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Macro Trends

The Flat Age Society

Something exciting is in the air. Forget everything you thought about being old, or age, even. In the society of the future, age isn’t just a num...

Macro Trends

The Convergence Economy

Look to retail spaces, products, hospitality and entertainment these days and, increasingly, there’s one distinctive theme: it’s difficult to tel...

The Convergence Economy : Beth Bentley : ShopperTrak

Design Directions

Vectorism

Prompted by the powerful convergence of art and science, as we identified in our Re-enlightenment Rising macrotrend, and by consumers’ ubiquitous e...

Digital : Graphics : Coding

Daily Signals

Doodle design: Furniture maker brings sketches to life

Gwangju, South Korea – A quick glance at designer Jinil Park’s The Drawing Series appears to show rough sketches, but in reality it is 3D furniture...

Gwangju : South Korea : Jinil Park

Micro Trends

Access For All

Designers are embracing the design challenge of physical difficulty to create products that turn medical necessities into stylish accessories

Furniture : Deaf : The Bradley

Design Directions

Brutalist Feminine

Challenging the perceptions of low-value materials, a delicately industrial aesthetic is emerging in luxury retail design that is both stark and se...

Luxury : Architecture : Retail

Design Directions

Edhv: Multidisciplinary design studio

Design : Dutch Invertuals : Oxidisation

Design Directions

Dutch Design Week 2013

This year’s Dutch Design Week featured a wave of new designers whose experiments with the properties of raw materials demonstrated a fascination wi...

Tactile : Haptic : Geological

Daily Signals

Design surprise: African prints made in Europe

Helmond, The Netherlands – Textile manufacturer Vlisco creates classic African batik wax prints, used for everything from upholstery to high fashio...

Africa : Fashion : Print

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2013 review

There was an energetic mood at this year’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, where the spirit of collaboration and new opportunities were hard to mis...

Food : DAE : Josh Bitelli

Daily Signals

The beauty lab: A hands-on approach to wellness

Eindhoven – Design Academy Eindhoven student Nina van Bart has envisaged the future of beauty products in her graduation project, The Alchemist, on...

Cosmetics : Nina Van Bart : DAE

Daily Signals

Democratic design: CrowdyHouse unveiled at Dutch Design Week

Eindhoven – CrowdyHouse, ‘the first crowdfunding platform specifically for design’, was launched during Dutch Design Week, where it made its tempor...

Design : Floris Wubben : Crowdfuning

Daily Signals

Primal cream: Designer makes skincare more manly

Eindhoven – Eindhoven Design Academy student Annemiek van der Beek created Primal Skin, a make-up range for men, for her graduation project. On dis...

Cosmetics : Annemiek Van Der Beek : Coal

Daily Signals

Living design: The chair 3D-printed from funghi

Eindhoven – Designer Eric Klarenbeek’s Mycelium chair, on display at Dutch Design Week, was formed by combining high-tech and biological processes ...

Dutch Design Week : Textile Futures : Caroline Till

Big Ideas

Dutch Design Week 2013 preview

The 12th edition of Dutch Design Week promises not to disappoint. A must-see in the design calendar, and the largest design show in northern Europe...

Philips : Van Abbemuseum : Strijp

Big Ideas

Beijing Design Week 2013 : Top 10

Re-use, recycle, re-invent. These were the broad themes of Beijing Design Week 2013, which brought traditional Chinese culture to life, while retro...

China : Taste Of Guizhou : AMI

Daily Signals

Let it grow: Odd Matter Studio's organic designs

Let it grow: Odd Matter Studio’s organic designs

LS:N Global : Oddmatter : Georgi Manassiev

Daily Signals

Cog work: Ice cream shop shows the mechanics

Hua Hin, Thailand – The Once Upon a Cream ice cream shop may not be what you expect of a beach resort store. Its interior is open, modern and clean...

Playful : Durch Design Week : Ice Cream Parlour

Design Directions

Flexi Simplicity

Milan : EEL Nakameguro : Melinda Gloss

Big Ideas

The Netherlands speeds ahead on fast car-charging

Electric Cars : ABB : Electric Vehicles

Markets

Alcoholic drinks market

A desire for quality guarantees, unique experiences, knowledge and genuine provenance is shaping the way that people select, purchase and consume a...

Kamm & Sons : Alcohol : Drinks

Big Ideas

Design Miami/ Basel 2013 Preview

Securing its reputation as the essential show in the luxury and collectable design calendar, Design Miami/ Basel – now in its eighth year – will un...

Design : Carwan Gallery : Lola Ley

Daily Signals

New and improved: Inner Fashion on show in Milan

Milan – Designers Thomas Vailly and Laura Lynn Jansen presented the latest collaboration of Inner Fashion at Milan Design Week.

Clothes : Balloon : Figure Hugging

Big Ideas

Milan 2013: Ones to Watch

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile, one of the largest and most celebrated design shows in the world, is a hotbed of emerging design talent. LS:N...

Design : Review : Synaesthesia

Design Directions

Milan 2013: Part 1

Colour and vibrancy were prevalent at this year’s Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile. Scientific processes as well as rough and ready product...

Furniture : Synthetic : Sublime Materiality

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