Controlling Colour in the home with Cromatica
Developed by Italian expressive design studio Digital Habits, Cromatica is a hybrid “light-speaker” that can stream music through Bluetooth, while its coloured LED lights…
TREND ALERT: Nail art meets technology
Transforming social media into tangible objects is an interesting idea. The NailSnaps app transforms Instagram photos into customized nail polish stickers. Users can decide how…
Material inspiration: Bloom by Jun Murakoshi
Shown during Milan Design week Jun Murakoshi’s Bloom project, featured vases and fruit bowls which seamlessly blended blown glass and coloured threads. Intricately intertwined threads play…
COS x Nendo
For the third time, Cos was in Milan for Design week, but this year with an installation and concept store in collaboration with Japanese…
Unconventional materials
Jólan van der Wiel is a true material Alchemist whose work sits somewhere between nature and artifice. Posing questions about our current physical laws…
TREND ALERT: Thermo-reactive tech from Alexander Wang
Alexander Wang’s new “thermo-reactive” range for A/W14 changes colour as it’s exposed to heat. The laser cut and woven pieces transition from black to…
TREND ALERT: Opening Ceremony collaborate with Magritte
As the trend for using art as print inspiration for S/S 14 (think Giles Deacon, Phoebe Philo at Céline, Aquilano Rimondi and Dolce &…
Lucy McRae: Swallowable Parfume
Swallowable Parfum is a cosmetic capsule that enables human skin to emit a genetically unique scent. Fragrance molecules are excreted through the skin’s surface…
