Heimtextil hosted over 50 000 visitors in January 2025, at the Messe Frankfurt Exhibition Centre in Germany. 

This event is the leading industry platform, offering a holistic look at the world of textiles.  

Explore Heimtextil with this curated pictorial, including the 2025/26 trends and colour palette, and an exciting announcement for the 2026 edition. 

Image: Messe Frankfurt/Pietro Sutera

Future Continuous 

Unusual, original and innovative – these are the Heimtextil Trends for 2025/26 under the new curatorial direction of Alcova Milano.  

The founders Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, combine traditional elements and contemporary design in a creative dialogue – and create new, insightful narratives in the process.

Image: Messe Frankfurt/Pietro Sutera

Named “Future Continuous”, it highlighted contemporary colours, material qualities, techniques and production processes.  

The trend themes “Naturally Uneven”, “Radically Restructured” and “Regenerative”, reflected what matters to consumers – long-lasting, high-quality products that also meet ethical and ecological standards. 

The Wellbeing Collection, StudioIlse x Nanimarquina, 2019. Image: Messe Frankfurt GmbH

2025/26 colour palette 

From Naturally Uneven Green to End of Petrol and Imperfect Pink, the Heimtextil Trends 2025/26 present a visionary colour palette. The colours interweave ideas and concepts to tell a vivid story.  

Heimtextil Trends 2025/26 Colour Palette. Image: Messe Frankfurt GmbH

Natural, unbleached tones meet dynamic, vibrant colours and reflect the tension between tradition and innovation.  

This contrast, represents an active balance that is constantly evolving, characterised by renewal, growth and a forward-looking vision that goes beyond mere sustainability. 

More than textiles 

Heimtextil 2026 expands its product portfolio to include non-textile floor coverings, thus providing a holistic buying experience for interior design.  

The focus is on floors without a textile structure. These include elastic floor coverings, designer and luxury vinyl tiles, cork flooring, laminate, parquet and other wooden flooring, as well as outdoor floor coverings. 

With the new flooring and equipment product group, Heimtextil launches non-textile floor coverings. Photo: Messe Frankfurt

“We are constantly working with the industry to further develop Heimtextil into a global stage of inspiration and solutions for the entire interior design sector.  

“Non-textile floor coverings are an ideal addition to the existing product range offered at Heimtextil,” says Margit Herberth, director Heimtextil.  

Over four days, more than 50 000 buyers experienced the latest collections, materials and textile solutions for the entire interior design first-hand from over 3 000 exhibitors. 

Full acknowledgement and thanks go to https://heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com/ for the information in this article.