Painterly Primitive

Raw Movement

Design Directions

Raw Movement

Inspired by human movement and touch, wellness interiors and packaging designers are embracing a raw aesthetic, experimenting with primitive shap...
Human Movement : Blok London : Boutique Fitness
SFF 2017: Design Directions

Design Directions

SFF 2017: Design Directions

Designers at this year’s show presented highly emotive objects and interiors that featured tactile finishes, block-colour spaces and architectural ...
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2017 : Interior Design : Painterly Primitive
London Design Festival 2014

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London Design Festival 2014

Channelling the spirit of The Polarity Paradox, the London Design Festival 2014 embraced the extremes. Tongue-in-cheek, playful aesthetics and ex...
Anti-Materials : Neo-Kitsch : Painterly Primitive
Writ large: Dior Homme gets playful with stylish scribbles

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Writ large: Dior Homme gets playful with stylish scribbles

Paris – As usual, smart tailoring was at the heart of the Dior Homme spring/summer 2015 show, but Belgian designer Kris van Assche injected a hint ...
Dior Homme : Scrawl Script : Paris
Santtu Mustonen: Analogue Painting in Digital Space

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Santtu Mustonen: Analogue Painting in Digital Space

‘It is all about capturing chaos while also exercising control over it.’ This frames the work of New York-based visual artist Santtu Mustonen. Th...
Santtu Mustonen : Painterly Primitive : Visual Identities
Design Miami/ 2013

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Design Miami/ 2013

Classic natural and earthly forms were re-interpreted at Design Miami/ this month. With a combination of rich materials and textures, designers exp...
Design Miami : America : US
Paris Fashion Week S/S 14

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Paris Fashion Week S/S 14

Designers celebrated hand-crafted finishes this season during Paris Fashion Week, while others chose rebellion and angst as key drivers, and create...
Tribal : Acne : Karl Lagerfeld
Milan Fashion Week S/S 14

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Milan Fashion Week S/S 14

Printed textiles continue to dominate, as Milan showed playful and kitsch prints with comic book references, while Sexy Sweat met high-end luxury.
Denim : Smudged : Ink Blots
London Fashion Week S/S 14

Design Directions

London Fashion Week S/S 14

Expressive prints and innovative textiles dominated this year’s London Fashion Week with silhouettes drawing inspiration from origami.By Thomas Rees
Fashion East : Claire Barrow : Expressive
Different strokes: Céline and the art of kitsch

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Different strokes: Céline and the art of kitsch

Paris – Phoebe Philo brought back minimalist fashion when she was appointed as creative director of Céline in 2008. In her latest catwalk show for ...
Design : PFW : SS14
Scrawl Script

Design Directions

Scrawl Script

Brands are responding to the consumer’s need to know that there is a person behind their product, not a machine.
Handwritten : Painterly Primitive : Authentic
Breaking the mould: RCA graduates are on form

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Breaking the mould: RCA graduates are on form

Breaking the mould: RCA graduates are on form
London : Attua Aparicio : Oscar Wanless
Mix Mash

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Mix Mash

Against a backdrop of optimism and experimental attitudes, and a willingness to take risks, we map a vibrant aesthetic direction fuelled by a wild ...
Pattern : Primitive : Hand-made
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