Lidewij Edelkoort presents
design by Max Lamb
photo by Thomas Joseph Wright
Interior Child
2026 Home & Interiors
Recently, details from childhood have slowly penetrated the fashion and lifestyle spheres, introducing a more naive approach to design and colour. This search for the childish marks the beginning of a much broader quest for innocence, happiness and joy. Threatened by the extinction of our species (through the climate crisis and / or bots taking control) people are faced with doom and decide to sidestep our depressing times by lifting their spirits, travelling back to their childhood to recall the insouciance of being a kid. The inner child can become a powerful psychological tool; for example, when we write or draw with our wrong hand, we can become a toddler again and mentally incarnate childhood. Such liberating exercises are inspiring contemporary designers to help us reassess who we truly are and bring back a certain feeling of lightness and freedom; we feel content to be alive and curious about tomorrow. This forecast is therefore a timely learning curve that includes creating furniture from cardboard to building house, drawing, sculpting, painting, exploring, imagining, flying, and most importantly, cuddling. A major movement that simultaneously helps heal trauma and solve mysterious issues that lay dormant in our psyche and body. Brightening our days with items for the home that exude joy as an antidote to our morose times. — L.E.
11:00 AM —1:00 PM (New York EST)
8:00 AM —10:00 AM (West Coast PST)
17:00—19:00 (Paris CET)
Program (New York EST)
11:00 Welcome
11:15 NEW LIFESTYLE 2026: Home & Interiors
12:00 Milan Report - 2024
12:30 Short Q&A Discussion
Tickets:
US $320 General Admission
US $215 Current Trend Union Subscribers
** Trend Union subscribers, to receive your discount code, please email ragna@edelkoort.com
portrait by Thirza Schaap
Li Edelkoort
Li Edelkoort is a trend forecaster, publisher, humanitarian, design educator and exhibition curator. From 2015-2020 she was the Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons in New York where she founded a Textile Masters and the New York Textile Month festival. Her thought-provoking writings and podcasts have become increasingly popular at a time when she is regarded as an activist and champion for change. In 2020, she founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. She is also on the Creative Council for all of Gap Inc.’s fashion brands, advising the group on creative innovation and sustainable practice. In 2022, Edelkoort collaborated with Polimoda in Florence to establish an innovative new textile masters called From Farm to Fabric to Fashion.
@lidewijedelkoort @worldhopeforum @newyorktextilemonth @edelkoort.editions