
NYFW S/S 15 Emerging Trend: Monochrome
Black and white in all its form is dominating the New York runways. Be it urban street wear or intricate occasion wear, monochrome is…
Black and white in all its form is dominating the New York runways. Be it urban street wear or intricate occasion wear, monochrome is…
All shades of pale blue are emerging as a key colour for S/S14. Lilac tinted poplin works with stone and navy. Cornflower blue gingham is…
British company Surrey NanoSystems has produced a material so black that it absorbs all but 0.035 per cent of visual light. The “super black” coating is…
Digital aesthetics, horror and erotica are key inspirations from SS16, and animator Mattis Dovier has managed to encapsulate all three in his music video…
As the boundaries between science and art continue to blur, data, alogorithms and sound are increasingly used to create digital colour palettes. Head of application development at…
The desire for the natural world and for keeping things real is a big inspiration for A/W 15/16 and people like Henry Miller inspire…
As we evolve our seasonal Spring Summer 16 trends we are inspired by the dark side and this new video from Nabil for Alt J…
Hollywood vintage inspired glamour meets Barbie in an explosion of ruffle, frills and florals, the Giambattista Valli couture collection brings together couture and confectionary…
Cork is not a usual choice for a material for clothing, but recently we have begun to see designers use cork in new ways…
A key colour featuring across a number of collections, red carpet dressing reaches a whole new (literal) level. Sequins, feathers, fur, tweed and 3D embellishment took…
With over one million plastic bags being used every minute around the world – mostly from supermarket shopping – and with the recent announcement that UK parliament…
Known for their graphic take on colour and pattern, design duo Scholten & Baijings‘s have curated Over the Rainbow – an exhibition to celebrate 14 years as…
The latest gaming innovations are increasingly sophisticated and fantastical. A mysterious, floating, rotating mountain is the strangely beautiful new game from David O’Reilly, the…
Pushing the boundaries of future sustainable materials, Studio Swine are using hair as an innovative material in their new range of products. Having first…
Inspired by the desire to create sustainable materials and rethink the age-old model of textile production, a variety of new projects are exploring the idea of Biofacture. A process…
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