Fair news from Heimtextil 2001 in Frankfurt

The Frankfurt ”Heimtextil” trade-fair is the home-textile industry’s major showground, with more than 3100 exhibitors from 67 countries. Alongside bed-linen, towels, table-cloths and bath-mats, the fair is a forum for current trends in soft furnishings such as curtains, furnishing fabrics, carpets and wallpaper. Visitors can come away from the design studios represented at the event with creative inspirations, can attend the specially organised special shows to inform themselves about the latest fashions, or obtain insights into technical innovations in the halls where the producers of textile machinery have set up their stands.

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”Live sunny”: warm colours, 1970s design and Wild West nostalgia

Berq with its paper effect from the Kendix Experience line

Bassetti’s table linen ”Granfoulard” shows the influences of Indian textile art

Beyer and Sander choose the fascination of the Orient for their interior. Photo by Uwe Dahlmann

Mr Potz shows the students’ designs and demonstrates the advantages of the digital printing process

For Bertazzo’s ”inbusta”, fabrics are sealed in see-through plastic wraps

67 national flags flutter outside the trade fair, proclaiming the diversity of nations represented

The ”Cosmopolitan: Camping” trend with textiles from Marimekko, Man. Cotoniere Settentrionale, Atlas

”Live fresh” in satin, from mauve to burgundy, with cords and tassels

Divine, transparency in stripes in the Innocence series from Kendix

Zucchi presented his new bed-linen ”Elements” with photo-realist nature motifs

Ulrich Sack’s home-cinema presentation with variable black-out possibilities. Photo Uwe Dahlmann

Draft design with vegetable and text motifs from Maastricht

Kinnasand: The double-weave of linen and organza is still hung separately on the stand

The materials for ”Loft: Luxurious” with warm natural colours and cool blue and grey tones

Ellipses dominate the new line from Cordima, both embroidered and woven

Lola by Création Baumann gets its special look from lasered-out circular segments

Epple uses light shades with individual accessory accents. Photo by Uwe Dahlmann

The Berlin students printed a single length of fabric with individual motifs

Warm, saturated colours from the Palazzo line by Interieur with the diaphanous Astori fabric

Kirie by Schlaepfer, Création Baumann is reminiscent of Japanese silhouette techniques

The digital printing shop with plotters from HP and special textile rollers from 3P Inkjet in action

Warm, luminous colours in powerful magenta and sunny yellow from Apelt

Fair news from Heimtextil 2001 in Frankfurt

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