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Designer Spotlight: Veit Streitenberger Frankfurt — September 2011 — Our daily lives are filled with what anthropologists call ‘familiar strangers’, the people we often see, but never with whom we communicate. Veit Streitenberger was just this until days ago at Tendence. Chock full of life and inspiration, Veit stages many installations for the Ambiente and Tendence fairs, and has designed a vast range of products for companies such as Sawaya & Moroni, WMF, and Belli e Forte—just to name a few. He is our kind of person!

NEWSLETTER #371 - Heimtextil Trend Preview Worldwide — August 2011 — Guten Tag! We are in Frankfurt for Tendence and are excited to bring you a hot-off-the-press look at the trends to be presented at the next edition of Heimtextil coming in January. An in-depth view will be posted shortly, but in the meantime subscribers can learn more about the themes here.

Is Shopping Rational or Emotional? Frankfurt — September 2010 — For the fifth time Tendence presented Personal Shopper, offering attendees to the fair help and inspiration to aid in making the right product choice for their shops and customers. The designer who “shopped” the show and curated the Galleria display this year was Viennese talent, Julia Landsiedl. Here she shares with us why she chose to use the right and left brain concept.

Le Bobo Frankfurt — August 2009 — Royal College of Art graduates Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien were personal shoppers at this year’s Tendence where they selected products for the Bourgeois Bohème. “Le Bobo” is someone who enjoys and perceives qualities in both extremes, from the low-cost, mass-produced and playful to finely crafted luxury items. See which products they selected in this gallery.

Multiplicity & Transformation Frankfurt — August 2009 — “Cheap doesn’t mean without value and handmade does not always mean luxurious. Now mass-produced products can exist alongside handcrafted one-off pieces. Antagonism is no longer something to worry about.” This is the underlying tone Marie Rahm and Monica Singer expressed while acting as the Tendence personal shopper. See the results of their ‘shopping’ excursion here.

Chinese Designers Take Frankfurt Multiple Chinese Cities — August 2009 — Jaws dropped as people acquainted with the Tendence fair entered hall 6.1 during the 2009 edition of the event. This hall is where one goes to find innovation in design and cutting-edge insights. This year’s layout surprised many and rattled quite a few. A large section of the floor was dedicated to Chinese design. While many people are still cautious about the Chinese in relation to original creativity it is clear that some of these Asian creatives have talent and are not afraid to use it.

NEWSLETTER #278 Multiple European Cities — July 2009 — In this week’s gallery we review the ‘Form’ exhibition where new and innovatively designed products selected from Tendence are highlighted. The Trendease Team chose an inspirational assortment of these products, including some of Jennifer’s top design picks from Tendence. Also learn about market segmentation and creative new product introductions.

NEWSLETTER #229 Frankfurt — July 2008 — Many warm greetings from Paris dear readers! Today is a special day—you get to have an exclusive advance preview of the 2009/2010 trends to be presented at Heimtextil in January 2009. After the Trendease Team explored the trade floors of Decorate Life: Tendence, Collectione, Outdoor Living, and The Design Annual, we were honored with a screening of the Heimtextil trends to be presented next year.

A Thoughtful Shopper Frankfurt — September 2007 — Two international design studios were invited to design spaces for the Tendence Lifestyle show, their decorating selection limited to products which were on exhibit at the fair. The displays represent a guide for the attendees and at the same time they are an ideal staging for innovative ideas of how to transform somewhat abstract trends into ‘real’ lifestyles.

Twin Brothers: 1 Customer or 2 Frankfurt — September 2007 — Hollywood celebrities have long realized the benefit of having a personal shopper who scours the market to discover products that suit the client best to reinforce personal style in today’s jungle of brands and no-name products. Tendence Lifestyle has introduced the “Personal Shopper” concept to revolve around the theme of today’s consumers, their needs and wants blended with market trends.

Trade Show Hide-Outs Frankfurt — September 2007 — One of the most phenomenal displays at this year’s Tendence Lifestyle was the Micro-Architecture concept by students of the Kassel School of Art and Design. For this year’s fair, students had created seven unique micro-architectural concepts consisting of spaces and environments to offer the visitors a hide-out from the traffic of the fair. The designs allowed anyone to stretch out their body and mind in a world of other dimensions.

EcoChic: New Products & Tidbits Multiple European Cities — September 2006 — While exploring all of the new products from over 3,500 exhibitors at Tendence Lifestyle Trendease scoped out the latest EcoChic products which can be found here. Also read up on EcoChic tidbits that will make you think again about many of your actions.

A Bright Personal Shopper Frankfurt — September 2006 — “The true skill of the professional buyer is in compiling a perfect blend of products that underscore the client's style and personality.” This gallery brings together images of the Walking Chair Design Studio Personal Shopper display at Tendence Lifestyle. Subscribers will find a new selection of eco-chic products among the product offering.

Collector's Craze Frankfurt — September 2006 — This is a source of inspiration for trade visitors at Tendence Lifestyle enabling them to expand their assortments in the right direction for the upcoming seasons. Winter trend scenes make up these vignettes by interpreting the passion held by collectors. Three stories are created as individual arrangements to demonstrate new trends.

New Talent: T2 Frankfurt — September 2006 — Each year towards the end of August Talents becomes an international attraction at the consumer goods fair of Tendence Lifestyle. The Talents section provides free stands to new designers giving them the opportunity of being exposed to approximately 85,000 visitors including press, manufacturers, distributors, and design professionals as well as an excess of 3500 exhibitors.