HOME & INTERIOR TRENDS 2023 + 2021 Milan Report
presented live by Philip Fimmano
This session includes the 2021 MILAN REPORT
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
8:30 AM -10:15 AM West Coast PST
11:30 AM -1:15 PM New York EST
17:30 - 19:15 Paris CET
Tickets
General admission $275/ person Free for subscribers of our 2023 Home + Interior Forecast
Scheduled in between NeoCon and Dutch Design Week, we are pleased to present our latest trend research for Home, Interiors, Materials and Colours. Included in this session is an in-depth look at trends from the 2021 Salone del Mobile in Milan, where we gathered highlights onsite and confirmed the continuation of long-term trends beyond the pandemic. In the keynote, NEWS FROM NOWHERE, Philip Fimmano will explore the slowness of craft processes gives design its nobility and depth. Tomorrow’s objects and textiles should be scrutinised for the possibilities of refined detailing and finishing – like braiding, basket weaving, engraving, painting, lace making, embroideries and more. This holistic approach to living has become a sophisticated design direction for our times, where the functions of rooms are shifting, demanding totally new plans for the future; a nucleus society with more room for family and friends and less space for solitude, with a focus on cooking and learning, playing and reading, baking and bingeing... Living rooms will become living kitchens, bedrooms will become junior suites and dining rooms will become libraries to study and connect, while gardens and balconies become coveted, adding an extra room to the home. Extending the perspective of even the smallest space.
PHILIP FIMMANO is an Australian-born trend analyst, design curator and writer, contributing to Trend Union’s forecasting books, magazines and strategic studies for international companies in fashion, interiors and lifestyle. With his partner Li Edelkoort, he has co-created exhibitions for museums and institutions around the world, including Tokyo's 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Design Museum Holon and the Gaîté Lyrique in Paris. In 2011, he co-founded Talking Textiles; an ongoing initiative to promote awareness and innovation in textiles through touring exhibitions, a trend publication, a design prize and free educational programmes – including New York Textile Month, a citywide festival celebrating textile creativity each September. Along with Edelkoort, he is the co-author of the recently-published design book A Labour of Love (Lecturis, 2020) and the co-founder of the World Hope Forum, a new creative platform for community building. Philip teaches a forecasting masters at Polimoda in Florence and is on the board of directors for the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe.