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The event with Li Edelkoort has been rescheduled for October 1, 2026, so it no longer conflicts with 3 Days of Design. Updated details will follow.
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LIVE seminar in Copenhagen
LIVE seminar in Copenhagen
Li Edelkoort
Li Edelkoort
Lifestyle · Fashion · Trends · Textiles · Colors
October 1st, 2026TREND SEMINAR NO. 1 - FASHION & TEXTILES SS 2028TREND SEMINAR NO. 2 - DESIGN & INTERIORS 2028
Li Edelkoort Trend Seminar
Colours & Trends SS 2028
Trend Seminar No. 1
Glass is a hybrid known for fragility while hiding its solidity and can be considered a liquid because of its fluid nature. These contradictory qualities make it one of the most magical and versatile materials of all time. Hovering between two states of matter, it is an amorphous solid, which also perfectly describes the current state of fashion which is amorphous; a period without clearly defined shapes, allowing various silhouettes to co-exist in one collection, on one body. Therefore, fascinating as a cultural inspiration and a reflection of our times, glass is the material of the moment in both fashion and design, set to influence the years to come with a multitude of colour harmonies, textiles, garments and forms.
Talk 1 - Haberdashery: Color Forecast
The first presentation at the seminar will focus on color and style trends.
Today, most design details push the boundaries: trimming iconic jackets, piping modernist grids, pleating famous shirts, and smocking playful bloomers. Metallic hardware adds contrast in this otherwise hedonistic realm, creating tension between familiar luxury looks and creative audacity—from gilded buttons to razor blades and safety pins. Buttons are a category of their own, expressing culture and couture, with materials like mother-of-pearl, wood, leather, bakelite, and ceramics. These haberdashery extremes define heritage, show pedigree, and shape a brand’s signature. They drive major color and style movements, co-creating trends that are both functional and emotional, reviving codes of dressing up: button-down collars, buckled belts, pleated rosettes, wool pompoms, knitted mittens, felt hats, and soft leather gloves. A shop of wonders hidden in drawers and displayed in a cabinet of curiosities—ready to bring playful charm back to fashion and color.
Talk 2 - Tradition: Fashion & Textiles
The second presentation at the seminar will focus on fashion and textiles.
This forecast examines the chaotic and extreme changes taking place in our world. Political, technological, and social forces are challenging our sovereignty, while the long-standing erosion of traditions has left people disconnected from rituals, celebrations, and social bonds. The digital age has intensified this isolation, turning many into introverted, disengaged citizens.
We must therefore create innovative traditions—conventions that blend historical customs with contemporary irreverence, merging ancestral knowledge with technology, and inviting people to reconnect and bond once more. Fashion plays a key role, offering garments that inspire confidence and self-awareness: from traditional and spiritual attire to nostalgic, ritualistic, and practical outdoor wear. This revival of tradition could spark a broader fashion renaissance, encouraging playfulness, ceremony, and the joy of dressing up.
Date
Trend Seminar No. 1
Theme: Fashion & textiles
Date: October 1, 2026
Address: The Black Diamond
Søren Kierkegaard Square 1
1221 Copenhagen K
Program
DK time
09.00 – 09.30: Check in and light breakfast
09.30 – 11.30: Trend talk
11.30 – 11.45: Q&A
Please note:
The seminar will be conducted in English
Price
DKK 3.600,- / EUR 482,-
Limited tickets
If you are interested in both events, please email konference@pejgruppen.dk for a special price.
Prices are shown in Danish kroner and do not include VAT.
The price is per participant.
DESIGN & INTERIORS 2028
Trend Seminar No. 2
Recently the language of art and design has become similar; two domains proposing similar points of view of our current chaotic and fearful lives. Both are concerned with the planet and its people, its fluidity and diversity, its romantic brutalism, and its ruins to be picked up as valuable resources for creation. Both insist on telling stories but also try to seek refuge in the abstraction of modernism. Making sense of the present while opening up to possible futures.
The art of living becomes the new goal, profiting from personal choices and indulging in strange combinations, exalting in unique finds, mixing old and new, making the most of all moments. A common ground for a culture that seeks to appease and ground people, healing as a prerequisite for a better existence, creating a safer place. A fascination with aesthetics as a moral medication that allows us to design and communicate, transforming consumers into collectors, and raising awareness about the benefit of beauty.
Talk 1 - Haberdashery: Color Forecast
The first presentation at the seminar will focus on color and style trends.
Today, most design details push the boundaries: trimming iconic jackets, piping modernist grids, pleating famous shirts, and smocking playful bloomers. Metallic hardware adds contrast in this otherwise hedonistic realm, creating tension between familiar luxury looks and creative audacity—from gilded buttons to razor blades and safety pins. Buttons are a category of their own, expressing culture and couture, with materials like mother-of-pearl, wood, leather, bakelite, and ceramics. These haberdashery extremes define heritage, show pedigree, and shape a brand’s signature. They drive major color and style movements, co-creating trends that are both functional and emotional, reviving codes of dressing up: button-down collars, buckled belts, pleated rosettes, wool pompoms, knitted mittens, felt hats, and soft leather gloves. A shop of wonders hidden in drawers and displayed in a cabinet of curiosities—ready to bring playful charm back to fashion and color.
Talk 2 - Tradition: Fashion & Textiles
The second presentation at the seminar will focus on fashion and textiles.
This forecast examines the chaotic and extreme changes taking place in our world. Political, technological, and social forces are challenging our sovereignty, while the long-standing erosion of traditions has left people disconnected from rituals, celebrations, and social bonds. The digital age has intensified this isolation, turning many into introverted, disengaged citizens.
We must therefore create innovative traditions—conventions that blend historical customs with contemporary irreverence, merging ancestral knowledge with technology, and inviting people to reconnect and bond once more. Fashion plays a key role, offering garments that inspire confidence and self-awareness: from traditional and spiritual attire to nostalgic, ritualistic, and practical outdoor wear. This revival of tradition could spark a broader fashion renaissance, encouraging playfulness, ceremony, and the joy of dressing up.
Date
Trend Seminar No. 2
Theme: Home & Interior
Date: October 1, 2026
Address: The Black Diamond
Søren Kierkegaard's Square 1
1221 Copenhagen K
Program
DK time
12.30 – 13.00: Check in
13.00 – 15.00: Trend talk
15.00 – 15.15: Q&A
15.15 – 16.00: Mingling with cava and cake
Please note:
The seminar will be conducted in English
Price
DKK 3.600,- / EUR 482,-
If you are interested in both events, please email konference@pejgruppen.dk for a special price.
Prices are shown in Danish kroner and do not include VAT.
The price is per participant.
Lidewij Edelkoort– Trend Guru #1
LI EDELKOORT is arguably the world’s most renowned trend forecaster, working in industries from fashion to food, design, lifestyle, beauty, communication, luxury and retail. Founded in 1986, her company Trend Union produces trend tools for strategists, designers and marketers at brands from Zara to Prada. She is also a publisher, humanitarian, educator and exhibition curator. Edelkoort has been named one of the Most Influential People in Fashion and one of the Most Influential People in Design. Her much-talked about ANTI_FASHION Manifesto, presented at BoF VOICES in 2016, raised awareness about the shifts and upheavals experienced in the global fashion industry. From 1998—2008 she was Chairwoman of Design Academy Eindhoven before moving to New York from 2015—2020 where she was Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons, establishing an MFA Textile masters and New York Textile Month. In 2020, in response to the covid-19 pandemic, she co-founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. From 2022—2025, Edelkoort collaborated with Polimoda in Florence where she created an innovative textile masters called Farm to Fabric to Fashion. Her latest publications are Proud South, Proud South Craft and Uxua Utopia, each of which celebrate the creative talent of the Global South.
Here's what former participants have to say
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
Here's what former participants have to say
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
“The best strategy and the strongest collaboration grow when you experience things together. The conference with pej gruppen professional inspiration, good conversations, and lots of energy. It was a day that reminded us how important it is to be curious—and how much value there is in sharing experiences, knowledge, and optimism.”
– Benedikte Marie Kaalund, Head of Secretariat, FOF Denmark
“Thank you for a truly inspiring and well-organized strategy conference. It was enriching to gain new perspectives and food for thought on how we can work more strategically with both organizations and people. I was particularly struck by the reflection on how difficult it can be to understand the present while planning for the future—an insight that set many thoughts in motion. It was also a pleasure to gain a better insight into the work of the pej group, which in every way demonstrates great professionalism and passion.”
– Majbrit Borup
