From the Sector

The Spring Edition of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles will return to the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) from 10 – 12 March 2021, together with four other textile events including Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition, Yarn Expo Spring, CHIC and PH Value. The fairs will offer an all-round business platform and a host of exciting synergy effects for the sector.

High-quality finished products to be offered
In March 2021, the Spring Edition will showcase a selection of home textile products including bedding & towelling, rugs, table & kitchen linen, home textile technologies, textile design and many more. Additionally, the fair will be held concurrently with Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition, Yarn Expo Spring, CHIC and PH Value, offering a comprehensive sourcing platform for the sector.

Lenzing views Intertextile as an ideal platform to present their sustainable home products
The Lenzing Group, a leading producer of man-made cellulose fibres, is amongst the major industry players who have already confirmed their participation in the upcoming fair. Ms Lesley Wu, Home Textile Business Development at Lenzing Fibers (Shanghai), talked about new market trends in the post-pandemic era and the reasons they decided to join the Spring Edition of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles:

“Even though the home textile industry has, to some extent, been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, there are both opportunities and challenges for the sector. Without a doubt, environmental protection and sustainable development are the hottest topics in today’s society. Consumers are paying more attention to healthy lifestyles and looking to make a shift to green consumption as a result of the pandemic. More and more consumers are opting for functional and sustainable raw materials. Environmentally sustainable fibres are therefore gaining popularity.”

“Right now, we expect the home textile industry will continue its steady recovery. Home textile companies may look for opportunities in product and marketing innovations, such as developing functional and sustainable home textile products and exploring various O2O business model options,” Ms Wu added.

Lastly, Ms Wu shared why they chose to participate in Intertextile: “We decided to exhibit at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles because it is an influential trade fair for the industry. As the Lenzing Group has been expanding in the home textile market, we want to use this platform to showcase the applications for TENCEL™ branded fibres in home textiles, and to further promote sustainability through our TENCEL™ Home cellulosic fibres.”

To find out more about this fair, please visit: www.intertextilehome.com

Trevira will be joining the first BCFA Open Berlin pop-up exhibition, which will be held at the British Embassy on 6 May at the same time of Berlin Design Week (4 – 10 May 2020). The one-day fair is being organised by the British Contract Furnishing Association (BCFA), and members of the association will have the opportunity to display their products in the atrium of the post-modern embassy building.  

At the exhibition, specially invited interior designers and furnishers, along with purchasers from the contract market, will be able to find out more about the collections and products of high-end British manufacturers and textile houses, and attend interesting talks by two top specialists of the sector.

Trevira will be showing a selection of Trevira CS fabrics which were on display earlier this year at the Heimtextil 2020, where they featured in the special exhibition ‘Textile Future by Trevira CS’. These fabrics are permanently flame retardant and can be deployed in a wide range of applications, as Berlin design company studio aisslinger impressively showed in the exhibition at the Trevira stand. For the Heimtextil fair, the prestigious studio aisslinger design team worked together with Trevira, creating a concept that revealed just how attractive and playful Trevira CS fabrics can be in a variety of settings on the contract market, including hospitality, healthcare, workspaces, public spaces and transport.

Designers and architects who are interested in taking part in the event are welcome to register their details with Trevira.

DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR (March 24-26) – the leading trade show for carpets and floor coverings in the Asia Pacific region - expands the design and conference area and welcomes new and returning brands.

Shanghai - For the 22nd edition, each flooring sector will have a theme. The highlighted product category in wood is solid wood for ground heating systems. The category is taking over the entire hall showing new technologies, new designs and new products in floor heating. Solid wood for ground heating systems is growing in China – according to China National Forest Products Industry Association, around 80% of China's wood flooring brands have developed the product.

At the same time the market share is increasing by more than 30% annually. It is expected that by 2025, the market size of solid wood for ground heating systems will reach RMB 10 billion (approx. 1.4 billion USD). The international and local market leaders, such as Junckers, Foglie d’Oro, Edelholz, IBF, Teclic, Nature, Fudeli, Bloor, Jinyi, Licher, Nuogao and Moganshan have already confirmed their participation at the show. Also in this hall we see the latest developments in the market in the dedicated InnovAction campaign.

The resilient flooring section will be spread out to 69,500 sqm gross, featuring Stone Plastic Composite (SPC) flooring. Among the resilient halls, there will be an “Inspiration Hall”, housing InnovAction campaign and design forum, where famous interior designers will educate the audience on using resilient flooring in interior. The InnovAction will be upgraded by showcasing the new products within matching interior spaces. This new way of presenting the InnovAction products is ideal for both manufacturers to share the ideas and for visitors to keep up to date with the market trends.

Carpet section will promote carpet as a driving force for interior design, with a dedicated hall being the epicenter of home and design carpets and the host hall for the Luxury Brands Carpet Show – a showcase of the most sought-after international high-end carpet design brands. After the successful first edition in 2019, Chinese Original Carpet Design Show comes back to promote the works of young Chinese carpet designers. Country pavilions from Germany, Belgium, Iran and Turkey will also showcase their products among the carpet halls. Traditionally DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR has been focused on B2B, however due to the market changes, the end users are more and more welcome to the show. In order to give the oriental carpets and rugs the spotlight and follow the trends, Indian and Afghanistan pavilions will be creating a new area - “Treasure of Orient”.

In 2020, DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR will cover more than 185,000 sqm of gross space, taking up 16 halls at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Five of the exhibition halls will be dedicated to carpets and rugs, four to wood, bamboo and other hard floors, 2 to FLOORTECH asia and 5 halls to resilient floor coverings. In 2019, the show gathered 1,579 exhibitors from 36 countries and attracted 66,875 trade visitors, of which 15,092 international, coming from 107 nations.

Heimtextil will launch the new 2020/2021 trend season with the general theme “WHERE I BELONG”. For the official Heimtextil Trend Preview, Stijlinstituut Amsterdam director Anne Marie Commandeur  introduced the new design themes. The presentation in the run-up to Heimtextil (7-10 January 2020) took place at the Textile Museum’s Textile Lab in Tilburg, the Netherlands on 11 September 2019 and was streamed worldwide.

This season, Stijlinstituut Amsterdam is responsible for the Trend Book content and Trend Space implementation at the upcoming international trade fair for home and contract textiles. Alongside Stijlinstituut Amsterdam, London-based studio FranklinTill and Danish agency SPOTT trends & business contributed to the 20/21 global forecast for perspective-related interior design. Together with the Heimtextil management team, these Trend Council participants gave insights into future styles during a workshop.

At the annual international Trend Council workshop, identity was an ever-present topic: part of a broader discussion on gender and cultural diversity, on tolerance and curiosity. Today, the self-identification process seems more complex than ever. Identities are now formed through experiences that take place simultaneously, on different levels. Locally, nationally, globally, both online and offline. Identity therefore can consist of many different layers. In fact, individuals can all have multilayered identities.

Heimtextil Trends 20/21 Overview:

MAXIMUM GLAM

Pleasure seekers revel in layering theatrical influences and glamorous showtime aesthetics, forging a fantastic marriage between the crafted and digitally rendered. Textiles show a ‘more is more’ attitude through a mash-up of glam, gradients and spectrums, fake fur, pile and fringe, jacquard weaves and fantastic prints. The flashy, kitsch colour range becomes brutally glam thanks to electric sheen, synthetic shimmer, digital glitch and artful blur. A riot of clashes and rebellion.

PURE SPIRITUAL

Idealists seek perfection and purity, restoring equilibrium by connecting with the uber-natural. They embrace technology for good while shifting between realism and mysticism in pursuit of a personal haven. To address a renewed bond with nature, organic matter, raw materials and pure textiles are selected which show nature’s traces, organic structures and irregularities. Shades are created from the earth and cultured by man. An elemental and pure range reflects the source of their existence.

ACTIVE URBAN

Urban dwellers confront the challenges of the fast paced, shape-shifting, man-made environment by searching for utilitarian, adaptable solutions. They value tech performance while making smart use of  available and renewable resources. Functionality is prioritised, while looking cool and working well remains key. Interior/sportswear hybrid textiles show smooth surfaces and a fun mash-up of graphic textures. The palette shows uniform blue, asphalt grey and caterpillar yellow.

HERITAGE LUX

Preservers of historic legacies treasure sensuousness alongside the uncanny, enlightenment together with darkness, for a whole new immersive experience. This new narrative translates to a love for luxury and splendour, decoration and embellishment. Finding beauty in history and nature through ornamental patterning and alluring surface enhancement. Reflecting on ancient history results in a palette featuring enigmatic blood red, sapphire and a lustrous mother-of-pearl.

MULTI-LOCAL

Hyper-locals go global, celebrating inclusivity over appropriation, honouring traditional craftsmanship and adjusting the world’s gaze to embrace exchange, creative integrity and diverse identities. Indigenous style meets global influences. This is a celebration of crafted and decorative pattern, from tribal and folkloric to geometric and abstract. Textile colours become part of a wider cultural narrative, linked to local community, cultural heritage and private identity.

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The international home textiles industry has enjoyed a promising start at Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main, which finished Friday, 11 January. The challenging economic situation and uncertainty in the retail sector were countered by a positive and confident mood at the world’s leading trade fair.

3025 exhibitors from 65 countries* took the international trade fair for home and contract textiles to a 15-year high: ‘Exhibitors and visitors accepted the new trade fair concept with great enthusiasm and confirmed the trade fair’s position as the world’s most important meeting place for the industry. The quality of the decision-makers impressed the exhibitors, as did the number of new business contacts from 156 countries, especially international ones – thus enabling Heimtextil to set a new benchmark’, says Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt. ‘Around 67,500 visitors* ensured that there was a busy atmosphere in the halls, despite a slight decline due to various reasons, such as difficult travel conditions on account of the storms in the alpine region and airport strikes in Germany’. [*For comparison, 2018: 2,975 exhibitors from 64 countries; 68,584 visitors from 135 countries, FKM-tested)]

3025 exhibitors from 65 countries* took the international trade fair for home and contract textiles to a 15-year high: ‘Exhibitors and visitors accepted the new trade fair concept with great enthusiasm and confirmed the trade fair’s position as the world’s most important meeting place for the industry. The quality of the decision-makers impressed the exhibitors, as did the number of new business contacts from 156 countries, especially international ones – thus enabling Heimtextil to set a new benchmark’, says Detlef Braun, Member of the Board of Management of Messe Frankfurt. ‘Around 67,500 visitors* ensured that there was a busy atmosphere in the halls, despite a slight decline due to various reasons, such as difficult travel conditions on account of the storms in the alpine region and airport strikes in Germany’.

One topic that occupied both exhibitors and visitors was the current and future economic situation. A further challenge is the increasingly evident changes that are happening in trade. Increasing revenues and revenue shares in online retailing stand in the way of the efforts made by the stationary retail trade to maintain their inner-city businesses. ‘The small business specialist trade, but also department stores and multibrand stores, and thus the heart of our visitor target groups, are under pressure from the constantly increasing levels of e-commerce. With Heimtextil and our consumer goods fairs in general, we offer these retailers in particular clear perspectives and diverse inspiration in an ambiguous world’, continues Braun.

Heimtextil made it easier for its visitors to access valuable inspiration and business momentum thanks to an optimised trade fair concept and the associated new hall structure. ‘The new concept brought more visitors to the stand’, was the feedback from Andreas Klenk, Managing Director of Saum & Viebahn from Kulmbach in Franconia about hall 8.0 which offered textiles editeurs and manufacturers of curtain and sun protection systems a common platform for the first time. ‘It was the right decision to merge the different segments. We had high quality discussions with respect to both export and domestic business, and are satisfied with the trade fair’.

As part of the new concept, Heimtextil expanded its unique product range across the entire exhibition site and also included the new hall 12, which has been an additional architectural highlight on the Frankfurt exhibition grounds since September.

Top international companies from the Bed & Bath Fashion segment presented their wares here. For the company Curt Bauer from Aue in Saxony, the première of the new hall was a successful one. ‘We're very enthusiastic about the new hall 12. The product range there was very well received. We are very satisfied with the quality of visitors to our stand. In addition to a good frequency of German visitors, we are particularly pleased about growth from China and Russia’, says Managing Director Michael Bauer.

Natural materials, PET and ocean plastics 
Heimtextil set a standard in terms of sustainability: after the first global climate protection agreement for the textile industry was signed by 40 leading fashion companies, organisations and associations at the World Climate Conference in Katowice last December, the focus in Frankfurt was also on environmental progress in the textile industry. Numerous exhibitors presented progressive solutions, for example in the recycling of PET bottles and ocean plastic as well as in the use of certified natural materials. ‘Sustainability was the theme for us at this year’s Heimtextil. Major media players visited us and the 'Green Tour’ guided tour stopped by. We presented many things, including our first vegan duvet and fair silk products, all 100 per cent produced in Austria’, says Denise Hartmann, Marketing Manager at Hefel Textil. The topics of water consumption in the textile industry and microplastics also increasingly came to the fore. The exhibitor directory ‘Green Directory’ alone contained around 150 progressive companies listing sustainably produced textiles. The offer was supplemented by its own lecture series as well as theme-specific tours, which provided valuable impetus and
underpinned the pioneering green position of the trade fair.

Sleep becomes new lifestyle theme
Heimtextil also focused on sleep as one of the upcoming lifestyle trends. While a balanced diet and sufficient exercise are now a natural part of a healthy lifestyle, restorative sleep is still neglected* although it is one of the most important building blocks for long-term physical and mental well-being. At Heimtextil, a number of new products and aspects came to the fore that help people become sensitised to and analyse their sleep behaviour and promote healthy sleep. Around the redesigned hall 11.0 and in the adjoining lecture area ‘Sleep! The Future Forum’, representatives from the national and international bed industry enjoyed attractive product presentations and superb speeches on the topics of sustainability, hospitality, sport and digital.

In addition to the renowned trend show, the trade fair also focused on contract business, particularly in the hotel and hospitality sector, as well as decorative and upholstery fabrics, digital printing solutions and wallpapers.

The next Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main – its 50th edition – will take place from 7 to 10 January 2020.

*According to a forsa investigation commissioned by the Techniker Krankenkasse

Unter dem Motto „Textile Strukturen für neues Bauen“ prämiert die Messe Techtextil erneut junge Ideen zum Bauen mit textilbasierten Materialien. Einreichungen sind ab jetzt möglich.
Ob Leichtbaustrukturen, temporäre Bauten oder kreativer Innenausbau: Studierende und Young Professionals aus den Bereichen Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Produktdesign und ähnlichen Fachgebieten können sich ab sofort für den Wettbewerb der Techtextil, der Internationalen Leitmesse für Technische Textilien und Vliesstoffe (14. bis 17. Mai 2019) bewerben. Gefragt sind Ideen zum Bauen mit faserbasierten Werkstoffen. Es winken Preisgelder in einer Gesamthöhe von 8.000 Euro. Der Wettbewerb wird unterstützt vom internationalen Netzwerk TensiNet als Sponsor, dem Institut für Leichtbau Entwerfen und Konstruieren (ILEK) der Universität Stuttgart sowie der Plattform für Architektur und Design Architonic. Anmeldeschluss ist der 24. Februar 2019.  

Internationale Bühne für junge Ideen
Teilnehmer des Wettbewerbs können das Thema ihres Beitrags frei wählen. Beiträge können in folgenden Kategorien eingereicht werden: Makroarchitektur, Mikroarchitektur, Materialinnovation, Umwelt und Ökologie sowie Composites und hybride Strukturen. Zusätzlich können Teilnehmer ihren Beitrag auch unter das Motto „Urban Living – City of the Future“ stellen, das Thema des kommenden Special Events der Techtextil. Im Rahmen des Special Events stehen textilbasierte Lösungen für Architektur, Bekleidung, Leben und Gesundheit in einer zunehmend urbanisierten Gesellschaft im Mittelpunkt.

Die offizielle Preisverleihung an die Gewinner erfolgt zur Techtextil in Frankfurt am Main. Die prämierten Ideen werden zusätzlich in einer Sonderschau auf der Messe präsentiert. Für angehende Architekten und Planer bietet die Teilnahme an dem Wettbewerb damit die einmalige Chance, ihre Ideen einem internationalen Fachpublikum zu präsentieren und Kontakte in die Branche der technischen Textilien zu knüpfen.

Interessierte finden alle Informationen rund um die Teilnahme und zur Anmeldung unter: www.techtextil-student.com.

„Heimtextil Insider“ feiert Jubiläum: Zum zehnten Mal lädt die Heimtextil (8. bis 11. Januar 2019) Raumausstatter aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Schweiz und Norditalien zum kostenfreien Besucherprogramm „Heimtextil Insider“ ein. Ebenso erhalten Bettenfachhändler im Rahmen von „Bed’n Excellence“ einen VIP-Status und erleben die Heimtextil auf besonders komfortable Weise. Ab sofort können sich interessierte Branchenteilnehmer für die beiden Service-Angebote kostenfrei online anmelden.

Neu ist zur kommenden Heimtextil der Standort des Insider-Areals in der Halle 8.0. Dabei dient das „Insider Café“ als Anlaufstation für die Teilnehmer des Besucherprogramms. „Zur Heimtextil 2019 haben wir das Messekonzept und die Hallenstruktur grundlegend überarbeitet. Für Raumausstatter wird künftig die Halle 8.0 mit dem Produktsegment ‚Window & Interior Decoration‘ zum Fixpunkt. Hier treffen sie auf renommierte Anbieter von Gardinen, Teppichen sowie Sonnenschutz- und Dekosystemen. Ebenso sind rund 40 internationale Editeure und das DecoTeam mit Möbel- und Dekostoffen vertreten. Das Produktangebot für die Zielgruppe der Raumausstattter runden schließlich die Tapetenhersteller in der Halle 3.1 ab“, sagt Sabine Scharrer, Leiterin der Heimtextil der Messe Frankfurt. Neben Raumausstattern und ihren Mitarbeitern sind auch Meisterschüler des Raumausstatterhandwerks zur Teilnahme am „Heimtextil Insider“ eingeladen.

Daneben adressiert die Heimtextil das Service-Angebot „Bed’n Excellence“ an den inhabergeführten Betteneinzelhandel und -fachhandel aus der DACH-Region. Für teilnehmende Händler entsteht ein Treffpunkt im Foyer der Halle 11.0 – angegliedert an den neuen Produktbereich „Smart Bedding“. Hier präsentiert die Heimtextil das funktionale Schlafspektrum mit dem Top-Thema „Gesund Schlafen“. „Nach Ernährung und Fitness wird Schlaf das nächste große Lifestyle-Thema. Genau da setzen wir an und inszenieren das neu konzipierte Produktsegment als starkes Zukunftsthema“, sagt Meike Kern, Leiterin der Heimtextil der Messe Frankfurt. Das Segment umfasst neben Matratzen und Bettwaren auch Schlafsysteme und die dazugehörige Technologie. Bekannte Unternehmen aus Deutschland und allen Teilen der Welt sind an Bord. Ergänzt werden die Produktpräsentationen durch ein neues Wissensforum mit dem Titel „Sleep! The Future Forum“. In vier Themenbereichen (Sport, Hotellerie, Nachhaltigkeit, Digitales) informieren Experten über neueste Erkenntnisse aus Wissenschaft und Forschung.

• Mit „Toward Utopia“ gibt die Heimtextil die Richtung für die neue Trendsaison 2019/2020 vor.
• Im Rahmen der offiziellen Heimtextil Trend Preview am 4. September 2018 in Frankfurt am Mainpräsentierte das Londoner Studio FranklinTill die Designthemen zur kommenden internationalen Fachmesse für Wohn- undObjekttextilien (8. bis 11. Januar 2019).

Neben den britischen Trendforscherinnen beteiligten sich Anne Marie Commandeur vom Stijlinstituut Amsterdam und Anja Bisgaard Gaede von SPOTT Trends & Business an der weltweit gültigen Prognose für perspektivisches Interior Design. Gemeinsam mit der Leitung der Heimtextil lieferten sie erste Einblicke in die künftigen Stilwelten. Zudem gab Stefan Weil vom Atelier Markgraph, das die räumliche Inszenierung der Heimtextil Trends gestaltet, einen Ausblick auf den neuen „Trend Space“ und stellte die Relevanz von Kommunikation im Raum für die Heimtextil heraus.

Die Heimtextil Trends 2019/2020 beschreiben eine Welt, in der wir nach neuen Standards leben. Wir versuchen komplexen Lebensstilen zu entfliehen und wünschen uns tiefer gehende Beziehungen, spirituelle Bestätigung und mehr Sinnhaftigkeit. „Wir leben in einer Zeit der Unsicherheit und des Misstrauens gegenüber allem Etablierten. Als Reaktion darauf versuchen wir ein sinnvolles, bewusstes Leben zu führen, das auf positiven Beziehungen aufbaut. Wir übernehmen die Verantwortung für unser Leben und suchen nach Lebensformen, die unser Wertesystem erfüllen, auf der Suche nach einer neuen Utopie – einer Gesellschaft, die das Wohl all ihrer Bürger zum Ziel hat“, erklärt Caroline Till, Co-Founder des Studios FranklinTill. Dabei bildet die Suche nach neuen Lifestyles, in denen die Themen Achtsamkeit und Nachhaltigkeit eine tragende Rolle spielen, die Herausforderung der nächsten Jahrzehnte.

„Toward Utopia“ zeigt, welche individuellen Routen wir auf dem Weg zu einer modernen Utopie einschlagen können: Diejenigen, die eine temporäre Auszeit vom Netz suchen, verbinden sich wieder mit der Natur und trotzen den Elementen („Go off-grid“), während andere von der realen in eine virtuelle Welt entkommen („Escape Reality“). Einige treten den Rückzug an und finden Geborgenheit in reinen, minimalistischen Räumen („Seek Sanctuary“). Eine nostalgische Antwort auf die heutige von Unsicherheit geprägte Zeit findet „Embrace Indulgence“ und umgibt uns mit Schönheit und Luxus. Und der bedingungslose hedonistische Wunsch nach Spiel („Pursue Play“) steckt wohl in jedem von uns.

„Trend Space“ in Halle 3.0

Wie die verschiedenen Szenarien gelebt werden können, zeigt die Heimtextil im neu konzipierten „Trend Space“ in der Halle 3.0. Hier präsentiert die Messe fünf Trendthemen, die eine Kombination aus Inspiration, Interaktion und Wissensvermittlung abbilden und wegweisende Projekte sowie Designinitiativen vorstellen. Ebenso stellt der „Trend Space“ aktuelle Farbtrends vor. Die immersive Inszenierung vor Ort und das ab sofort verfügbare Trendbuch dokumentieren die poetischen Eigenschaften von Farbe sowie ihre inspirierende, künstlerische und ästhetische Kraft im Design.

„Der neue ‚Trend Space‘ der Heimtextil überzeugt mit interaktiven und taktilen Erlebniswelten. Der Besucher wird spielerisch inspiriert, involviert und motiviert, sich mit futuristischen, räumlichen Gestaltungskonzepten auseinanderzusetzen“, blickt Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies der Messe Frankfurt, voraus. „So entsteht ein umfassendes Bild zur Gestaltung künftiger Räume und wir erhalten Antworten auf die Fragen, wie wir künftig interagieren, konsumieren, leben und arbeiten“, so Schmidt weiter.

Heimtextil Trends 2019/2020 im Überblick:

PURSUE PLAY

In einer Ära der Ungewissheit, politischer Instabilität und der Umweltprobleme stillen wir unser Bedürfnis nach Optimismus und Kreativität im Spiel. Spielen hilft uns, inmitten von Chaos und turbulenten Zeiten einen Sinn zu finden. Entsprechend legen Designer den Fokus spielerisch auf ungehemmte, taktile Interaktionen und Experimente. Gewagte, freche Produkt-, Raum- und Modedesigns werden mit einer Prise Humor aufgelockert. Formen und Farbpaletten nehmen eine surrealistische Note an und das Konzept der L’art pour l’art findet wieder Beachtung. Die Verwendung satter Primär-Farben ist spielerisch und naiv, während die Kombination aus hochglänzenden und matten Texturen einen appetitlichen visuellen Reiz kreiert. Abstrakte Formen, ein kühnes Spiel mit Mustern und überbordende Texturen fordern uns
heraus, fantasievoll zu sein und unsere eigenen Geschichten zu erfinden.

SEEK SANCTUARY

In einem intensiven, hypervernetzten Alltag suchen immer mehr Menschen nach Möglichkeiten, alle Verbindungen zu „kappen“ – nach utopischen Zufluchtsorten der Ruhe inmitten all des Lärms. Sie ziehen sich in urbane Oasen zurück, in denen sie abschalten können, um Erholung, Neuausrichtung und Klarheit zu finden. Dieser Essenzialismus bedeutet jedoch nicht, dass man Produkte kategorisch ablehnt – vielmehr geht es um die gezielte Suche und Wertschätzung von Designstücken und Konzepten, die einfach, schön, funktional und hochwertig sind. Die Kombination einer minimalistischen Farbpalette mit sorgfältig ausgewählten strukturellen Details, kurvenreichen Formen und Polstern erzeugt Komfort und Wärme.

GO OFF-GRID

Auf der Suche nach einer neuen Naturverbundenheit entsteht eine Zuwendung zu Erfahrungen jenseits eines vernetzten Alltags. Es ist der Versuch, natürlicher zu leben, zurück zu den Ursprüngen der Menschheit zu gelangen und in Einklang mit der Natur zu leben – und nicht gegen sie. Es geht um grenzüberschreitende Erfahrungen an entlegenen Orten, durchaus unterstützt durch High-Tech-Survival- Equipment. Die Kombination aus strapazierfähigen technischen Aspekten von Outdoortextilien und Arbeitskleidung bedingt eine ausgeklügelte, utilitaristische Ästhetik und verspricht Langlebigkeit und Funktionalität. Von der Natur inspirierte Farben und Muster feiern die vermeintliche „Unvollkommenheit“ des Natürlichen.

ESCAPE REALITY

Eine neue Utopie kann ebenso im Digitalen wie im Realen wurzeln. Das Potenzial der virtuellen und erweiterten Realität lässt die Grenzen zwischen Fantasie und Wirklichkeit verschwimmen. Wir beschäftigen uns mit einer Technologie, die tiefere und nachhaltige Erlebnisse im täglichen Leben ermöglicht. Schimmernde, irisierende Oberflächen verfügen über eine transformative und optimistische Qualität, verwandeln sich in der Bewegung und erzeugen eine flüchtige, nicht greifbare Bewegung. Perlmutteffekte und Hochglanz erzeugen eine einzigartige Dynamik in Designs, die augenscheinlich das Unmögliche schaffen, indem sie als feste Form flüssig und in der Schwebe erscheinen und jederzeit förmlich zerfließen könnten. Ätherische Kombinationen von hellen Pastelltönen erzeugen eine surrealistische, hyperreale Stimmung.

EMBRACE INDULGENCE

Hochwertige Materialien und satte Farben, ein modernistischer Stil und solides Handwerk vereinen sich zu einer utopischen Vision von der Zukunft des Luxus. In einer von Ungewissheit geprägten Moderne blicken wir durch eine rosarote Brille auf frühere Epochen zurück, erinnern uns an die Behaglichkeit der guten alten Zeit, sehnen uns nach Sicherheit und umgeben uns mit einer ruhigen, einladenden Ästhetik. Klug kombinierte, ehrliche Materialien, kreativ umgesetzte Ideen und schnörkellose Opulenz bilden einen neuen Komfort ebenso wie Intimität und Fühlbarkeit.

Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles has always been at the forefront of the China and Asia markets for participants to find the latest products from around the world and learn about the current market trends. This year, a series of fringe programme events together with some new show features will inspire fairgoers throughout the four-day fair.

New features for contract business

Given the growing demand for textile solutions for architecture, interior design and the hotel industry, the coming August fair will highlight leading contract upholstery suppliers with distinctive labels. In addition, the show will feature a showcase area at hall 5.1 which displays quality contract upholstery from exhibitors. The area will be decorated by interior designers, demonstrating the functionalities of different contract textile products.

To introduce the opportunities that the textile industry can capture from contract business, both domestic and international architects, hoteliers, interior designers and industry experts have been invited to share their insights about design, market, materials and project management on the Contract Business Days, on 28 & 29 August.

Naima A Khan, founder and interior designer from The Green Design in UAE, for instance, will be speaking on The Art of Sustainable Interior Design. She has worked with many international home fashion retail store developers, as well as textile and interior companies, and is experienced in using therapeutic colour schemes, sustainable materials and sunlight in different design projects. Another guest, Esra Lemmens, who is also a designer and active speaker at design events, will talk about the expanding importance of design throughout Dubai as well as her suggestions for doing business in Dubai.

Other speakers also include Martin Oliu from the international design company, Harmony World Consultant and Design (HWCD). He has participated in a broad area of design such as architectural construction & interior design and is responsible for various luxury residential and hotel design projects. Professor Thomas Charles, who has been working on industrial product design and research for user experience & consumer behaviour study, business strategy and branding designs will give a talk on ‘The Power of Innovative Design’. Trevira CS will also participate in the Contract Business Day through their Chinese representative, Jenny Zhang, who will share how the permanently flame retardant Trevira CS textiles can fit into contract business.

Digital printing and technics remain a focal point

The Digital Printing Micro Factory concept was first introduced in the 2017 edition of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles, and received much attention and positive feedback. To cater to the growing demand for efficient, one-step textile solutions, Global Fortune Limited from Hong Kong will work jointly with Kornit Digital and Bullmer to set up a Micro Factory at this August’s fair. An advanced digital printing system – Allegro & Cut by Kornit Allegro – will be introduced. The system streamlines the entire production process by combining printing and drying together so multiple machinery is not needed. It is also eco-friendly as one single ink set suits various fabric types, and designs will be printed in shapes and sizes that are ready for cutting. Visitors can learn more about the complete production process from printing and cutting to sewing via the onsite demonstration.

In addition to forums discussing how digital printing helps flexible production, there will also be an array of forums where some top domestic industry players will share their experience in resolving  technical problems in productions and satisfying requirements in different product tests.

Forward-looking events to ignite inspiration

The trend committee formed by international trendsetter the NellyRodiTM Agency has developed three themes, namely Caring Future, Crazy Future and Emo Future for the 2019 International Lifestyle Trends. Apart from the trend area where product displays are located, visitors can get a better understanding about the future living styles from the panel discussion and trend area tour. The agency’s creative director, Vincent Grégoire, will guide tours to explain the trend concept. He will also join other industry experts in the panel discussion on consumer lifestyle trends.

Another inspiring event during the show is the Future Talk in which representatives from different industries including fashion brand Shiatzy Chen, home appliance giant Haier, gourmets and lifestyle experts will share their perspectives on the future trends.

The show will be held from 27 – 30 August in the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition is organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd; the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT; and the China Home Textile Association (CHTA).

To find out more about this fair, please visit: www.intertextilehome.com.

As the leading home textiles trade event in Asia, Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles is renowned for its size and also the variety of products offered by its exhibitors from China and around the world.

The show will be held from 27 – 30 August in the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. It will cover six halls, accommodating over 1,000 suppliers from around 30 countries and regions.
To satisfy buyers from different regions with varied sourcing needs, the show will feature a wide variety of home textile products ranging from bedding, bath, table & kitchen, curtains & upholstery and textile designs & technology to editors, whole home, sun protection, wallcoverings and carpets & rugs.

“The products on offer are of various quality and price levels that visitors can discover both premium brands presented by editors and a massive amount of medium-end products at the show,” said Ms Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd.

Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles serves as an ideal platform for suppliers to introduce new products to the market as a large number of visitors including import & export corporations, wholesalers, distributors, chain stores and home product manufacturers are attracted.

EUROART and JAB ANSTOETZ are two of the returning editors who are ready to demonstrate their latest collections.
“We are an integrated company based in Beijing which presents both imported decorative fabrics and wallpaper as well as self-owned fabric brands. Buyers can expect to discover advanced jacquard, embroidery, silk and printing techniques from the brands LIZZO and ROMO at our booth,” Mr Frank Lu, General Manager of EUROART said.

Furthermore, the world-known fabrics design company, JAB ANSTOETZ, will also take advantage of the show to present their new outdoor fabrics.
“Our ‘AROUND THE WORLD’ collection possesses high colour stability, mould-resistance and easy-care features. We will also introduce our advanced FibreGuard fabrics which prevent dirt and meet OEKO-TEX® standards,” Mr William Lin from JAB ANSTOETZ said.

Bedding products are another highlight of the show. Returning exhibitor Advansa will display their new fibre formula SUPRELLE™ 95 which is a combination of enhanced sleep comfort and ease of care. And the established French brand TODAY will make their debut at the fair to promote their full range of fashionable bedding items.

Diverse suppliers confirm participation offering all kinds of quality products. Apart from the editors and whole-home exhibitors, worldwide suppliers specialising in different products can be found in the show.

They include:

• Curtains & upholstery: quality brands such as AICO, Ateja, Culp Fabrics, D’Décor, Elastron, Enzo Degli Angiuoni, Harmel Home, Huatex, Sangwontex and more
• Bedding, bath and kitchen: domestic and overseas brands will showcase an extensive range of products for everyday domestic life including comforters, pillows, mattress toppers, bed linen, bathrobes, towels, table napkins and more. Exhibitors will offer insights about utilising various products to display the whole home concept
• Textile design: featuring worldwide original textile design studios. Visitors can discover distinct styles of design from both Asian and European studios
• Carpets & rugs: carpet exhibitors from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Turkey and other countries
• Digital printing & technics: showcasing the latest digital printing technology, and cutting, sewing and other home textile equipment technics. In view of the good result in 2017, the show will continue to cooperate with industry media to organise professional seminars introducing some latest technique and new applications in the home textile industry