new limited quarterly access - ending 31Oct.
TRENDBARK Studio brings together ongoing trend and design research, field observations, publications, seminars and direct professional guidance, personally researched and curated by Elisabetta Rizzato, Italian architect, trend strategist and founder of ITALIANBARK® and TRENDBARK.
Combining direct field observation with curatorial direction and professional application, Studio supports those working across interiors, colour, materials, products, retail and spatial design.
It helps independent professionals, studios and brands:
make stronger design, colour and material decisions
prepare clearer briefs, presentations and concepts
filter meaningful signals from visual noise
translate Milan, European and international design signals into locally relevant directions
understand which emerging directions are right for their market, audience and moment
save hours of scattered research through curated, human-led intelligence
Too often, trends are reduced to viral micro-aesthetics, fast visual cycles and whatever everyone suddenly sees in the same feed.
But trends are directions of change. They tell us something about how tastes, behaviours, cultures and ways of living are shifting — and how those shifts are changing the spaces, products and materials around us.
TRENDBARK exists to look beyond the noise: to observe what is changing, understand why it matters and identify what is genuinely worth paying attention to.
Independent. Human-led. Field-based.
→ Use TRENDBARK Studio when you need to:
Build clearer concepts and support recommendations with structured research and professional reasoning.
Understand how palettes, surfaces, textures and finishes are evolving, and which directions are most relevant to your project or collection.
Use emerging signals to inform product development, refine existing ideas and evaluate whether a direction has relevance beyond short-lived visual hype.
Access filtered, human observations from fairs, exhibitions and cultural contexts without relying only on what becomes visible online.
Translate wider design shifts into directions suited to a specific audience, geography, sector and moment.
Work from an ongoing, curated research reference instead of repeatedly searching across fairs, reports, media and social platforms.
Not disconnected reports. Not one-off trend updates.
TRENDBARK Studio brings ongoing research, field observations, deeper publications, live interpretation and direct professional guidance together in one place — so you can follow how directions develop over time and return to the research whenever your work needs it.
Exclusive access to the Research Desk with emerging signals, colours, materials, finishes, aesthetics and observations added throughout the year.
Milan Design Week Trendbook, Design Atlas, Color Directions and the TRENDBARK archive.
Trend seminars, international conversations and live research sessions, with recordings available inside Studio.
1:1 access when you need to discuss a project, presentation, research question or professional decision.
NOW /COLOR DIRECTIONS 2028
Five emerging colour directions for Homes + Contract,
with seminar and downloadable reference.
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NOVEMBER /SEOUL TRENDS DECODED
Field research from Seoul exploring retail, interiors,
materials and changing taste.
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ONGOING / RESEARCH DESK
Trend spotting, observations and CMF Files added
throughout the year.
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EVERGREEN / TRENDBOOKS + ATLASES
Access the growing archive of Milan Design Week
Trendbooks, Color and Design Atlases and professional research.
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CUSTOM /MENTORING + YEAR-END DEBRIEF
Direct support for your work, plus a year-end trend debrief ( COMPANY ACCESS ).
12 months of ongoing TRENDBARK research, direction and professional support.
FOR INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONALS
FOR STUDIOS, BRANDS + COMPANIES
then comes the filtering, comparison and interpretation.
TRENDBARK Studio is led by Elisabetta Rizzato, Italian interior architect, trend strategist and founder of ITALIANBARK® and TRENDBARK. Her approach combines architectural thinking, colour and material expertise, direct field observation and more than a decade of observing how design ideas and tastes move across markets and digital culture.
01 / BEING THERE MATTERS
The research starts on the ground: inside fairs, showrooms, exhibitions, retail spaces and conversations with brands, before everything is reduced to the same images online. Direct observation is then filtered through years of comparative design research.
02 / ITALY IS THE STARTING POINT, NOT THE LIMIT
TRENDBARK is rooted in Italian and European design culture, while reading signals across international retail environments, markets and selected cultural scenes. The aim is to understand how directions change when they move from one context to another.
03 / APPLICATION IS THE FILTER
Every signal is evaluated through the practical reality of designing, specifying, developing and presenting spaces, products, colours and materials. The purpose is not simply to identify what is new, but to determine what can be useful, relevant and applicable.
For professionals working across interiors, colour, materials, products, retail and spatial design.
Independent designers, architects and design professionals using Studio research for their own professional practice.
Studios, brands and manufacturers using Studio research across product development, collections, colour + material direction, presentations and internal work.
12 months of ongoing TRENDBARK research, direction and professional support.
*new limited quarterly access - ending 31Oct.
For independent professionals using TRENDBARK Studio for their own practice.
1 named user · Full Studio access
For studios, brands and companies using TRENDBARK Studio within their organisation.
Up to 3 named users · Company-use licence
01 / INDEPENDENT DESIGNER
“What makes TRENDBARK different is that it never feels like trend consumption. It feels like learning how to observe.”
Katerina I.
Interior Designer & Founder, Hintsdeco — Athens, Greece
02 / DESIGN STUDIO
“We use the monthly research together with the Colour Trendbook and our project-specific research to create unique concepts.”
Martina P.
Founder & Director, A Designer at Heart Ltd — London, UK
03 / GLOBAL BRAND
Elisabetta’s capacity to anticipate and identify interior design directions is unique. TRENDBARK Studio is a valuable professional tool for staying updated on major trends, styles, colours and insights from the most relevant design events.”
Laura G.
Dal-Tile, Mohawk Industries — Dallas, USA
“I have followed Elisabetta’s work for almost 10 years. What I have appreciated most is not only the trend forecasting itself, but her way of observing, filtering and translating cultural shifts into something practical and applicable.
Having lived in both Budapest and Copenhagen, and now running Hintsdeco in Greece, I am constantly moving between different aesthetics, markets and consumer behaviours. What TRENDBARK has helped me do is connect these worlds more clearly.
In a world overwhelmed with information and inspiration, the ability to filter trends is incredibly valuable.
What makes TRENDBARK different is that it never feels like trend consumption. It feels like learning how to observe.”
Katerina I. / Interior Designer & Founder, Hints Deco - Athens, Greece
"Elisabetta’s work brings rare depth to trend thinking. Her insights move beyond surface trends to explore the wider human, behavioural, and environmental shifts shaping how we live and experience space. I have found her approach to materials, colour, and spatial evolution both thought-provoking and deeply inspiring."
Kim W. / Founder & Director, Kim Williams Design - Cape Town, ZA
"I found the monthly reports particularly helpful when used in combination with the Colour Trendbook.
We are mixing them with our separate research on the specific project to create unique concepts.
Our commercial clients appreciate our effort to look at Global Trends and how they influence the needs and tastes of their target audience."
Martina P. / Founder & Director, A Designer at Heart Ltd - London, UK
"I have been following and working with Elisabetta for many years and I really appreciate her work. Her insight on interior design is brilliant, her capacity of anticipating and catching trends is unique. She has an original point of view and the ability of making interiors design accessible to everyone.
Her membership program is a great tool to be updated on major interior design trends and styles, colors and reports from most relevant design shows."
Laura G. / Dal Tile, Mohawk Ind - Dallas, US
"I am a member already quite some time, I appreciate Elisabetta's work very much as it gives me fruitful information about Macro, Color & Style trends. As I visit a lot of fairs & events myself being a freelance designer, it is always very helpful to see if somebody else has a similar impression of what is going on in the interior market. Thanks for your excellent work!"
Anja T. / Textile Designer - Germany
"Joining TRENDBARK has been one of the best decisions I have ever made! When I first enrolled, I was interested in learning about upcoming trends so I could use them as a reference to renovate my home, which I plan to sell in the near future. What I appreciate the most about being part of this program is the private mentorship session offered by Elisabetta. This offering alone is worth the entire cost of the program."
Claudia V. / Freelancer - New Jersey, US
Elisabetta Rizzato is an Italian interior architect, trend strategist and founder of ITALIANBARK® and TRENDBARK.
Since launching ITALIANBARK in 2013, she has built an internationally recognised design platform and professional audience around interiors, colour, materials and emerging design directions.
Her perspective combines a background in architecture with more than a decade of independent design research and direct observation at major international design events.
Her work has been featured by Elle Decor Italia and Vogue Australia and recognised by the Amara Interior Blog Awards.
Choose Individual Access if you are a self-employed professional or genuinely one-person independent practice using TRENDBARK Studio within your own work.
Choose Company Access if the Studio is purchased or used as an internal professional resource within or on behalf of a company, brand, manufacturer or organisation, even when only one named person accesses the account.
Choose Team Access when more than 3 people require access, or when complete reports and resources need to circulate within a wider team.
The correct license is determined by how the research is used, not simply by the email address or payment method used. Account credentials and complete reports may not be shared between users.
Please refer to the Terms of Service for the complete licence conditions. here.
TRENDBARK Studio is an annual access program. Your purchase unlocks the Studio ecosystem, research and materials for 12 months.
To keep your access active, the license is set to auto-renew at the end of your annual cycle. You can cancel the renewal at any time from your user dashboard or by emailing lab@italianbark.com.
Please note that the platform may not send an automatic reminder before renewal, so I recommend setting your own calendar reminder if you prefer to review your access before the next billing date.
You can cancel your subscription at any time to prevent future renewals, either via your dashboard or by emailing us. Please note that our annual plan is specifically priced to offer a significant cost advantage and maximum value for a full year of trend intelligence. For this reason, we do not offer partial or full refunds if you choose to cancel your access within your current 12-month cycle. Your access to all Studio materials will simply remain fully active until the end of your billing period. For complete legal terms, you can view our detailed Policy page here.
Once you have purchased the plan, your will receive an email confirmation plus a second email with all the instructions ( remember also to check in the spam folder). The way to access the materials is super easy, through a members-only login area within TRENDBARK website.
Because I believe high-level trend intelligence shouldn't be locked behind a corporate paywall. TRENDBARK Studio is built on an independent, agile model, at a price tailored for independent professionals. Furthermore, this annual fee is strictly a Single-Professional License.
TRENDBARK was created by the founder of ITALIANBARK® , transforming years of trend reporting into a structured and accessible foresight program for professionals and brands.
Write to us at lab@italianbark.com — we're happy to help.
12 months of ongoing research, direction and professional support.