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00919699976817 Industrial Luxe – Does it feel enchanting?
Industrial materials are elevated to designed forms and celebrated for their inherent qualities. Stainless steel wire-framed structures in primary-coloured, powdered coatings create a sophisticated, bright utilitarian aesthetic. Furniture is constructed of juxtaposed 2D geometric shapes to create graphic layers, often with a trompe l’oeil effect on perceptions of dimension. Alternatively, structures are formed through gentle wire bending to […]
Top 6 Textured Patterns for Ceramics, Packing and Furniture
THE PATTERN – SEDIMENT Designers pay homage to the study of geology in the creation of granulated and textured patterns for ceramics, packing and furniture. Both man-made and organic patterns directly reference organic mineral processes, including salt staining, marbling and corroded surfaces. These textures are applied to a variety of materials, from stone to paper […]
Top 6 People Using Surrealist Shapes
THE SHAPE – SURREALIST Product and furniture designs take on surrealist shapes, channeling their inner Dalí and Magritte. Irregular 2D and 3D forms appear morphed, melted and dripping, with high-gloss and metalized finishes. 1. SALOMINKA BY VERA PANICHEWSKAJA Salonika is an exploration of color and form using the traditional Russian craft of marquetry to blur the […]
Ad Hoc : Democratised Design and Production
We are witnessing a new industrial revolution; one that rejects big business and pursues democratized design and production. Consumers are demonstrating new values around consumption, and designers are shifting their focus from polished, elitist design to more ad hoc new crafts that mash together digital fabrication and reclaimed materials, creating a design direction with an […]
GIANANTONIO LOCATELLI Founder, Museo della Merda
Agricultural entrepreneur Gianantonio Locatelli opened the Museo della Merda (Museum of Shit) in Lombardy in 2015. Housed in a medieval castle sited on his dairy farm, the museum highlights the uses of excrement: methane from cow dung is used as an energy source, while the dung itself is not only used as fertilizer but as […]
The Inclusive Making Hub – Makerversity
Makerversity is a tight-knit community of emerging maker businesses that behaves as a ‘shared creative and technical brain,’ says Ursula Davies, group MD. Makerversity, which has campuses in London and Amsterdam, provides members with a co-working space fully equipped with workshops, machines and tools. The driving force behind Makerversity, explains Davies, is to inspire young […]
TechMinded Heritage Fashion Designers Unfolded
Belgian design studio Unfold, founded in 2002 by Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen, investigates the new territories created by the convergence of analog and digital processes. Warner and Verbruggen, both Design Academy Eindhoven graduates, explore the apparently contradictory relationship between heritage and technological innovation. ‘Craftsmen used to have a lot of control over their tools […]
The Makers Online Resource Fashion Journal
The Makery online media platform investigates the maker movement, its approach to technology, the values driving it, and the emerging opportunities brought by the mushrooming of independent labs dedicated to digital fabrication, biohacking and collaborative tinkering all over the world. ‘It all began with the DIY and open-source movement, but then evolved in to Doing […]
The Bottom Up Problem Solvers – SuperLocal
The Super Local design studio finds local solutions worldwide. Founders Luc van Hoeckel and Pim van Baarsen aim to facilitate change and innovation that rewards the local population, through collaboration with local communities, practitioners, and designers. They believe that solutions for social and cultural problems ‘are always found in the country itself – by supporting […]
Best 3D Designing Technology Software for Fashion by Clément Balavoine, Hong Kong
Tailoring, one of the world’s oldest crafts, comes together with future-facing technology in Neuro, a new digital-only process conceived by French designer Clément Balavoine. Inspired by video game and movie concept artists, Balavoine creates clothes using 3D software, then fits the garments on virtual models. His process enables designers to create and visualize any design […]
