One of the key collaborators in the creation of our annual trend report, Sally Angharad is an incredibly talented Trend Consultant - working with us in identifying the colors, textures, and tones that will be influential in the coming months and years, and distilling these into key, concise trends. We caught up with her to discuss the process behind her creativity.
Could you tell us a little about your career to date and how you became a Trend Consultant?
I am a freelance material and trend consultant, with a degree in in Textile Design from the University of Leeds and a Masters in Textiles from the University of Huddersfield. I realized very early on that my passion was for color and texture, not to mention the psychology of design, exploring my own ways of creating colors and surfaces through a range of media.
Having previously worked as a Color Trend Consultant at a Global Color Research and as a Features Editor for MIX Magazine, my background is in identifying and analyzing design trends from concept to creation. I provide research into the latest design directions and developments through trend reports, presentations, exhibitions and editorial content. I also speak at trade shows and events sharing insight into color, materials and trend forecasting.