A comprehensive overview of fashion and home textile trends.
Each season Printsource hosts The Future Café, a global overview of fashion and home textile trends by the world's leading forecasting services. The presentations are regularly attended by standing-room-only crowds. Presenters have included Peclers, Promostyl, Trend Union, The Doneger Group, Cotton Inc., Jo-An Jenkins, Dupont, Paul Pelssers, Andrea dall'Olio, Carlin International, d.cipher-FM, ESP Trendlab and others.
With The Future Café, Printsource New York provides a comprehensive overview of each season's color direction and main trends. The seminars are offered to fashion designers and merchandisers, product developers, design directors and merchandise managers.
Spring/Summer 2011 as seen by the world's leading trend and color forecasters:
A+A Design Studio
Carlin International
Color Marketing Group
ESP Trendlab
Fran Yoshioka
Global Color Research - Mix Publications
Jo-an Jenkins' Trendpulse
Margit Publications, A Division of The Doneger Group
NPD Group
Pantone
Promostyl
Trend House
Seminars pass is $100 per person, and grants access to one or all seminars offered.
Pre-registration required. (Click here to register). $125 per person at the door, cash or credit card accepted. Schedule subject to change without notice. No refunds. Photo I.D. and pass required at the door. Pass is personal and non-transferable. Seating is on a first-come basis.
Tuesday April 13, 2010
9:00 am
Influences for Fall/Winter 2011
Promostyl will present the key influences, colors and silhouettes of the Women's, Men's and Junior's markets.
Rita Nakouzi, Director, Promostyl
10:00 am
Promostyl's Key Points for the Children's Market for S/S 2011
Promostyl will present the key influences and shapes for the Children and Baby Layette markets.
Jerome LaMaar, Trend Consultant, Promostyl
11:00 am
From a Design Director's Point of View…What You Need to Know About S/S 2011
Fran Yoshioka will show you the influences, colors, and styles of the season and how trends for spring will evolve into summer stories, what will look new to your customer and why.
Fran Yoshioka, Consultant, specializing in professional fashion trend analysis and creative design direction for apparel, retail, home. Clients include but not limited to Wal-Mart, Bon Ton Stores, Beall's.
12:00 pm
The ESP Edit for Women S/S 2011
Explore the creative forces shaping women's fashion in color, trend, key items, accessories + beauty.
ESP Trendlab - Trend & Lifestyle Specialist
1:00 pm
SPECIAL PRESENTATION - 7 W New York Tabletop Week Key Note Presentation.
Serving it up On-line
The digital revolution is happening all around us, touching on almost every aspect of our lives, and the tabletop industry is not immune to this massive shift in the way we do things. Various aspects of how digital medium play a role in our space will be discussed such as online shopping and bridal registries to consumer purchase motivators and the evolving age factor.
Kathleen Cella, Director, Housewares and Home Textiles, NPD Group
The NPD Group, founded in 1967, is the leading global provider of consumer and retail market research information for a wide range of industries.
2:00 pm
The Magical Business of Color
A comprehensive presentation that will discuss utilizing color as part of a design strategy. It will also touch on the importance of color in branding, merchandising and print, how processes have changed in product development and how companies use color.
Laurie Pressman, Vice President – Fashion, Home and Interiors, Pantone
3:00 pm
PantoneView Home + Interiors 2011
This color forecast provides you with the information you need to address the major trends for home interiors.
Laurie Pressman, Vice President – Fashion, Home and Interiors, Pantone.
Wednesday April 14, 2010
9:00 am
Carlin S/S 2011 Trend Forecast
Please join us for a look at the magic and beauty of Summer 2011: a multi-media mélange of key moods, messages, colors, prints and patterns.
Nicki Gondell, Trend House Inc.
10:00 am
Color - Bringing Interior Textiles to Life. Colour Trends for S/S 2011 by Global Color Research - Mix Publications
Mark Woodman will guide the audience through an inspiring presentation of color trends for Spring/Summer 2011 and discuss their application in textiles. From the forecasting process and breadth of information offered by Global Color Research, to inspirational images and color palettes, attendees will gain insight to the “why” behind the “what” of these exciting color and design directions and come away with ways to bring their own projects to life with color!
Mark Woodman, Global Color Research - Mix Publications
11:00 am
SPECIAL PRESENTATION - A+A Design Studio presents Trends S/S 2011 for Fashion and Home
A strong creative personality, Andrea Dall'Olio opened his own studio in Milan in 1995, having previously worked with some of the most important bureaux de style in Paris. He consults for major international corporations and, most notably, supervises the Prato Expo Trend Forum at MilanoUnica, and is the trends consultant for the Prato Trade organization.
Andrea Dall'Olio, A+A Design Studio
12:00 pm
Jo-an Jenkins’ Trendpulse - Home Interiors Trend Report
Please join us for the season’s essential round-up of the best, most sellable and home furnishings and tabletop trends as seen at retail venues and trade fairs from around the world.
Nicki Gondell, Trend House Inc.
1:00 pm
Direction for the Lingerie Market for S/S 2011
Key shapes, colors and fabrics for the lingerie market will be presented for the Spring 2011 season.
Jerome LaMaar, Trend Consultant, Promostyl
2:00 pm
The ESP Edit for Men S/S 2011
Explore the creative forces shaping men's fashion in color, trend, key classifications, accessories + lifestyle.
ESP Trendlab - Trend & Lifestyle Specialist
3:00 pm
Emerging Influences for the Home Market
Patricia Call, Call Designs, Inc. and Color Marketing Group