Trends & Forecasting

‘A trend can be defined as the direction in which something new or different moves and which has a consequential impact on culture, social or business sections through which is moves.’

When creating new ideas, trends and forecasting we should Concentrate on:

What’s happening in the world?
What has already been done? Think of new exciting ideas and concepts.
Work in advance, concentrate on the future.
Be over the top, ideas get flittered down.

For inspiration we should look at website, magazines, journals, books etc

Websites:

wgsn.co.uk
mpdclick.com
stylus.com
trendstop.com
trenthunter.com

Magazines:
Textiles View
VIFF
View2
View Point
Bloom
Colour Planner