Idswest Interview Amongst Arren Williams

We caught upwards amongst Arren Williams, Creative Director, Home Fashions for The Hudson Bay this calendar week via electronic mail for a lilliputian chat nigh his upcoming beak this weekend at IDSwest. Arren (for those of you lot who may non know) prior to his seat at The Hudson Bay worked equally a stylist, designer as well as likewise equally a tendency reporter for diverse impress publications such equally the National Post, House & Home as well as elsewhere. He's likewise been a invitee goodness on Citytv's CityLine, as well as occasionally on HGTV. Here's our mini interview.





Q.  Tell us a fleck nigh you lot as well as your exciting task equally Creative Director, Home Fashions at The Hudson's Bay Co.

A.  I operate amongst an incredible crew of people, from buyers to production developers to the creative teams that attain the cracking Home books that come upwards out twice a year. I likewise go oftentimes across North America as well as Europe, visiting merchandise shows as well as checking out other retailers, both large as well as small. On overstep of that, I supply fashion direction for habitation 4 times a year, spring/summer, fall/winter, patio as well as holiday. In fact, I’m merely nigh to start working on direction for spring/summer 2015!

Q.  I'm truly looking frontward to your presentation at the IDSwest side yesteryear side week. Because you'll survive talking nigh the scientific discipline of style as well as the creation of trends, what novel tendency are you lot excited nigh coming upwards for homes this season?

A.  The strongest tendency that I’m really excited nigh is the huge rising of bluish as well as white. We’re seeing it across the board, from tabletop to bedding, as well as from traditional to to a greater extent than contemporary styles. I truly intend people are seeing bluish equally a neutral now, which is a huge stride forward.

Denby Malmo  | Distinctly Home Bloom Indigo Bed

Q. What is your outset indication when you lot sense a tendency surfacing?

A.  I attain abhor it to audio similar magic, but it’s a feeling you lot acquire from seeing hence much, all of the time. I’m a really visual mortal (luckily!), hence I literally catalog almost everything I see, as well as and hence threads emerge…



Q.  I dearest your home featured inward H&H a fleck back. How attain you lot proceed things fresh as well as updated? Any tricks of the merchandise you'd similar to share? Anything novel you’ve added since?

A.  Thanks! We truly dearest our home, as well as possess got merely nigh finished the dorsum garden, which was the in conclusion slice of the puzzle – you lot powerfulness come across it featured sometime. For the interior slow updates include novel pillows (on a relatively frequent basis, because of our whippet Spot), as well as novel fine art for the fine art wall inward the stairwell. I merely picked upwards a fantastic impress inward the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland which volition survive a cracking addition. It’s fluorescent greenish amongst sign writing that says ‘We Even Buy Gold Teeth’ from British creative mortal Anna Lomax.

Anna Lomax

Q.   I dearest the collaborations amongst Canadian artists that The Hudson's Bay Company has been doing since you've climbed on board. Are in that place whatever novel ones inward the plant you lot tin share?

A.  Glad you lot dearest the collabs. The latest express edition tea towels nosotros launched, from Eva Juliet as well as Fiona Richards of Cartolina, are it for this year. We possess got roughly cracking projects on the acquire for side yesteryear side year, as well as I possess got a listing of Canadian talent that I’d similar to operate amongst inward the future.

Q. I noticed you lot were merely at the Maison & Objet inward Paris - anything exciting to share?

A.  We’re looking at launching 2 fantastic bedding lines nosotros saw at the show. I can’t give away anything yet, but ane is modern as well as quite Scandi inward style, piece the other ane has a gorgeously colourful as well as hand-painted perspective…

Bocci's surreal lighting installation at the Victoria & Albert Museum inward London

Q. What surfaces are you lot loving correct immediately for the home? (Tiles, flooring, fabrics)?

A. I’m a fleck of a nut for fabric, hence whenever we’re working on novel upholstery collections, I pass a fair fourth dimension amongst the buyer ooh-ing as well as ahh-ing over prints as well as patterns, discussing how best nosotros tin combine them.

Q. How fabulous is the novel Converse Jack Purcell as well as Hudson's Bay collaboration? Will you lot survive connecting the iconic multi-stripe blanket to whatever novel exceptional for the habitation inward the nigh future?

A. I dearest the novel striped Converse, as well as can’t hold back to acquire my hands on a pair! In fact, nosotros were merely inward London, as well as spotted them inward ane of Selfridges windows, which was really exciting. Doubly hence for me, since I worked at Selfridges a ane 1000 m years ago, hence it was a fleck of a total circle moment. The Hudson’s Bay collection, as well as all the stripe collaborations, are truly all handled yesteryear a really talented squad that plant separately from Home. With the vivid Hilary Kelley equally the creative manager at the helm of everything stripe related, we’re certain to come across to a greater extent than exciting things soon…

The room of the season

Q. And finally, what is inspiring you lot equally you lot expect towards 2014?

A. Wow, that’s a hard question! Can I tell everything?!? From a dining perspective, I’m excited to come across how people are non solely embracing rustic farm-to-table food, as well as truly relaxed entertaining, I’m likewise happy to come across arts and crafts beer becoming such a juggernaut. Then for interiors, I’m intrigued how rustic as well as modern, as well as vintage as well as modern are constantly mixing inward novel ways.

Thank you lot hence much Arren for sharing your inspiration as well as vision!  Can't hold back to withdraw heed you lot beak at the exhibit this weekend!  Check out his appearance information below.

Sabbatum Sept. 21

10:30 AM – What’s Inspiring Now?
Speaker: Arren William, Creative Director – Home Fashions, The Hudson Bay – Toronto, ON
Join Arren Williams, the Creative Director of Home at Hudson’s Bay, equally he takes you lot through the scientific discipline of style as well as the creation of trends. From thought to reality, possess got a peek within the creative process, as well as larn what’s inspiring him equally he looks towards 2014.

IDSwest 2013 inward the Vancouver Convention Centre West
September xix to 22, 2013
Vancouver Convention Centre West
1055 Canada Place Vancouver, BC
Located at the human foot of Burrard Street, North of Cordova
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