilisation has the opportunity to redefine itself in philosophical, technological and sustainable ways never before seen in our society.
MADE IN ITALY
the romanticism of Italy’s regions will become embedded in the styling of fashions to come. the summer of 2011 will be one of optimism and new beginnings, akin to the carefree joie de vivre inherent in the peninsula’s culture, landscape and people.
INDUSTRY
our eyes and our hands are suddenly interested by strong and raw materials of the modern age. may be because our earth seems so fragile those products built up with these industrial methods demonstrate a certain power of mankind and give us confidence.
GLASS
men have always be fascinated by the art of blowing glass and the relation with fire.common techniques for producing glass art include as well: fusing, slumping, flame-working, hot-sculpting and cold-working.
NORTH MEETS SOUTH
this young century will see the north and south embrace, unleashing inspiration for the decades to come towards a contemporary yet archaic modernism.
