Folk

Morris man: Designer parades new women's line

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Morris man: Designer parades new women's line

Morris man: Designer parades new women’s line
Traditional : Joyce Wong : Futurist Montage
Clerkenwell Design Week: Top 10 products

Big Ideas

Clerkenwell Design Week: Top 10 products

Now in its fourth year, Clerkenwell Design Week’s momentum is increasing, with more brands and designers filling the festival’s imaginative locatio...
Design : Geo Luxe : Hauntology
Dutch Design Week 2012

Design Directions

Dutch Design Week 2012

An evocative body of work was on show at Dutch Design Week, now in its 11th year. Designers imbued products with tactile qualities and adopted an i...
Digital : Holland : Eindhoven
Shelf-life: Old kitchen tricks inspire designer

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Shelf-life: Old kitchen tricks inspire designer

Shelf-life: Old kitchen tricks inspire designer
Food Futures : Sugar : Cheese
Confrontations

Design Directions

Confrontations

Known for casting a nostalgic eye on traditions of the past, Studio FormaFantasma became wrapped up in the folk ritual of charcoal-burning in its l...
Tradition : Design Miami/ Basel 2012 : Charcoal Burning
Carbon date: Designers draw on Swiss folk tradition

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Carbon date: Designers draw on Swiss folk tradition

Carbon date: Designers draw on Swiss folk tradition
Design : Basel : Art Basel
Off The Wall: Gallery re-opens with animated show

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Off The Wall: Gallery re-opens with animated show

Off The Wall: Gallery re-opens with animated show
Internet : Cultural : Visual
Milan 2012: Part 2

Design Directions

Milan 2012: Part 2

Milan 2012: Part 2
Hauntology : Folk : Craft
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2012

Design Directions

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2012

Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair hosted a diversity of new design this year, with prevalent themes being functionality and notions of nostalgia.
Hauntology : Folk : Gotland University
On the Hoof: Designer quickly makes a point

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On the Hoof: Designer quickly makes a point

Stockholm – Danish design label &Tradition exhibited the Hoof Tables by British designer Samuel Wilkinson at the Stockholm Furniture Fair.
Furniture : Hoof : Hauntology
Milan fashion week S/S 12

Design Directions

Milan fashion week S/S 12

Milan Fashion Week was full of life, vibrancy and colour with offerings for the spring/summer 2012 collections. Nostalgic prints from the ‘30s and ...
Nostalgia : Feminine : Katrantzou
Raw talent: Material project has a rough edge

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Raw talent: Material project has a rough edge

Raw talent: Material project has a rough edge
Hand-crafted : Man-made : Organic Form
Modern Mythology

Design Directions

Modern Mythology

As previously explored in our Revivalism macro trend, in economically uncertain times, consumers increasingly seek products that revitalise traditi...
Craft : Mysticism : Folklore
Milan Trends Part 2

Design Directions

Milan Trends Part 2

Milan Trends Part 2
Mystic : Folk : Craft
Hauntology

Design Directions

Hauntology

People are fleeing the storm clouds of recession, concerned about wasted resources and environmental catastrophe. In response, they are remembering...
Folk : Nostalgia : Ritual
Revivalism

Macro Trends

Revivalism

Seeking shelter from the unsettling storm clouds of recession, resource and environment anxiety, consumers are nostalgically remembering, reviving ...
Revival : Nostalgia : Authenticity
Simon Costin : Intangible heritage

Viewpoints

Simon Costin : Intangible heritage

Art director and set designer Simon Costin talks about intangible heritage. 
Rurban Revolution : Simon Costin : Folk
Cultural Remix

Design Directions

Cultural Remix

A vibrant, youth-focused aesthetic direction drawn from Macro Inspire Mix Mash, Cultural Remix maps the evolving celebratory clash of patterns, pri...
Tribal : Indigenous : Nostalgic
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