Heimtextil 2023: trends, developments and innovations in in home textiles

Heimtextil 2023: trends, developments and innovations in in home textiles

There was a noticeable buzz at the 2023 edition of Heimtextil—the world’s largest international trade fair for home and contract textiles. That said, there was a fall in the number of visitors who attended the event compared with the number who attended the 2022 edition—reflecting ongoing restrictions on travel, coupled with economic and political uncertainties. A key attraction for visitors attending the fair was the Trend Space, which was dedicated to the presentation of design trends in architecture, art, fashion and interior design. The theme for the Trend Space was Textiles Matter, which was chosen to encourage visitors to focus on the full life cycle of textiles, starting from fibre cultivation or manufacture and continuing through to a product’s afterlife. Materials and innovations in the Trend Space were presented in four categories, namely From Earth, Nature Engineered, Make and Remake, and Continuous.