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Raw Movement

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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
Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 1

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Spring/summer 2017 Fashion Week: Part 1

Messages of female empowerment and irreverent DIY embellishments were among the themes and treatments presented by designers this season. LS:N Glob...
Fashion Week : Feminism : Gucci
Cracking work: Breaking new ground in glassmaking

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Cracking work: Breaking new ground in glassmaking

Miami – Designer Ilkka Suppanen’s delicate glass structures look as if they might break with one touch because his vessels are created from broken ...
Design : Future Primitive : Rough
Tactile Hardware

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Tactile Hardware

Designers are exploring the softer side of technology by using tactile, raw and primitive materials and finishes to produce electronics items.
Tactile : Sensorial : Alberto Fabbian
Timber

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Timber

It takes a Frenchman to call flatpack furniture ‘poetic’. ‘Boring’, perhaps. ‘Maddening’, most definitely. Not, as French designer Vincent Tarisien...
Furniture : Painterly : Fly
Painterly Primitive

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Painterly Primitive

A new wave of designers is experimenting with primitive marking and making methods, influenced by the human touch.
Abstract : Primitive : Human Touch
Rocky crockery: 1882 range has heart of stone

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Rocky crockery: 1882 range has heart of stone

Rocky crockery: 1882 range has heart of stone
Design : 1882 : Crockery
In the line of fire: Owens unveils a dark side

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In the line of fire: Owens unveils a dark side

Paris – There was a dramatic opening to the Rick Owens autumn/winter 2012 show in Paris, as the set burst into flames and models emerged clad in da...
Rough Luxe : Primitive : Paris
Primitive twist: The shape of dining in Kiev

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Primitive twist: The shape of dining in Kiev

Primitive twist: The shape of dining in Kiev
Natural : Rurban : Kiev
Survivability

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Survivability

By Franklin Till
Salvaged : Nomadic : Recycle
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
Time to cave in: Restaurant takes diners back to nature

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Time to cave in: Restaurant takes diners back to nature

Time to cave in: Restaurant takes diners back to nature
Australia : Sydney : Koichi Takada Architects
Even flow: Post-grunge clothing goes primitive

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Even flow: Post-grunge clothing goes primitive

Even flow: Post-grunge clothing goes primitive
Milan : Basic : Boots
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