Patternbank recently visited Première Vision and Indigo to discover the key print trends emerging for Spring/Summer 2013. This three day event is an essential industry trade show that gives a powerful insight into the future seasonal trends. Our team walked the show and gathered print trend information from the inspirational Trend Forums.

African Graphics

African graphic impact ~ Tribal abstracts & geometric elements ~ Linear build ups ~ clashing repeats ~ Border and placed pattern ~ Painterly effects ~ Outline graphic art ~ Two tone effects ~ Batik and block print textures ~ Bold colour usage

lukeirwin.com, ”Water Dreaming,” 1972, by Mick Namararri Tjapaltjarri, Marni S/S 2012, Carven S/S 2012 Via Vogue.com, Seraphine Louis

Vivid Jungle

Tropical vegetation focus ~ Photo-real jungle scenes ~ Micro and large-scale tropical flower studies ~ Watercolour textural effects ~ Symmetrical prints ~ Fern leaf overlap pattern forms ~ Engineered tropical placements ~ Distorted jungle prints

Emilio-Pucci-Spring-2009 via Vogue.com, Lucie de Moyencourt, Illustration by Haeckl, Le Douanier Rousseau, Alberta Ferretti S/S 2012, The Mystic Corner,

Garden Crop

Fresh colour use ~ Garden life illustrations ~ Flowers and vegetable mixes ~ Botanical spring floral blooms ~ Traditional country garden flowers ~ White ground patterns ~ Stylised linear looks ~ Playful pattern

Christopher Kane S/S 2012, Dimtry Ligay, Matt Wisniewski, Alice & Olivia S/S 2012

Geometric Signs

Abstracted geometric patterns ~ Stripe, Dot and zigzag pattern interaction ~ New Geometric variations ~ Bold clean looks ~ Overlapped geo pattern ~ New fractured pattern effects

Ombre

Digital blurs ~ techno tie-dye effects ~ Strong and vivid saturated colour mixes ~ Soft and subtle colour blends ~ Sunset colour banding ~ Fluid movement ~ Blurred and translucent layered effects

Shane McAdams, Jennis Li Cheng Tien, Eskayel, Etro S/S 2012, Eric Cahan

Circle State

New form polka dot expression ~ Painterly textures ~ Pencil and delicate line work ~ Large and micro scale use of dots ~ Abstract compositions ~ Inverted circle formations ~ Shadowed and ghostly techniques ~ Muted colour hues

Alex Dipple, Hein Koh, Serena Mitnik-Miller, Henri Jacobs, Fendi A/W 2012, Karen Margolis

Patternbanks in-depth trend report continues in Part 2 which covers Premiére Vision’s sister show Indigo Salon.

Première Vision + Indigo – Print Trends Spring/Summer 2013 Part 2 now available