Category Archives: Satellite Trends

From our 4 main trend directions covered in our bi-annual trend publications, we see an abundance of spin-off or ‘satellite’ trends that orbit around the periphery of the main themes.

Satellite Trend: It's a Dog's Life

With the trend towards crafted textiles gaining some serious momentum, this timely exhibition by Donya Coward  is best described as ‘textile taxidermy’ but is as much about preserving textiles as it is about animals.  Donya lovingly creates these fabric collages depicting … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Digital Killed The Polaroid Star

Here at Trend Bible we are reminiscing about the good old days when we simply had to point, click and waft around before revealing our very own instant photo. Polaroid seemed doomed back in 2009 with the last factories shutting down, but the brand has … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Zig Zags

As part of a wider trend that references African culture and craft, we love this zig-zag pattern that we think can work commercially in the home. It  nods to all things ethnic without being a parody, and also taps into the … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Casing Point

Interesting article in the Financial Times recently about the latest trend for using luggage as storage, as flagged up in our Spring Summer 11 trend forecast, published September 2009. This is part of a bigger trend for flexible, adaptable home … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Easter!

There are some great easter products on the high-street this year, from cards to packaging, we saw some great playful designs. Check out our favorite items below and the trends that we thought were important. Look out for hand-drawn illustrations, sophisticated packaging and … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Light Angle

Modern, clean lines are key for pendants and table lamps as we see a new minimal aesthetic influence lighting. Watch out for geometric shapes, triangular shades and austere functionality. Bare flourescent tubes and uncovered lightbulbs are also a key direction, … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Mothers Day

Check out these lovely Mother’s Day card and gift trends. Mothering Sunday is 14th March in the UK andMothers Day in the US is celebrated on 9th May. Mothers day chic Above images, left to right; card by Fenwick, card by M&S, … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Valentines Day

We really love Print Pattern blog which we regularly look at to keep up-to-date with stationary and print trends. Although we already posted our own Valentines trend update, we couldn’t resist showing you some of the top greetings card trends as … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Valentines Day

With Valentines day just around the corner we’re feeling all loved up and we’ve been busy sourcing some really cool products to get you in the mood.  We’ve found ‘shout about it’ prints with hearts (of course!) being a key … Continue reading

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Satellite Trend: Cardboard Packaging

We love this trend for unbleached papers and simple brown cardboard, which reflects the latest ‘post-materialist’ mood we explored in our Spring Summer 2010 forecast. This is particularly evident in food packaging (tea and cereals) and also is starting to … Continue reading

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