La Caserne: from fire station to Paris future home of green fashion
Chaix et Morel has transformed a former fire station in Paris into ‘La Caserne,’ a vibrant hub for sustainable fashion open to the city.
Ukrainian fashion designer Irina Dzhus supports her country with a fashion collection from war evacuated garments
Forced to flee, Irina Dzhus supports Ukrainian charities with an impromptu collection developed from garments salvaged from a single emergency suitcase.
32°N adaptive sunglasses allow you to read your book and see from afar with a tap
Thanks to patented dynamic ‘Liquid Crystal’ lenses, 32°N glasses can seamlessly switch between “reading mode” for near vision and “scenic mode” for far distances.
DAE Graduation Show 2021: 8 projects by Design Academy Eindhoven graduates
DAE Graduation Show 2021: from human-made clouds to musical tennis tables and trauma healing garments… 8 out-of-the-box projects by Design Academy Eindhoven graduates.
Dutch Design Awards 2021: sustainable archipelagos and virtual fashion
The winners of Dutch Design Awards 2021 mark a new impetus for the design world that thrives on change and cross-pollination and radiates hopeful optimism.
IKEA launches the ‘Hund Couture’ fashion collection for dogs
Furniture giant IKEA has announced a departure into a rough new area: designer dogwear. The Hund Couture features a new range of designer couture outfits for dogs, made from the iconic blue FRAKTA bags.
Joe Doucet’s fashionable face shield you would want to wear
How do we encourage mass adoption of an unwanted necessity? Joe Ducet has designed a fashionable face shield that could be worn as a pair of glasses.
Production Club reveals Daft Punk-style ‘Micrashell Suits’ allowing people to safely club and rave in times of pandemic
The high-tech visionary ‘Micrashell Suits’ offer a solution for the music and nightlife industries and the future of human interaction. Unique features include in-suit beverage and vape supply system, mounted-in speakers, smartphone integration, computer vision safety camera, privacy-driven voice communicator, and a breathable helmet with unobscured views.
6 fashion empowered designs at Miami design week
6 fashion empowered designs in Miami: FENDI architectural installation, Sasha Bikoff’s furniture collection inspired by Gianni and Donatella Versace’s fascination with the city, Crosby Studios’ ‘upcycled’ Balenciaga sofa and more…
BIG turns a 1930s bank into a mixed-used ‘retail laboratory’ and hybrid concept store for Galeries Lafayette in Paris
BIG’s new ‘retail laboratory’ for Galeries Lafayette was conceived as an urban room for the Parisians. A grand staircase doubles as an auditorium, a golden ring of perforated metal creates a series alcoves embracing the atrium, and more…
7 inclusive genderless designs advocating for freedom of expression
The first genderless voice technology and retail space but also a gender-free furniture and pioneering beauty brands… Archipanic explores the ‘neutral’ leading trend going beyond stereotypes.
Design Indaba competition 2019 invites to vote for South Africa’s fittest design
Design Indaba competition 2019: a topsy-turvy blue love-seat, African and Bauhaus-inspired furniture and bridal colorful dresses and are among the 10 selected projects competing for South Africa’s Most Beautiful Object at Cape Town’s design week.
Crosby Studios’ ultraviolet and hands-full capsule collection for Opening Ceremony
A chair inviting to seat on an open palm and spider lamps with hand-shaped lampshades. Crosby Studios creates Ultraviolet and hands-full furniture inspired by the Radical Design movement.
Heavenly Bodies. The Metropolitan Museum of Art examines the link between fashion and the Catholic imagination
Papal robes from the Vatican and designs by Alexander McQueen, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent and more… The Heavenly Bodies exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art features a dialogue between fashion and masterworks of medieval art, architecture and crafts.
Vegan design projects by Erez Nevi Pana show the way for a more sustainable approach
Recycled stools re-shaped by random salt crystallization, animal-free paper and silk clothes which harm no butterfly. Vegan design is possible, says Israeli designer Erez Nevi Pana.
Ill-Studio redesigns Pigalle basketball court in Paris with 90’s-style iridescent hues
Brightly coloured walls and mind-bending geometric designs transform a Parisian basketball court sandwiched between a pair of apartment buildings into a futuristic sport venue.
OVERVIEW: Design Museum Holon showcases eyeglasses design evolution
OVERVIEW exhibition at Design Museum Holon explores the relationship between vision and design through one of the most important inventions in human history: eyeglasses.
MAD Architects drapes an architectural dress on Xinhee fashion house
MAD Architects design Xinhee fashion house corporate building as a sutainable flower-shaped and human body-inspired architecture dressed with floating-free translucent draping.
Björk performs in 3D printed Rottlace mask based on her facial structure
Icelandic musician Björk unveils the Rottlace mask, a 3D printed design by Neri Oxman that was shaped from the artist’s musculoskeletal system.
COS presents Sou Fujimoto’s Forest of Light installation in Milan
Sou Fujimoto designs Forest of Light installation for fashion brand COS: cones of light interact with visitors in a suspended and misty atmophere.
#techstyle exhibition showcases the forefront of high-tech fashion design
Boston Museum of Fine Arts presents #techstyle, an exhibition showcasing the tech-side of future catwalks. From Ralph Lauren’s phone charging bag to Iris Van Herpen’s Water Splash Crystallization dress but also an artificial leg and clothes that hug or change colour.
Iittala and Issey Miyake present a home collection for everyday rituals
Minimal and simple home collection by Iittala with fashion designer Issey Miyake highlights Japan and Finland increasingly similar aesthetics.
Diesel inaugurates a new house of denim in New York
Wonderwall studio designs Diesel new store in Manhattan merging “a fashion alternative to luxury” with industrial design to create a “house of denim” for all the brand’s fans.
Cubitts launches glasses made with King’s Cross’ architecture ingredients
Inspired by the architectural ingredients of King’s Cross, London brand Cubitts presents a collection of handcrafted glasses made in coal, concrete, rust and copper.
Iris Van Herpen at Design Museum Holon
Design Museum Holon showcased a solo exhibition of Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen who meshed traditional craft tecniques with 3D printing.
Missoni Home tableware blossom with multicolour floral designs
Multicolour floral patterns bloom in Missoni Home tableware collections in collaboration with the historical porcelain manifacturer Richard Ginori 1735.
Vacuum-Formed Shoes
Lou Moria designed simple and cheap vacuum-formed shoes that can be quickly produced and fully recycled thanks to thermo-forming technology.
Peter Marino Solo Exhibition in Miami
At DesignMiami/2014, the Bass Museum of Art celebrates the work and persona of flamboyant architect and designer Peter Marino with a solo exhibition that cross-pollinates fashion, art and design.
Garden Glory
Garden Glory design brand of green-fingers’ tools plays the tongue-in-cheek card to affabulate “glamorous people with dirty nails”.
Algaemy: microalgae textile printing by Blond&Bieber
Algaemy by Blond&Bieber is the biodynamic and colour-changing collection that investigates the potential of micro algae in textile printing for fashion and design.