Lidewij Edelkoort

Edelkoort was born on 29 August 1950 in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Her parents are Jan Edelkoort and Hillegonda van der Spek. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Arnhem, receiving a bachelors degree in Fashion in 1972.

Edelkoort began her career as a fashion coordinator at the Amsterdam department store De Bijenkorf.Brief biography at Fashionmission, June 2006 After finishing her degree at ArtEZ, in 1975 she relocated to France, where she set up as an independent trend consultancy. She soon created the consultancy 'Trend Union', a trend forecasting service based in Paris.[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/2007/SerieLimitee/47-8-SLI.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DEdelkoort%2Bnormandy%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN Li Edelkoort: Militant of better living] Série Limitée n° 47 du 13 Octobre 2006, page 16 (Google translation 2008) Trend Union provides bi-annual trend forecasting books for the fashion and design community with colour and lifestyle information. She then founded Studio Edelkoort, a consultancy bureau, and opened two offices in New York City (Edelkoort Inc) and Tokyo (Edelkoort East). In September 2015 she was hired to oversee a new textile design program at Parsons School of Design, where she currently serves as Dean of Hybrid Studies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2015/LidewijEdelkoort.htm|title=LidewijEdelkoort{{!}} The New School News Releases|website=www.newschool.edu|access-date=2017-06-07}}

She has helped to shape products for international brands, advising on product identity and development strategy, and her clients have included Coca-Cola, Nissan, Camper, Siemens, Moooi, and Douwe Egberts. In the beauty industry, Studio Edelkoort's has developed concepts and beauty products for Estée Lauder, Lancôme, L'Oréal, Shiseido, Dim, and Gucci.

She is the art director and co-publisher of the magazine View on Colour.in one piece Kim DeMarco's blog, 15 May 2007 This looks at trends in colour taste with a view to their influence on fashion, graphics, industrial design, packaging, cosmetics and many other areas. She is also publisher of Interior View magazine.[http://www.designindabamag.com/2001/3rd/artical0103-fifth.html Li Edelkoort brief biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102024926/http://www.designindabamag.com/2001/3rd/artical0103-fifth.html |date=2008-11-02 }} at Design Indaba Magazine, 2002. Accessed August 2008 She launched the photo-magazine Bloom in 1998, which she describes as "horti-cultural", because it charts the changing trends in flowers and the way their images are used.Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune, June 2001 She is involved in the non-profit humanitarian organization Heartwear which helps third world producers market their goods in the west through a mail order catalogue. The profits return to the producers' communities.

In 1999 she was elected Chairwoman of the Design Academy, Eindhoven, Netherlands, where she served until 2008.Designboom April 2000 In 2011, Edelkoort launched the website and social media platform called [http://www.trendtablet.com/ TrendTablet]. She described the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity in that the global disruption of travel and of the supply chain from China might trigger new forms of local sourcing and production."... the celebrated 69-year old design industry advisor pictured Covid-19 as a sobering force that will temper our consumerist appetites and jet-setting habits" while herself speaking at conference in South Africa: https://qz.com/1812670/a-design-trends-forecaster-calls-the-coronavirus-an-amazing-grace-for-the-planet/amp/

The British design magazine i-D listed her among the world's 40 most important designers and Time magazine named her one of the 25 most influential fashion experts of our day.The Business World's Trend Prophet, Symrise. 2008. On 22 February 2008, on behalf of the French Minister of Culture Didier Grumbach, President of the French Fédération de la Couture, Edelkoort was invested with the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in recognition of her artistic and literary creative contribution to France and international culture.[http://www.design.nl/item/lidewij_edelkoort_receives_french_honour Lidewij Edelkoort receives French honour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118040549/http://www.design.nl/item/lidewij_edelkoort_receives_french_honour |date=2021-01-18 }} Design.nl. Editor Design.nl 22-02-2008 Edelkoort also received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Art from the United Kingdom's Nottingham Trent University, at the university's awards ceremony on 15 July 2008.Arts Review 11 July 2008 On 26 November 2012, she received an award for her oeuvre of work from the Dutch foundation Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds.

She lives in Paris.

• The pop-up generation. Design between dimension. by Lidewij Edelkoort, Amsterdam, BIS Publishers, 2012. {{ISBN|978-90-6369-282-7}}
• Fetishism in fashion, compiled by Lidewij Edelkoort & edited by Philip Fimmano. Amsterdam, Frame Publishers, 2013. {{ISBN|978-94-9172713-9}}
• A Labour of Love by Lidewij Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano. Eindhoven, Lecturis, 2020. {{ISBN|9789462263918}}
• Proud South curated by Lidewij Edelkoort with Lili Tedde & Mariola Lopez Mariño. Eindhoven, Lecturis , 2022. {{ISBN|9789462264441}}
• See All This Art Magazine#34 The Wardrobe as Art Collection, 2024{{Cite web |title=Bestel nu! {{!}} See All This #34 - 'The Wardrobe as Art Collection' |url=https://seeallthis.com/blog/pre-order-nu-see-all-this-34-the-wardrobe-as-art-collection/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=See All This |language=nl-NL}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080918041708/http://www.euronews.net/en/article/22/08/2008/meet-trend-prophet-li-edelkoort/ Meet trend prophet Li Edelkoort] Euronews, Accessed August 2008.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080922050115/http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/liedelkoort.html Interview with Li Edelkoort, trend forecaster] at Designboom on 14.04.2000. Accessed August 2008
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/style/tmagazine/LEDELKOOR.html?pagewanted=all&position= My Three Kitchens] By Maura Egan, New York Times, Style Magazine, November 7, 2004. Accessed August 2008.
• [http://www.always-inspiring-more.com/Li-Edelkoort.25.0.html Lidewij Edelkoort: The Business World's Trend Prophet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307235805/http://www.always-inspiring-more.com/Li-Edelkoort.25.0.html |date=2014-03-07 }} Symrise. 2008.
• [http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/06/19/flowers_ed2_.php Flower!] By Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune, Published June 19, 2001
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081008105719/http://kimmco.typepad.com/onepiece/ The Forecaster] in one piece Kim DeMarco's blog, 15 May 2007
• [http://www.fashionmission.nl/nieuws/news-details.id.1223.titel.Li-EdelkoortTrend-Union-UK-Trend-presentations-1st-June-2006-at-RIBA-in-London.aspx Brief biography at Fashionmission.nl ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309132212/http://www.fashionmission.nl/nieuws/news-details.id.1223.titel.Li-EdelkoortTrend-Union-UK-Trend-presentations-1st-June-2006-at-RIBA-in-London.aspx |date=2016-03-09 }} 1 June 2006 . Accessed August 2008.
• [http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1474022%3ABlogPost%3A338618 Li Edelkoort to receive honorary degree from Nottingham Trent University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111070512/http://www.artreview.com/profiles/blog/show?id=1474022%3ABlogPost%3A338618 |date=2015-01-11 }} Arts Review 11 July 2008.

• [http://www.edelkoort.com/ Lidewij Edelkoort] website
• [http://www.edelkoortinc.com Edelkoort Inc]
• [http://www.trendtablet.com/ TrendTablet] website and social media platform
• http://www.heartwear.eu/
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090517003536/http://designguide.dutchdesignlab.com/design/curating-design-talent-for-designhuis-with-li-edelkoort/ Design talent curated by Li Edelkoort]
• [http://metropolis.co.jp/features/feature/prophet-motive/ Latest interview with C.B.Liddell, Metropolis magazine]

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