Heimtextil Frankfurt - Photos Depicting the 2008 Trends

It seems that there is a lot of glamor and glitter at Heimtextil this year:
purple and metallics, Asian influence, high-tech fabrics,

According to Heimtextil Frankfurt - International trade fair for home textiles and commercially used textiles - Press center:
There are four trend statements presented inside the Forum.

2008/09 trends take a significant step towards this by reflecting our own image
back on ourselves. “It’s time to be ...” combines the force of the present with
the power of the contemporary.
In this context, honesty and soul are
expansive and so:
The decorative and whimsical are replaced by objectivity
and clarity.
The origin and history of things is important, it lends them
authenticity.
Things produced with honesty and ambition are credible and
valuable.
Texture is equally as important as appearance.
We appreciate
perfection and recognise the attraction of imperfection.
It’s only now that
the new millennium is beginning to take shape in our hearts and heads and we
recognise that it’s time for change. What we desire is a new perspective, a new
concept, a new attitude. Therefore we need to look to the future rather than
referencing the past. We are on the brink of a change in aesthetic direction
towards a new purism.

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