Textiles Matter: Heimtextil color Trends 23/24

Frankfurt am Main, 1 September 2022. The Heimtextil Trend Preview 23/24

presented future-oriented design concepts and inspiration for the textile furnishing

sector. Under the motto ‘Textiles Matter’, Heimtextil 2023 sets the benchmark for

tomorrow’s forward-facing and sustainable textile furnishing. Hence, the focus is

on circularity. From the Flemings Hotel Riverside Frankfurt, Marta Giralt Dunjó of

futures research agency FranklinTill (Great Britain) presented the design prognoses

for 23/24. At the coming Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main from 10 to 13 January 2023,

the presentations of progressive new products will generate stimulating impulses

in the Trend Space.

The Heimtextil Trends are a must for international visitors. Based on concentrated

analyses and expert knowledge, the Heimtextil Trend Council – consisting of FranklinTill

Studio (London), Stijlinstituut Amsterdam and Denmark’s SPOTT Trends & Business

agency – offers insights into the future of the national and international market. The focus

is more than ever before on sustainability and the circular economy, the main factors in

setting the trends for the season 23/24.

Textiles Matter: bear responsibility

Textiles are an integral part of modern life. The material applications and the

manufacturing processes are no less multifarious than user expectations. And this

represents a great challenge for the international textile industry, which obtains its raw

materials from a broad spectrum of sources and uses numerous processes to make a

huge variety of products. This offers a great potential for the sustainable development of

the textile industry in the future. The Heimtextil Trends show ways in which this potential

can be untilized and sustainable developments promoted. Under the motto ‘Textiles

Matter’, visitors can explore concepts for increased circularity, which will generate new

impulses for the sustainable market of the future.

Change via circularity

The Trend Space at the coming Heimtextil 2023 will revolve around ideas and solutions

for circularity in the textile sector. How can textiles be produced in a sustainable way?

What recycling options are there? What does the optimum recycling of textile products

look like? Within the framework of the circular economy, materials are continuously

reused. On the one hand, this reduces the need for new raw materials and, on the other

hand, cuts the amount of waste generated. In the technical cycle, inorganic materials,

such as nylon, polyester, plastic and metal, can be recycled with no loss of quality. In the

biological cycle, organic materials, such as linen and bast fibres, are returned to nature at

the end of their useful life. This is the basis of the four trend themes: ‘Make and Remake’,

‘Continuous’, ‘From Earth’ and ‘Nature Engineered’.

Make and Remake

Pre-used materials, deadstock and remnant textiles are given a new lease of life with the

focus shifting to the aesthetics of repair and taking the form of a specific design element of

the recycled product. Bright and joyful colours and techniques, such as overprinting,

overdyeing, bricolage, collage and patchwork, result in new and creative products.

Layered colour patterns and graphics lead to bold and maximalist, yet conscious, designs.

Continuous

The Continuous trend theme describes closed-loop systems in which materials are

recycled into new, waste-free products again and again. Putative waste materials are

separated out and reprocessed as new fibres, composites and textiles. Thus, synthetic

and cellulose yarns can be produced zero-waste. Thanks to technically advanced

reclamation processes, the materials retain their original quality and aesthetic. Practicality,

essentialism and longevity determine the design of Continuous products.

From Earth

This theme focuses on the natural world and harmony with the nature of organic

materials. Natural colours communicate warmth and softness. Imperfect textures, signs of

wear and irregularities create ecological and earth-born aesthetics. Earthen and botanic

shades, natural variation and tactile richness dominate the From Earth segment.

Unrefined and raw surfaces, unbleached textiles and natural dyes celebrate materials in

their original states.

Nature Engineered

A reinterpretation of the concept of “natural”: Nature Engineered uses mechanical means

to elevate and perfect organic materials, such as bast fibres, hemp, linen and nettles.

Cutting-edge techniques process natural textiles into sophisticated and smart products.

Combined with shades of beige and brown, clean lines and shapes are the distinguishing

features of this theme.

Forming the heart of the fair, these sustainable and future-oriented trends will be shown

systematically in the Trend Space area of Heimtextil in Frankfurt am Main from 10 to 13

January 2023. The trends provide orientation and offer insights into the future of home

and contract textiles for visitors from all over the world.