Autumn/Winter 2025-26. Focus is embedded with the textures in the colours in correspondence with sensational materials. Intended for design and accessory, for both small and large surfaces. A bag, a pair of shoes, a compact powder; it is all about the few square inches that makes us dream, and stimulate a wish of connection. Surfaces presents a colour map for the season in plastic, leather and suede for the correct colour- and material sensation.
A+A Surfaces 26.1 - autumn/winter 2025-26
The book contains six stories
Highlights
- Innovative Materialtrend-Forecast with colour information
- Important key information and practical working tool
- Colours are identified by A + A IDs and additionally with cross reference lists for Pantone® and Clariant® numbers
Info
Published: July/December
Target group: Bags, Shoes, Accessories, Industry design
Foresight: 18 months
Country of origin: Italy
Language: English
FROM THE EDITOR
Other than predict the future, this manual is an exercise of experimentation. My invitation to you in this journey is exactly
this: we want you to experiment, play and touch ! Play with your tactile senses, feel the textures, imagine different
combinations and how they dialog with one another.
Shifts in consumer behavior have disrupted the status quo around the globe. After an in-depth analysis of many marketing
studies, fashion runways, creative bootcamps and critically acclaimed art exhibitions, we have collected important data that
has been translated the concepts into breathtaking graphic and print sample, innovative surfaces, elaborate textures,
creative material manipulations and fabric blends.
Every time someone mentions the future, it makes us cherish the past even more. Past and future walk hand in hand. They
collide in the most spectacular ways, giving rise to trends that are as nostalgic as they are forward-thinking. Embarking on a
journey through the history of time delve into the captivating world of “AncestrologIA”. A word created by the union of
Ancestry and Technology where threads weave narratives of culture, identity, societal as well as technological evolution. The
preservation of ancient techniques that come together with prevailing developments, innovations, and advancements in the
world of technology. Our motto for this edition is “time travelling”. We go all-in, celebrating traditional techniques passed
along between generations, conserved either in secluded tribes in distant lands or regional groups of artisans. Local
environments mixed with spiritual/ancestorial rituals, socio-political provocations and souvenirs converted (and corrected)
into a creative oasis made green. In other words, a twist born from the fusion of ancestry, legacy and constructed with
cutting-edge alternatives for a new tomorrow!
KEY THEMES FOR 25.1 (aw 2024-25)
1 Quantum Threads
THE MOVEMENT OF 2 YIN-YANG DRIVERS COLLIDING INTO ONE, CREATING A NEW BALANCE.
• Lucid dream- A new way of perceiving patchwork through a game of contrasts. Weaving patterns bring tactile
textiles to new dimensions when encapsulated by different materials. Raw matter meets futurism, archaic
elements combined with hyper-innovative technology.
• Woven-glass - The concept of blown-glass manipulated as fabric _ weaving or mounted in translucent citric tones.
Rigid surfaces made playfully with tinted translucent organic shapes.
• Hygge Muxarabi- mixing tradition with minimalistic finishings.
• Gezellig Kayapó- new materials made by 3D printing with hot neon colors applied by antique techniques from
Pataxó, one of the most well-known indigenous tribes in Brazil.
2 Sci-fi Syncretism
HANDS-ON MACHINERY. DESIGNS OFTEN USED DURING RITUALS.
• Twilight Glossy- Designs often used in rituals. Adornments mixing beliefs and its beauties produced from A.I. and
3D printing.
• Sun Salutation-Gradient tones of sunset and ritualistic experiences involving ayahuasca and meditation Nirvana,
pay homage to in-depth lucid dreams. Profound immersion on meditative treatments, surrealistic transdimensional
visions for new artworks and self-expression.
• Atomic Maracatu- Layers of fringe or complement materials derived from street folklore. Colorful and mystical.
Unexpected material patchworks combining different shapes and textures together.
• Oxum Mossol-. A fusion between continents.
o Oxum: the orisha goddess of fertility in African Religion Yoruba.
o Mossol : Korean slang meaning single since birth: A combination of 2 words: “Motae” meaning a mothers
womb and “solo” meaning alone.
3 Dazzlin' Raw
UNPOLISHED ROUGH NATURE IN CONTRAST WITH IRIDESCENT SURFACES
• High Road Beetle- Skyline desert with glossy fine surfaces. Clean heated tones combined with dark unexpected
contrasting materials.
• Metallica Halo-Metal exterior on gradient-colored surfaces applied to shiny and resin materials. Organic vs.
geometric.
• Eatable Asphalf - Reinterpret the strength of concrete in a lighter airy surface A combination between brutalism
and A.I. comfort surfaces.
• Pyro Flora-Tinted glass with metallic paint creating an aspect of fire with the sensibility of reflexive surfaces.
4 Banlieue Dorée
MIGRATION ON THE RISE. A DYNAMIC INTERPLAY OF CULTURES, SUSTAINABILITY AND DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY CREATING
INNNOVATION AND INCLUSIVITY
• Court Runway- streetstyle influences activewear, then runways and now the luxury market. The celebration of the
suburbs and new cultures are turning the inclusivity macro-trend into something exclusive and premium. Streetstyle,
patterns, mix and match, shiny surfaces, contrast of high-low materials.
• Denim Denial- From sports to the red carpet. Denim goes upscale. Tailor-made combined with street wear.
• Upcycle Resin -Terrazzo-like designs with factory waste such as metal, resin, foam and wood.
5 Carbon Exposé
A DOMESTICATED INDUSTRY ALREADY IN PROGRESS- A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND REDUCING
CARBON FOOTPRINT.
• Reversed Inversion- What before appeared to be just the beginning of upcycling, industrial waste has made its
way to the final product, adding credibility and a certain amount of authenticity to the sustainability investment
and realness.
• Rational Errors new ways to show more genuine and handmade luxury products. Transparency is key by leaving
the production process visible.
• Desert Army - The idea of the world after the Apocalypse. What's left in the desert with glass, stone and metal
surfaces.
6 Air Salmagundi
ALL COLORS AND TEXTURES MIXING WITH ONE ANOTHER AND FORMING A NEW AND BEAUTIFUL ECO-SYSTEM
• Ain’t Puffer A trompe l'oeil of rough looking pieces made by inflatable forms. Curvy waves for pieces once thought
to be too hard. Future will prove this to be a lot lighter and more versatile.
• Inflatable Patchwork- Rough-looking pieces made by inflatable forms, light vs. heavy and vice versa. Comfort to
the eye and beyond. A.I made reality.
• Kino-Reflection- a vision into the Metaverse. Reflective surfaces combined with textures and patchworks trigger a
self-expression movement and offer different perceptions of your place in a space. Distortion, illusion, neon colors,
prisms.
