{Preview} Collective Details: Portuguese Tile Patterns
Hello, Hallo, Ola & Bonjour Tout Le Monde! I have been hard at work this week on the second book to be published this year (hopefully within this next month!). I have been struck by the beauty of the vintage, mostly hand-painted tiles that are on many buildings here in Portugal. This gave me an … Continue reading
We’re Inspired! The Boat Project by Lone Twin
Hey guys and girls! I just read this incredible post on the Designboom site about ‘The Boat Project’ through UK-based company, Lone Twin. As the EDCC Group is preparing to embark on our own sustainable projects (in particular, the handbag collection which currently is in the works), this type of project is of particular interest … Continue reading
Hermes Creativity and EDCC Group News!
{All images are owned and under copyright by Hermes, 2012 – minus the last little surprise} Bonjour Tout Le Monde! We are so sorry for the extended silence – as always, we have good reasoning for not writing (ie. a lot of new opportunities and work that keeps us away from posting!). With a lot … Continue reading
Follow Up to our EDCC Austria/London Travels!
Hi Guys and Gals, About a month ago, I had made a post about the Cannes Film Festival with many vintage portraits included. One photo in particular caught the eye of my close friend and budding photographer, who wrote to me saying, ‘Caroline, you look so much like this woman!’ And my reply was, ‘Um, … Continue reading
EDCC: Eager to Share Up-and-Coming Travel Plans
Hello hello Guys and Girls! We are really excited to announce that our future trend forecast / product development travel will be sending us to: April 7-11 Salzburg/Austria April 21-24 Paris/France May 12-16 Barcelona/Spain June 18-22 Florence/Italy & Rome/Italy July 24 – September 11 (or so) New York City/United States If any of you have … Continue reading
{EDCC} Spring/Summer 2013 Print and Color Forecast is Online!
Hello, Bonjour & Guten Morgen! We are so excited to announce our first e-book is available online via blurb.com (please click on the above image or link at the end of this post to be directed to the right page). We have compiled our research for Spring / Summer 2013 Trends in Color and Print … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day from EDCC! {Free Download!}
Happy Valentine’s Day from EDCC! Please feel free to download this image to place on your desktop (or just look at sometimes, if you like). In the spirit of the holiday and love, a beautiful quote by Dr. Seuss : “You know you are in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally … Continue reading
Travel Highlight: Interviewing the owner of Galerie Welz in Salzburg/Austria
Hello everyone! I’m sorry I had a week of non-posts but I can promise you, it was anything but quiet on my end. I was lucky enough to travel between five countries in five days and met so many incredible people in the process. One stand out in particular was the owner of Galerie Welz, … Continue reading
EDCC Will Be Visiting Munich Fabric Start This Week!
Servus EDCC Friends! This week CC will be in Munich visiting the European textile and trend fair, Munich Fabric Start! We’re very excited to see all of the latest trends in textiles for Spring/Summer 2013. The posts might be minimal this week due to traveling – but we’ll be posting highlights from the trip this … Continue reading
EDCC Design Lesson: What is pattern? {Part One}
There is a quote in the film ‘Office Space’ that always makes me laugh when the character that plays a Human Resources Manager asks one of the company employees, ‘What exactly, would ya say you do here?’ This often makes me smile in that, many people ask us (among many other questions, What is trend? … Continue reading
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