"What patterns and styles are likely to affect photo framing in 2013?

In 2012 the push towards natural woods was getting momentum with a strong swing to the easier lines of Danish or Scandanavian inspired furniture. This trend is set to continue with image frame makers and providers deciding for the clean natural lines of raw wood veneers and incomplete natural woods.

All lumber image frames used to be finished in some method either by staining and varnishing or by the application of paint or wax.

The variety of what seems to be incomplete frame moldings continues to explode with a bigger variety of mixes of raw timbers combined with raw veneered and even cross-cut ply design veneers reminiscent of the early Arquarti mouldings of the early eighties however with a coarser natural look utilizing some unique woods combined with manufactured artificial veneers. Well not absolutely artificial, but more a thin shaved veneer of a formerly laminated timber like birch or beech.

When these frames initially began to appear on the marketplace I believed you were expected to use a surface to protect the lumber however individuals kept asking for a growing number of natural raw timber frames without any finish. I'm uncertain where the trend was established however some providers are calling their varieties ""Nordic"" or ""Uber Nordic""

I think they have a more oriental background with the influence from the gorgeous natural timber frames that are found in Japan.

Multiculturalism has certainly and firmly implanted itself into the world of the picture frame.

In Australia we are seeing an extraordinary increase in paintings acquired when holidaying or travelling overseas. Whether this is because of the effects of a strong Australian dollar or simply the reality that Australians appear determined to cross countries off their container lists. This pattern is well intrenched with a variety of native art works being provided for framing.

The more critical traveller is looking for locally influenced ""genuine"" artwork instead of the limitless stream of copies or ""Hong-Kong"" design oils of the past. Naturally there are still various oil painting on canvas, whether topical scenes from the nation being gone to or outright copies of Western paintings, existing at framing shops all over the nation.

The numbers of works coming from Egypt appears to stay strong with numerous customers saying they have simply visited or they went to before the troubles.

Photography tourist is alive and well with a few of our finest major novices fronting up with shots from Iran or Burma.

It seems that the enthusiastic traveler is wishing to display more and more of their travel images and not remarkably, memorabilia.

The development in souvenirs framing in very strong.

Sure the football jerseys and other signed expert sports souvenirs my be reducing somewhat particularly with the cloud over cycling that has now been completely exposed by confessing sport's stars on popular television programs, like Oprah, but the trend in framing items is still strong and will stay so.

I keep in mind when I talked with Vivian Kistler about the variety that required to be taking method back in the late nineties. Vivian was wholeheartedly behind establishing the service of things framing.

She said to me ""David, go out and find all the things people have actually collected throughout the years, their design trains, tin toys from their childhood and ornaments from their journeys and get busy framing them with design and panache"".

Vivian had it right.

Her insights have actually become the fact these days.

Now, some twenty years later, the item frame, shadow-box frame, whatever you wish to call it, is still one of the most rewarding areas to target as a custom framer both from the point of a sound organisation decision but more importantly from one of job satisfaction.

I forecast the rise in the variety of much deeper frame profiles to accommodate the increasing need for individualized memory boxes.

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Worldwide trends in picture framing are constantly affected by the wealthy amongst us.

People who can pay for to both show their wealth and enjoy the pleasure that quality image framing brings.

As China, India and the next wave of brand-new middle class emerges they will be demanding greater quality and much better finished decoration products, frames included.

In the West, as economies recuperate, the less affluent will once again begin to invest some of their hard-earned cash on enhancing their lifestyles. The contemporary custom framer needs to place themselves ready for the renewal of the everyday client who desires that little bit of luxury that a quality image frame pays for.

I don't think the West will see a substantial growth in just framed designer posters because the overall splashing of loan for this year's fashionable posters is long gone as customers continue to save for retirement or a rainy day.

Individuals will still frame things that inspire them, enhance their social status or add to their psychological wellness. Photo framing in 2013 will start to see the healing that will sweep the world as the next wave of people get in the imaginative age that modern-day society is cultivating. As people become significantly employed in creative industries their requirement of living must rise with the worlds that they are producing. Image framing will track that rise.

I'm not exactly sure in which kind or what design will be the most popular in say 2020 however something is for certain, it will be a frame around something that someone is emotionally connected to."