Trend Union and Fondation Cartier

This Morning I woke up feeling much better and ready for the exciting day ahead. At around 10am we made our way to an exclusive presentation at Li Edelkoort Trend Union, a trend forecasting company. Here they showed us an amazing presentation of all the trends to look forward to in winter 12/13. This is top secret insider information so we were very privileged to be there. Unfortunately because of the secrecy around the information we weren't allowed to take photos. (Although i did sneakily take a few, I wont publish them here becuase I might get in trouble!) I have always been a bit skeptical about trends, I like to think I set them not follow them, ha! However I know that in reality we are all influenced by the trends that surround us. Some of the trends they spoke of, I would really like to use in my illustrations. Trends that stood out to me were ideas on nature such as flowers, birds, leaves, the sea, fur and farmer chic. I also liked the dreamy 'wonderland' that seemed to filter threw all the trends giving everything a fantasy and surreal feel. I was extremely influenced by the younger trends 'The Key', as this is the age group I am aiming my illustrations at. The main trend that stood out was 'Creative Wonderland', a celebration of crafts, cartoons, colourful and creative fashions. I think this sort of trend would work perfectly in my MA project.
After Trend Union we all went our separate ways as it was our last opportunity to see exhibitions we hadn't yet visited.I decided to go see the 'Moebius' exhibition at the Fondation Cartier. Moebius is an illustrator, comic book author and animator who creates amazing surreal and science fiction stories. What struck me most about his work was the sheer amount of it. It was great to see how all his different experiments and quick sketches can lead to such amazing things like 3D films and wall scale murials. The exhibition definitely inspired me to think big and consider how far I could push my ideas.
After the exhibition I was feeling tired so went back to the hotel and just chilled out for the rest of the evening working on a drawing inspired by the things I had learnt today. Another awesome day in Paris!