Print Trends 2027/2028: Four Stories from Our London Studio

Print Trends 2027/2028: Four Stories from Our London Studio

Every season, we build our collection around a handful of stories. For 2027/2028 there are four: Futuristic Glitch, Romanticism, Ukiyo and Surrealism. Each one is a mood, a palette and a set of print ideas for fashion and interiors brands planning the season ahead, and every design behind them starts in our London studio: painted, printed, photographed and reworked by hand.

Futuristic Glitch

Futuristic Glitch print trend board 2027/2028, CocoBloom textile print studio London

Movement pushed to its edge. We've had a long run of soft, blurred florals, and this is where that idea goes next. Rather than softness, there's static: flowers caught mid-glitch, colour bleeding and dripping down the frame as if the paint hasn't quite stopped moving, stripes fracturing and blocks smearing into each other mid-print.

It's a nod to Futurism's obsession with speed and motion, translated through a very current, very digital-looking lens. But the “digital” is a finish, not a shortcut. Every image on this board is built from our own photography, shot, layered and manipulated by hand in the studio, then pushed until it fractures in exactly the right way.

The glitch is designed, not generated.

Key colours: vermilion, chartreuse, cobalt, tangerine, saffron.
Explore: abstract prints and bold graphic prints.

Romanticism

Romanticism print trend board 2027/2028, CocoBloom textile print studio London

There's a quiet drama to this story. Think overgrown gardens, crumbling grand houses, gowns caught in soft afternoon light: the Pre-Raphaelite eye for beauty in decay, filtered through an Impressionist's love of colour over line.

A season steeped in soft light and slow beauty, it draws on the painterly language of Romanticism and Impressionism: faded interiors, trailing florals, the blur of a brushstroke caught mid-movement. Florals are loose and layered rather than botanically precise; borders are scenic, and placements romantic rather than repeat-driven.

The palette leans soft and blocked, echoing the colour-field calm you'd find in a Rothko as much as a rose garden. It's a palette built for hand-painting, layering and imperfection.

Key colours: dusk lilac, ochre, clay, moss, weathered terracotta, sage, antique gold.
Explore: hand-painted florals and statement and placement prints.

Ukiyo

Ukiyo print trend board 2027/2028, CocoBloom textile print studio London

Ukiyo-e translates as “pictures of the floating world”: a genre of Japanese woodblock printing that flourished from the 17th to the 19th century, through the Edo period. It's the movement behind some of the most recognisable images in art history: Hokusai's Great Wave, Hiroshige's landscapes, Utamaro's portraits of women in elaborate dress. Ukiyo-e artists were drawn to the transient and the everyday (nature, fashion, theatre, the passing moment), rendered in flat planes of bold colour and confident outline rather than realistic depth.

For 2027/2028, that sensibility feeds into a season with a clear Asian influence: chrysanthemum and blossom placements rendered with real botanical detail, ink-dark grounds, watercolour bleed, and the silhouette and construction of the kimono. Colour is bold where Ukiyo-e was bold, and quiet where it let the fabric breathe.

Key colours: deep vermilion, indigo, soft celadon.
Explore: hand-painted florals and decorative and ornamental prints.

Surrealism

Surrealism print trend board 2027/2028, CocoBloom textile print studio London

A season that plays with the uncanny. Portraits dissolve into ribbon and smoke, botanical engravings drift alongside indigo denim, and snakes coil through florals. This is Dalí and Magritte's world, filtered through fabric: jacquard-dark botanicals that feel more dream than garden, and print with a double take built in, beautiful at a glance and stranger the longer you look.

The abstract surreal scenic is a key placement idea this season: dreamlike landscapes and motifs that don't quite behave, and borders that blur where they should hold a line.

New for the season, we're bringing laser-cut denim into the mix, then adding our CocoBloom twist by printing over the top: engraved florals and linework cut directly into indigo fabric, sitting alongside our painted and printed pieces. It lets the surreal idea move off the page and into texture and construction, not just colour and image.

Key colours: deep cobalt, indigo, antique gold.
Explore: statement and placement prints and abstract prints.

See the 2027/2028 collection

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Want a print built around one of these stories for your own collection? Find out about our bespoke print commissions.

CocoBloom prints available now in collections for Jaeger, ME+EM and Mint Velvet

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