Take a look inside the VELA Design & Development Library.
Our monthly membership gives you access to Trend Edits, Market Edits and Insights covering colour, print and pattern, materials, product ideas and what's happening across international retail.
New reports are added throughout the month, giving your team fresh ideas to work with when developing ranges and preparing customer presentations.
Please note: The layout below displays a preview of selected pages from our VELA Edit reports.
Complete, high-resolution downloadable booklets are available exclusively for subscription members.
Preview the Trend Edit Reports
Our Trend Edits bring together researched design themes and practical ideas for home textile development. Each report explores colour, print and pattern, fabrics and textures, with Pantone® references and product concepts across relevant home textile categories.
Use the reports to explore new combinations, consider construction and finishing details, and develop ideas for your own collections. The downloadable PDFs provide a visual resource for development meetings, range planning and customer presentations.
Preview Market Edit Reports
Our Market Edits explore selected home textile retailers, with a dedicated report for each retailer covering its collections, product details and commercial approach.
Each report examines colour, pattern, materials and presentation, highlighting practical ideas and development opportunities for home textile manufacturers and suppliers.
Downloadable PDFs support range planning, development meetings and customer presentations.
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Core Design Trends _ Tracks commercial retail movements across bedding and accent textiles. Analyses how leading brands combine texture, decorative stitching, and relaxed linear patterns to build coordinated, sellable ranges.
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Global Retailer Case Studies _ A commercial review of Anthropologie, La Redoute, Pottery Barn, and Marks & Spencer. Demonstrates how to extend successful core ideas into broader collections through fabrication, finishes, and product variation.
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Festive & Seasonal Range Layouts _ Identifies key commercial shifts shaping festive textile development. Explores character motifs, playful details, and classic plaid styles designed to retain commercial relevance beyond Christmas.
Preview VELA Insights
VELA Insights are focused mini-reports released throughout the month. Each explores a colour direction, design detail or retail observation, with practical ideas for home textile product development.
Reports are provided as downloadable PDFs for use in development meetings and customer presentations.
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PLAYFUL CONTRAST _ A bold colour direction exploring unexpected combinations, contrast detailing and mixed pattern.
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COFFEE BEAN _ A rich chocolate-led direction exploring warm neutrals, tactile texture and graphic pattern. Trends · Product application concepts · Pantone direction
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FOREST & COCOA _ A grounded direction combining forest green, cocoa tones, botanical pattern and tactile texture. Trends · Product application concepts · Pantone direction
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FLORAL OMBRE _ A softer floral direction exploring blurred edges, painterly effects and washed colour.
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HIGHLIGHTS _ A focused direction exploring bright colour accents through piping, trims, stitching and contrast detail.
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GLOBAL LAYERS _ A decorative direction exploring layered pattern, crafted detail, embroidery and mixed textile influences.
A Practical Design & Product Development Resource for Home Textiles.
Drawing on our commercial experience in the home textile industry and international retail and lifestyle research, we develop practical colour palettes, print and pattern ideas, material and construction concepts, and product applications.
Our focus is on providing a continuous flow of fresh design and product direction that suppliers and development teams can use when developing new ranges, updating existing products and preparing customer presentations.
Your subscription gives you access to our library of downloadable reports, with a minimum of 10 new reports added throughout the month.
These cover trend direction and international retail research, along with practical ideas and guidance that you can apply to your own product development and customer presentations.
USD $170 / per MONTH
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*Membership is billed monthly and renews automatically unless cancelled before the next billing date.
What is Included in the Trend Edit Reports.
Each Trend Edit explores a distinct design theme, bringing together Pantone® colour references, print and pattern, fabrics, textures and product application ideas.
Detailed imagery and practical suggestions for construction, make and finish give home textile teams ideas to build on when developing their own ranges.
Inside each report:
• Pantone® colour palettes and matching guides
• Print, pattern, and graphic inspiration
• Fabric, texture, construction, and finishing ideas
• Product concepts across multiple home textile categories
• Layout strategies for coordinating products into commercial collections
What is Included in the Market Edit Reports.
Each Market Edit explores a selected home textile retailer, examining its product ranges, design details and commercial approach.
Explore how retailers coordinate collections, use colour and materials, and present their products—with practical ideas to support your own range development.
Inside the reports:
• Retailer collections, presentation styles, and active market movements
• Emergent product directions and commercial range strategies
• In-depth colour, pattern, fabric, and manufacturing finish details
• Core retail observations and immediate product development opportunities
What is Included in the VELA Insight Reports.
Throughout the month, we add shorter reports exploring new colour ideas, design details, retail developments and practical ideas for home textile products.
We look at what's happening across international retail, fashion and interiors, and explore how these ideas can be applied to home textile products.
Topics include:
• Emerging global trends and specific design details
• Fashion and lifestyle influences moving into the home textile category
• Target colour, print, and pattern concepts
• Live retail activity and incoming commercial collections
• Fabric, construction, and technical finishing details
• Practical product development opportunities for immediate range planning
Looking for Support with a Custom Project?
We also work directly with suppliers and manufacturers on custom projects, including customer presentations, original textile artwork, new product ideas and range development.
Each project is tailored to your products, customers and requirements.
Custom projects include:
• Buyer-ready product, range, and company profile presentations
• Exclusive textile artwork to apply across all home categories
• Production-ready packaging artwork and commercial graphic design
• Independent range reviews and product development support
• Customer specific design direction for your retail clients and product categories.
Tell us what you are looking for, and we will review how VELA can directly support your business growth.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Membership includes access to the current VELA library of Trend Edits, Market Edits and Insights, with new reports added throughout the month.
The downloadable reports cover colour, print and pattern, materials, product details and retail research, with practical ideas to support range development and customer presentations.
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New digital reports and visual insights are updated throughout each month, ensuring your team has a consistent flow of current global retail data and active colour direction.
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Create your account when you sign up, then use your email address and password to log in to the VELA Member Library.
From there, you can browse and download the reports available in the current library, with new reports added throughout the month.
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You can cancel through your VELA account before your next billing date to prevent the next charge.
Your access continues until the end of your current monthly membership period.
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All Trend Edits, Market Edits, and VELA Insights are delivered as fully compiled, high-resolution digital PDF documents. Visual assets are presentation-ready, allowing you to easily drop report concepts straight into your private buyer pitch decks.
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Yes. Our reports include curated colour palettes with Pantone® TCX references to support product development. Final colour selections should be checked against official physical Pantone® standards, as colours can vary between screens and printed materials.