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DESIGN STUDIOS - SPRING.SUMMER 25 II

DESIGN STUDIOS

2. May 2024

The DESIGN STUDIOS area offers creative input, progressive ideas and new designs.

In Studio 1 DS (firstfloor), textile designers and trend agencies from all over the world show their fabric designs and latest developments for prints and patterns.

Some exhibitors in this area are:

KUNSTUNIVERSITÄT LINZ | LICA DESIGN STUDIO | STUDIO SPLASH

KUNSTUNIVERSITÄT LINZ

Students from the textil.kunst.design department at the University of Art and Design Linz present a selection of experimental, handmade textile designs. The exhibited designs are characterised by the versatile use of craftsmanship and technology. Using screen printing, latex, paper, transfer printing and jacquard fabric, a wide range of textures, patterns and colour play is created. On display are individual visions of workshop-operated and therefore independent textile production for the Spring/Summer 25 season.

KUNSTUNIVERSITÄT LINZ

LICA DESIGN STUDIO

It is a warm summer day. The guests gather in a beautiful wild garden filled with scribbled bushes and hand-painted flowers in red and orange tones. You feel at ease in this peaceful home. A breath of the fresh air reminds you of summer holidays at the beach when you were a child. The laughter and cheerful chatter pulls you back into the here and now. Your eyes wander over the table: Citrus fruits embellish the dusky-pink linen table cloth. A glass of rose wine blends in, giving a watercolor effect.

LICA DESIGN STUDIO

STUDIO SPLASH

Delicate but multicoloured, soft and bold – that’s how Studio Splash welcomes the new spring/summer season 2025. From abstract textures inspired by art and nature to geometric arrangements and unique compositions, each print tells a story of creativity and individuality. They are passionate about creating fashion placement and panneau-prints for women’s wear. The designs are trend based combined with a keen eye on commercial appeal. Spring is not just a season, it’s a celebration of colours!

STUDIO SPLASH

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by Chantal Graeff

DESIGN STUDIOS - SPRING.SUMMER 25 I

DESIGN STUDIOS

14. March 2024

The DESIGN STUDIOS area offers creative input, progressive ideas and new designs.

In Studio 1 DS (firstfloor), textile designers and trend agencies from all over the world show their fabric designs and latest developments for prints and patterns.

Some exhibitors in this area are:

AQUI DESIGN | BERNINI STUDIO | FUSION CPH

AQUI DESIGN

AQUI DESIGN presents the most significant pattern and prints for the upcoming seasons. They offer exclusive pattern and print designs, collection design development, design story for your target group, design in seamless repeated and placed, design with Pantone® colour-system and color story, required size and file format, product design and simulations, Product mockups, bord mockups, trend reports and workshops, brand advice and coaching for future collections.

AQUI DESIGN

BERNINI STUDIO

BERNINI STUDIO’s approach to the Spring/Summer 25 season focuses on a soft, medium saturated colour palette and a more manual look, trying to offer a modern twist on classic motifs. Based in Como, Italy and founded in 1986, Bernini Studio has been since then the point of reference for textile prints on an international level. Bernini Studio offers an array of prints which reflect the latest fashion trends. Its passionate team of designers explores different techniques  to provide customers with a wide choice of original and exclusive designs.

BERNINI STUDIO

FUSION CPH

At FUSION CPH – Scandinavia’s leading Design Studio – fresh new prints have been developed which reflect the newest trends. Their collection is inspired by the latest catwalks, Copenhagen street style and consumer trend reports and their design process often starts by hand, with a focus on hand drawing. The trends they feel strong about are artistic handmade abstracts where their designers can get creative and experiment with brushes, inks and paint. They have also had fun creating distorted and blurred florals with a modern aesthetic. For the spring/summer 25 season the Scandinavian inspired colour palette they are loving is soft camo greens with a warm peach pink pop.

FUSION CPH

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by Chantal Graeff

PER4ORMANCE NEWS - AUTUMN.WINTER 24/25

PER4ORMANCE NEWS

AUTUMN.WINTER 24/25

5. October 2023

Our new dedicated PER4MANCE area features the latest developments for sports, functional and athleisure fabrics at MUNICH FABRIC START.
For MUNICH FABRIC START, it is all about transparency, progress, credibility, information und an active future. The goal is to inspire and motivate – that future developments and sustainability go hand in hand.

Be Be Cotton Knitting

With the fast growing climate change allover the world in the past decades, we need special cloth which can combat the unpredictable weather and big temperature changes in one day, this is why we created this special fabric which suited for all seasons, can combat the unpredictable climate changes together with the new Athleisure theme. this is a double side fabric, one side offering moisture management and fast wicking purposes which will be suitable for your morning gym use, or jogging in the park. The other side is fashionable with a soft touch and will be suitable for the Happy hour after work. One garment with due purpose functionality.

Be Be Cotton Knitting

C&D TEXTILE CO., LTD.

The new collection of C&D Textile focuses on eco chemical materials like recycled synthetic yarns and membranes as well as bio-based water repellant finished, PFC-free DWR. Another focus is on activewear with multi-layer fabrics and high density, functional second layers for outdoor activities.

C&D TEXTILE

SUNNYTEX

Solapel™ is the PFAS free durable water repellent technology from Sunnytex that retains 70% efficiency even after 120 washes, equivalent to 24 hours of continuous washing. This long-lasting product reduces clothing disposal by maintaining functionality over a more extended period. Solapel™ also minimizes chemical contamination of the environment by keeping most DWR chemicals on the textile after laundering.

SUNNYTEX

TRIAD INTERNATIONAL CORP.

Denim like fabrics is one of the strengths of Triad International Corp. with its elastic woven texture and slub pattern complementing garment designs, providing wearer comfort as well as denim look pants. They provide customers with fabric to garment solutions. Find bouclé fabrics, classic houndstooth patterns and a variety of services as one-stop solution with exceptional flexibility and competitive pricing at their booth.

TRIAD INTERNATIONAL

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by Chantal Graeff

DESIGN STUDIOS - AUTUMN.WINTER 24/25

DESIGN STUDIOS

24. August 2023

The DESIGN STUDIOS area offers creative input, progressive ideas and new designs.

In Studio 1 DS (firstfloor), textile designers and trend agencies from all over the world show their fabric designs and latest developments for prints and patterns.

Some exhibitors in this area are:

COLOURMODE | LICA DESIGN STUDIO | MUSTICSTYLE

COLOURMODE

For the new Autumn Winter 24 Collection, Colourmode showcases a fresh print collection in diverse colour and design applications. From feminine hand painted florals, rich global bohemian designs, to earthy natural textures, their ever-growing collection is trend-driven and colour focused.

COLOURMODE

LICA DESIGN STUDIO

LICA Design Studio likes to present to you its new prints for AW 24/25. The collection is navigated by various trends which depict our ubiquitous feelings, thoughts & needs in society. LICA intends to find words to describe the latter, and, furthermore, invites you to immerse in the most diverse visual interpretations of these trends. Walking – we are putting one step in front of the other. Like we are used to, but perhaps with more awareness (?)

LICA DESIGN STUDIO

MUSTICSTYLE

Musticstyle design studio was established by Patrizia Grinzato after 20 years of experience in the fashion industry, and in the textile designs specifically. The studio gained a strong reputation and success thanks to a passionate art director and to creative designers, who put all their care in realizing original and exclusive designs, both hand-drawn and digitally-made. They are well appreciated for artistic and innovative prints, thanks to their team composed by internal designers as well as freelancer from all over Europe. Come check out their beautiful designs.

MUSTICSTYLE

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by Chantal Graeff

DESIGN STUDIOS - SPRING.SUMMER 24

DESIGN STUDIOS

16. May 2023

The DESIGN STUDIOS area offers creative input, progressive ideas and new designs. Here, textile designers and trend agencies from all over the world show their fabric designs and latest developments for prints and patterns.

Some exhibitors in this area are:

LE STUDIO COPENHAGEN | FUSION CPH | CIRCLELINE | LICA DESIGN | DESIGN STUDIO FLUXUS | ZISSER | BERNINI | BUNTASTIC |
ELEONORA CLERICI | BOGGIA DISEGNI | WHITE STUDIO | BUREAUX BO

BOLDDESIGN STUDIO

Creative handmade prints for the fashion industry and home textiles with painting in several techniques and styles: BoldDesign Studio uses gouache, pens, watercolors, dry pastels, create tie-dyes, scientific illustrations and more.

Located in the north of Portugal, in the center of one of the largest clusters of producers, spinners, weavers, printers and garment manufacturers, they make use of design with deep knowledge of production methods, mixing techniques, reinventing what has already been invented and taking advantage of our textile knowledge.

BOLDDESIGN STUDIO

BUNTASTIC DESIGN STUDIO

Buntastic Design Studio welcomes the new season with fluid forms, refreshing green accents and ethnic patterns from Morocco. With watercolor tie dye and wavy forms the studio let us feel the water. Green as a color of hope, harmony and stability won ́t lose its current importance. Tolerance and interest are travelling the world and celebrating the beauty of its diverse cultures.

BUNTASTIC DESIGN STUDIO

BUREAUX BO

For the Spring Summer 24 collection, BUREAUX BO immerses itself in the lightness of bright, cheerful colours combined with blurred textures. Large floral
formats, new interpretations of geometrics and “natural dyes” are the hallmarks of this collection. BUREAUX BO combines years of experience with a strong sense for current trends and innovations.

Located in Düsseldorf we are inspired by a diverse art scene, unusual architecture and diverse cultures. In addition to the seasonal trends, we develop free
and independent prints that are durable due to their timelessness and can be used long term.

BUREAUX BO

FUSION CPH

Fusion CPH is a leading Danish print studio, with over twenty years of experience. We pride ourselves in beautiful craftsmanship, talent from all around the world and delivering our innovative prints with a cool Scandi twist. Our collection is inspired by an analysis of the latest catwalks, street styles and consumer trend reports and our design process often starts by hand, with a focus on hand drawing and painting.

FUSION CPH

LICA DESIGN STUDIO

Lica‘s new versatile print collection for Spring/Summer 24 is based on two poles that form the essence: ‚Superfluity‘ and ‚Understatement‘. There are various reasons to find joy in the opulence of colors and shapes: It dresses you in self-confidence during uncertain times. And, it might make you question what is real, as the natural and virtual worlds blend. The diametrically opposed ‘Understatement’ finds peace in the reduction of color and the disappearance of form. It looks for nothing less than the essence of harmony. Solitude can be defined as a luxury.

LICA DESIGN STUDIO

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by Chantal Graeff

Screenshot of the digital trend space by Munich Fabric Start, materials and new trends displayed here

Taking Steps towards Digitisation

Taking Steps towards Digitisation

20. February 2021

Digitisation is more important than ever. Accelerated by the global pandemic, partnerships and workflows between suppliers and fashion brands have become increasingly more digital. Fabric mills focusing on digitisation will not only cater to a brand’s digital product creation but also greatly increase customer service, reduce costs and reduce resources.

In most cases, fashion brands would digitise their fabric swatches in-house, with the swatch ordered and shipped this is a process which can take as long as 4 weeks. To optimise this process, there is a greater push to move the digitisation of fabrics from brands to the suppliers. With this shift, designers can immediately begin their design process, allowing them to move up their ordering schedule for the collections accordingly.

In a move which we hope will encourage and support our exhibiting manufacturers in the potential advantages of fabric digitisation, we have digitised and showcased a selection of new material developments in the WE ARE ALL IN Digital Trend Space for the new Spring.Summer 22 season.

We first introduced the concept that fabric suppliers will offer a digital twin alongside physical swatches at our 2019 edition of Keyhouse. After successfully demonstrating the individual steps of fabric digitisation in the Digital Fabric Lab, we have now succeeded in creating a realistic image of digital fabric samples in cooperation with individual partners from this network.

We are acting on behalf of the industry to enter the next phase of digitisation and communicate the advantages to proactively adopt 3D technology. Thanks to Triple Tree software developers, Vizoo, material visualisation specialists and Caddon as our experts in multispectral colour communication, we could visualize selected fabrics from our exhibitors as digital samples in our Trend Space.

We are planning further exciting projects with our partners in the near future. For now, we invite you to discover the 3D digital fabrics and trend inspirations showcased in our DIGITAL TREND SPACE.

by Alison Baxter

Release of the new CLO version 6.0

CLO 6.0: the 3D design process of the future

17. December 2020

Our KEYHOUSE stands for innovation, trend development and digital pioneering. CLO Virtual Fashion was one of the futuristic exhibitors that presented their revolutionary developments in KEYHOUSE last February: the 3D visualisation of clothing.

CLO Virtual Fashion is a leading global provider of 3D simulation technologies for the clothing sector. The company looks back on over ten years of experience in research and development in the field of clothing simulation and sees its technology not only as a tool for developing virtual garments, but also as a platform to provide valuable data about clothing, designs and trends with the help of garment visualisations. CLO Virtual Fashion is an international company with offices in New York, Munich, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Bangalore.

Release of the new version 6.0

 

What we are particularly proud of: The innovative strength of our KEYHOUSE exhibitors cannot be stunted even by the challenges of a pandemic. We are therefore pleased to introduce you to the latest version 6.0 of CLO:

With the release of version 6.0, CLO has made the 3D design process faster, more accurate, more user friendly, more efficient and more seamless. With 6.0, CLO offers an incomparable solution for integrating a seamless digital end-to-end workflow. With the new cutting-edge features, designers can create virtual garments like never before.

One of the most revolutionary features of this version is Auto Sewing – which is exclusively available at CLO 6.0. This enables users to automatically sew their garments with just one click, which further shortens lead times. Other innovative new functions are also: Automatic Grading, whereby the cutting patterns can be adjusted based on the body shape and not just using the parametric size table. Grading Review enables users to check sizes at a glance. Pattern nesting minimizes fabric consumption for more efficient production and PBR format, which enables highly realistic fabric visualisation.

5 Auto Sewing
6 Print on Fabrics

Key Features of CLO 6.0

  • Grading Review:Compare garment and/or avatar grading in a single window.
  • Auto Sewing: Patterns are automatically sewn based on their placement on avatars.
  • Texture Editor:Express complex graphics by overlaying multiple images. When images repeat, create seamless graphics by editing their outlines while referring to the preview.
  • Print on Fabric: Print various patterns on fabric.
  • Render | Subsurface Scattering Material: Realistically express human skin. Subsurface scattering material penetrates and scatters under the objects’ surface. Utilise the material to illustrate leaves, fruit, candles and more.
  • Automatic Rigging & Converter: Add joints or convert user data to CLO avatars and use CLO Avatar Editor.
  • Schematic Rendering Style for Tech Pack: Render 3D garments into technical drawings for Tech Pack.
  • UV Editor Mode:Create UV maps of patterns, buttons and zippers as well as create normal, rough and metallic alpha maps.

3 new integration partners for CLO 6.0

Besides the updates of the key features, CLO 6.0 also convinces thanks to three new integration partners: Jeanologia, Substance and ColorDigital.

CLO Virtual Fashion has partnered with Substance by Adobe, tool to creat 3D textures, Jeanologia, the Spain based company specialising in finishing technology solutions for denim and ColorDigital, pioneer in uniform and efficient colour and surface communication, for the release of CLO 6.0. These exciting integrations allow brands and designers to achieve a desired and flawless workflow by optimizing the entire 3D design process from start to finish and enabling them to create sustainable digital designs that are an exact 1:1 representation of the physical end product.

“By providing practical and seamless workflows with Substance by Adobe, Jeanologia and ColorDigital, CLO users can now extend their design continuity to its fullest with their much loved applications. We are thrilled to work with accredited partners to bring augmented value to our users.”

Simon Kim, CEO of CLO Virtual Fashion

Jeanologia makes it possible to import washing files of the eDesigner

Import various types of washing libraries and JEAN files and apply them to garments as graphics. JEAN files are from the eDesigner application by Jeanologia which provides a laser washing solution.

“Today more than ever we need to implement digitisation in our industry. Design, digital collection and 3D virtual reality are going to be key to recovery. With the integration of eDesigner and CLO, we are able to make the dreams of designers a reality by connecting designers with wash developers and brands with manufacturers. It will be a complete transformation in the jeans industry.”

Josep Maria Carbonell, Software Developer Director Jeanologia

Create fully customisable materials with Substance by Adobe & X-Rite AXF

Import SBSAR files by Substance, the leading software solution for 3D digital materials, allowing you to download luxury materials with infinite texture variations or create fully customisble materials from scratch or via a scan, with complete authoritative control. In addition, import AxF files by X-Rite, a tool that generates realistic fabrics via various maps extracted from 3D fabric scanning.

“We are excited to collaborate with CLO and empower designers to push the fashion industry forward with 3D technology that expands the definition of what’s possible. The Substance integration unlocks the ability to iterate on materials instantly, present photorealistic designs, and discard unwanted prototypes without any waste. CLO designers are guaranteed an unprecedented level of control and realism and we are eager to see what they will create.”

Francois Cottin, Director of 3D & AR Marketing, Adobe

Use materials and colours of ColorDigital

Simply click and drag materials or colours from Color Digital’s DMIx cloud, and apply them to CLO’s garments.DMIx Cloud manages different forms of digitised materials, accessories and colours.

“With this partnership we enable the 3D Artist to use the libraries by their suppliers with a simple drag and drop of the material from the DMIx Cloud© directly on to their creations. This being done while keeping the full DMIx© quality in terms of color and PBR Standard based material. This enables a holistic approach of digital product development between brands and vendors on a common standard including master data, by using the most advanced raw material and trims solution in conjunction with the leading 3D garment technology.”

Gerd Willschütz, COO, ColorDigital

Be curious about the innovations that will be presented at our upcoming shows!

by Chantal Graeff