Taking flight with Li Edelkoort
Taking flight with Li Edelkoort
Pioneer trend forecaster tours Australia & New Zealand
Internationally renowned trend forecaster, curator, publisher and educator, Li Edelkoort (www.trendunion.com) constantly lives in the future. One of the most sought-after trend researchers in the world, Li will present her latest observations and interpretations at seminars in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland.
Dates & cities
MELBOURNE April 29
Storey Hall, RMIT Building 16, 342 Swanston Street, Melbourne
SYDNEY May 4
Museum of Contemporary Art, 149 George Street, Sydney
AUCKLAND May 6
Auckland Museum, Domain Drive, Parnell, Auckland
Programme
SESSION 1 - AFTERNOON SESSION (Li Edelkoort)
Commences 2pm, ends 5pm
/Resource: fashion and textiles for summer 2011
/We Are Family: design and interiors for 2011
SESSION 2 - EVENING SESSION (Li Edelkoort)
Commences 6pm, ends 8pm
/Organic Dwelling: biomimicry and architecture beyond 2012
/Taking Flight: fashion and textiles for winter 2012
Prices of AUD$350 + GST for either session, or AUD$495 + GST for both sessions. People attending the seminars will receive a complimentary miniature trend book (fashion).
Refreshments will be served during a break in each session.
STUDENT ONLY EDUCATION TALK (Philip Fimmano)
Trend Forecasting Methodologies (dates and times to be advised)
$30 student concession
Li Edelkoort
Li Edelkoort is a trend forecaster, curator, publisher and educator who constantly lives in the future. Born in Holland in 1950, she studied fashion and design at the School of Fine Arts in Arnhem, and upon graduation became a forecaster at the leading Dutch department store, the Bijenkorf. There she discovered her talent for sensing upcoming trends. This unique ability to predict what consumers would want to buy several seasons ahead of time brought her to Paris in 1975, working full time as an independent trend consultant.
Li's work has pioneered trend forecasting as a profession; from innovative installations for the Première Vision textile fair to long-ranging lifestyle analysis for the world’s leading brands. Since 1992, Edelkoort’s magazines (View on Colour, InView and Bloom) have redefined the publishing medium and produced images that have become ideograms of our time. More recently, her work has evolved into the realms of education at the Design Academy Eindhoven where she was Chairwoman from 1999 to 2008, humanitarianism within the Heartwear foundation she co-founded in 1993, and curatorial work as she delves into the art and design domain, illuminating museums and exhibits around the world.
Li provides trend analysis and consulting services to major international companies in a wide range of sectors, from cosmetics to cars, telephones to public transportation, from food and flowers to bricks and finance. Studying the links between art, fashion, design and consumer culture, Li analyses and advances the concepts, colors and materials which will be important two or more years hence, because, "there is no creation without advance knowledge, and without design, a product cannot exist."
Li has received continual recognition for her work in providing inspirational stimulus and fostering creative talent. In 2003, TIME Magazine named her as one of the world’s 25 Most Influential People in Fashion, while in 2004 she was named one of the 30 Most Influential People in Design by Icon magazine. In 2007 Li founded the Designhuis in Eindhoven, a cultural institute where she exhibits innovative design. In 2008, the French Ministry of Culture honoured her as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and the Dutch Royal Family named her a Knight in the Order of Oranje Nassau. 2009 saw the launch of Archeology of the Future, a retrospective at Paris' Institut Néerlandais highlighting Edelkoort’s forecasting as a landmark medium of social commentary over the last twenty years. This year Li has been asked by Issey Miyake to curate Post-Fossil, a contemporary design exhibit for his 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT museum in Tokyo.
Philip Fimmano
Philip Fimmano works in the fashion, design, lifestyle and communications industries.
Born in Adelaide, based in Paris, he studied fashion design in Florence and New York and after graduating, worked freelance in fashion design, public relations, exhibitions, display and styling. At the end of 2001, he left New York to move to Paris and work as the assistant and right hand of Li Edelkoort.
He is a contributor to Trend Union’s books, magazines and strategic studies. Philip travels alongside Li throughout the year, overseeing her functions within industries as varied as design, fashion, architecture, hair, beauty, finance, retail, education, humanitarianism, art and culture.
Philip also specialises in the creation of design exhibitions and has co-curated shows at museums around the world, such as ARMOUR: the fortification of man, North meets South, A World of Folk and Archeology of the Future, a retrospective of Li’s work that illustrated twenty years of lifestyle trends in design, fashion and culture. He is currently working on Post-Fossil, opening in spring 2010 at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, Issey Miyake’s design museum in Tokyo.
Philip has spoken at seminars and brainstorms for clients in Europe, India, Australia, New Zealand and the United States and also guest-lectures at the Royal College in London, F.I.T. in New York, the American Academy in Paris and Polimoda in Florence.
Auckland Museum, Domain Drive, Parnell, Auckland
National Design Centre Australia
