Trendscouts bora.herke.palmisano for Christmasworld reveal their trend worlds for next year and what you can expect to see during the 2013/14 festive season...

Precious Jungle

Over-the-top, extravagant and ostentatious, the title of this trend speaks for itself and underlines its opulent character. Precious Jungle combines the elegant and expensive with the cool and regal colours of the jungle. Precious stones and shimmering birds of paradise stand out against a background palette of greens and blues, while elegant gold adds additional warmth. Materials are dominated by strong ornamentation and expensive designs. Choice fabrics, such as velvet, silk and brocade are opulently embroidered or decoratively adorned. The theme offers a lot of room for inspiration.
The range of products that fit within this theme is appropriately varied: glass ornaments, feather or plant motifs, heavy Christmas baubles decorated with gold, ornately decorated leaves in flower arrangements.

Fantasy Forest

Fanciful, humorous and modern, the this playfully romantic style breaks the classic mould and puts traditional fairy-tale motifs and Christmas reds and greens in a young and modern context. The enchanted forest of Fairyland is presented in a full, violent red and set against the animals and forest figures dipped in green paint.

Natural materials, such as pine cones or acorns are painted silver and lend an abstract, ethereal effect. Lighter shades give products an elegant, discreet look: finely patterned glass and porcelain lend a gentle, feminine touch. Woollen fabrics and felts appear playful with coloured lace, ribbons and trimmings.

This humorous and fashion-conscious treatment of tradition and familiar festive items offers a new perspective on traditional romantic motifs and constitutes what is special about this imaginative trend.

Glowing Desert

This trend reflects the power and beauty of contrast, offering the wide open spaces of the desert, with its desiccated land, cracked by the heat of the sun, contrasted with a breathtaking colour palette. The combination of natural, warm shades, such as ochre and sand, with purple and an intense coral, provides strong accents.

A complement of sparkling and shiny metallic colours, set against the coarse desert backdrop, is reminiscent of a 'fata-morgana' mirage effect. This aspect is particularly evident in the range of floral products: dried wood, thistles, bleached stone ware and ceramics combine with ribbons of natural silk or linen to give a restrained rural effect.

Elegant glassware with 'schlieren' effects, iridescent Christmas baubles and shiny candles all go to create vibrant and exciting contrasts.

Gracious Coast

This is a light, feminine and delicate purist style, where modern pastel shades are contrasted with black, anthracite and ecru.

The reduced, sculptural shapes create a 50s feel, structures are fluid and clean, and surfaces are finely worked. Traditional features are put in a modern context and force a conscious clash, with, for example, historical scenes on copper engravings from the 17th and 18th centuries next to modern, photographically accurate patterns.

There is a great deal of variety in the range of products: fine fabrics and textiles with delicate structures and needlework create a feminine touch. There are gentle modulations of transparent and delicately coloured glass. High-quality ornaments with enamel and mother-of-pearl effects bring grace and lightness.

For more on next year's trends and the Christmasworld show, visit http://christmasworld.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/besucher/willkommen.html.