What is the Science behind Athleisure?

What is the Science behind Athleisure

Athleisure – a term not so long ago penned as a fad or a trend has now evolved into THE buzzword of the moment and this is not because of the many cool collabs between brands and designers or artists who have used it to describe products and collections, but because of the intelligence of […]

Off The Scale – UNISEX, DISTORTED PROPORTIONS, ZOOM IN & OUT – Casual Wear

Off The Scale - UNISEX, DISTORTED PROPORTIONS, ZOOM IN & OUT - Casual Wear

SOURCE Athleisure gets oversized, and sports brands take to the catwalk, as collaborations continue to influence the future of activewear. Tim Coppens’ work for Under Armour took a 1990s flavor and brought it to bang up-to-date, and Lacoste reviewed classic sports and casual styles to make them street-ready through playing with scale. COLOUR A military-inspired […]

Pastels & Neon Nostalgia

Pastels & Neon Nostalgia

SOURCE Street artist ‘Pastel’s stylised floral murals painted on faded exteriors and the playful mark-making of artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz, as seen at Frieze London this year, evoke a childlike aesthetic that centres around a playfully applied and somewhat naïve graphic handwriting. COLOUR New pastel combinations are found in updated takes on the rose and […]

Culture and People in Margate, UK

The Handsome Freaks crew (clockwise from back left): Evie, 14, sales assistant, Becky, 17, sales assistant, Ally Blackgrove, 29, owner, Rebecca, 18, sales assistant

With ever-increasing house prices pushing ‘creatives’ out of London, seaside towns like Margate (laboriously labeled Shoreditch-on-Sea) in Kent are seeing an influx of Londoners drawn to its plentiful period properties, affordable rent, amazing sea views and sense of freedom. Add a contemporary art gallery into the mix and creative hubs are bound to thrive – and Margate […]

Ka Wa Key – The Disruptive Fashion Designer

Ka Wa Key - The Disruptive Fashion Designer

Ka Wa Key’s menswear fashions confront dichotomies between east and west, and between masculinity and femininity, using innovative handmade fabrics and textiles. Key graduated from London’s Royal College of Art in 2015 and hit the ground running with his transgressive designs. He was a finalist in the 2016 H&M Design Award, and his spring/summer 2019 […]

Gradient Colour System – Transformative Effect of Colour to Manipulate Perceptions

Gradient Colour System - Transformative Effect of Colour to Manipulate Perceptions

Designers are using the transformative effect of colour to manipulate perceptions of shape and form. Ombré effects applied to solid objects give them an ethereal quality while subtle gradients serve to enhance angles and form. 1. OFFROUND HUE BY SABINE MARCELIS AND BRIT VAN NERVEN FOR ETAGE PROJECTS Offround Hue is the latest addition to the Seeing Glass […]

GIANANTONIO LOCATELLI Founder, Museo della Merda

GIANANTONIO LOCATELLI

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 […]

Jon Marshal – Co Founder and Director of MAP

Jon Marshal - Co Founder and Director of MAP

London-based creative consultancy Map specializes in strategy industrial design. Map’s clients include Virgin Atlantic, Google and Panasonic as well as startups such as Kano and BeeLine. Jon Marshall was listed as one of Creative Review’s top 50 creative leaders in 2016; the team at Map has won over 25 international design awards and Map is […]

Joe Gebbia – Cofounder AirBnb

Joe Gebbia was an entrepreneur from an early age and Airbnb’s ground-breaking online peer-to-peer rental platform began in his San Francisco apartment. Airbnb now has over two million listings in over 190 countries, and has created a new economic model for thousands of people around the world. He recently launched Samara, an innovation and design […]

100% Natural Biodegradable Fabric Brand by Freitag, Zürich, Switzerland

100% Natural Biodegradable Fabric Brand by Freitag, Zürich, Switzerland

‘Opaque but still transparent’ is the philosophy behind Freitag garments made from its new F-ABRIC textile, made from flax and hemp. The material itself may be rugged (the range includes jeans) but from fibre to finish, F-ABRIC is completely transparent. Every stage of the production process happens within a 2,500-kilometre radius of the Freitag factory […]