Design&Trends
In recent decades, design has contaminated a number of sectors of creative work. This series focuses on the scenarios of future trends, investigating their infinite expressive potential through issues of contemporary relevance and discussions with international designers. A window on the future, to understand and describe how much the world of design is changing, from techniques to new materials, from interiors to installations, from experimentation to contamination with art. In the final analysis, a section all about forecasting and trendsetting in design.
05-09-2022
‘The Row’ is a ‘property community’ in the metaverse created by artists, architects and designers
Property agency The Alexander Team, in conjunction with metaverse entrepreneurs and developers Everyrealm, recently launched The Row: an exclusive virtual community in which the architecture and landscapes have been designed by international artists such as Daniel Arsham, Misha Kahn and Andrés Reisinger. Thirty architectural works, each made unique and authenticated by means of NFTs, in...
01-09-2022
Marcin Rusak: nature as a material
Flowers and leaves, branches and stalks, petals, stamens and pistils are all materials around which the work of Polish designer and artist Marcin Rusak is based. Collected, composed, and covered with resins and liquid metals, they are transformed into furnishings and accessories, which have now been brought together in an exhibition curated by Federica Sala for BIO27, the 27th Biennial of Design...
25-08-2022
Design China Beijing: an international summit on sustainability and design.
Design China Beijing is a major international exhibition that has been held annually for the past five years. For the 2022 edition, director Tan Zhuo has introduced a radical change in the way the event is organised, describing the event as international “summit” on sustainability and design which will bring together at least a thousand professionals in the field at the end of...
18-08-2022
Fifty years of total design and architecture in the work of CPKA
CPKA is the first Indian architectural studio ever to be invited to the London Festival of Architecture, which this year appointed the studio’s founder, Dikshu Kukreja, to curate an exhibition of works produced by CPKA in over fifty years in business. The result is an interesting overview of the history of contemporary architecture and total design in...