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Rubber soul: Designer creates furniture cast from rubber

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Rubber soul: Designer creates furniture cast from rubber

Milan – When working on her graduate project at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Nynke Koster realised she could use her interest in moulds a...
Royal Academy Of Art : Salone Internazionale Del Mobile : Milan
In the air: Designer’s illusion could inspire retail spaces

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In the air: Designer’s illusion could inspire retail spaces

Seoul – Artist Kyung Woo Han’s installation, Green House, appeared to be a flooded room filled with floating furniture, when in reality it was cl...
Optical Illusion : Retail Space : Interiors
Lucid Spectrum

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Lucid Spectrum

Designers are exploring concepts of playfulness and perception, creating intense rainbows of colour across surfaces, resulting in spectrums of lig...
Catwalk : Installations : Psychedelic
Magic touch: A retail interior to reflect on

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Magic touch: A retail interior to reflect on

Sydney – For his first stand-alone store, Australian designer Dion Lee turned to interior design agency Akin Creative to translate his minimalist a...
Dion Lee : Akin Creative : Sydney
Grid reference: Kane puts Vectorism on the fashion map

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Grid reference: Kane puts Vectorism on the fashion map

London – Texture was king at Christopher Kane’s AW14/15 catwalk show, but among all the PVC and bobble knits there were five standout finale l...
Christopher Kane : Textiles : Vectorism
Hit parade: Music video revives Magic Eye trick

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Hit parade: Music video revives Magic Eye trick

Canada – Rock band Young Rival’s latest music video is a moving optical illusion.
Music : Video : Illusion
Shades of grey: Salon creates illusion of light

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Shades of grey: Salon creates illusion of light

Tokyo – The GreeM salon in Tokyo is not an ideal space for a business where good lighting is considered pivotal. But Takara Space Design, which des...
Functional : GreeM Salon : Trompe-l'oeil
Moment Factory

Design Directions

Moment Factory

Airports are undergoing an unexpected renaissance, turning from stressful no-man’s lands into attractive destinations in their own right.
Installations : Videos : Airports
Origami office: Fluid building faèade made of marble

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Origami office: Fluid building faèade made of marble

Paris – Most of the buildings that line the avenues of central Paris date from the 19th century and follow a certain aesthetic, but what if a conte...
Glass : Illusion : Symbiotic
Liquid lab: Testing facility glistens like water

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Liquid lab: Testing facility glistens like water

Mungia, Spain – Located on an industrial estate in northern Spain, the High Voltage Laboratory looks like a shimmering waterfall, when in actuality...
Glass : Illusion : Laboratory
Cartoon Ornamentation

Design Directions

Cartoon Ornamentation

LS:N Global has detailed the rise of Faction Marketing, in which consumers suspend their disbelief and engage with the fantastical, the surreal and...
Cosmetics : Sibling : Comic Strip
Shining example: Concrete given a light touch

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Shining example: Concrete given a light touch

Germany – Designers Miriam Aust and Sebastian Amelung have re-imagined the possibilities of concrete, creating lightweight, paper-like lamps from it.
Concrete : Like Paper : Sebastian Amelung
A cut above: Geo rug works on different levels

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A cut above: Geo rug works on different levels

London – UK designer Ella Doran has created the Geo Carved Rug for carpet retailer WovenGround.
Texture : WovenGround : Ella Doran
Magic touch: Magician hand cream is no illusion

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Magic touch: Magician hand cream is no illusion

Magic touch: Magician hand cream is no illusion
Skincare : Magic Kit : Illusion
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