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MCRBCN brings Manchester's creative spirit to Barcelona

Creative Boom

As Manchester becomes the first UK city to partner with Barcelona's iconic La Mercè Festival, designer Dave Sedgwick curates an ambitious design exhibition celebrating emerging talent, creative kinship, and a decade-long relationship between two industrial powerhouses. They're still producing bold, brilliant work decades on."

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IKEA Presents a Magical Patterns Textile Exhibition in Scotland

Design Milk

After a successful run at the IKEA Museum in Älmhult, Sweden, IKEA presents their inaugural textile exhibition at Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios , highlighting their collaborations throughout the years, celebrating independent designers and uplifting their work to a global stage. More recent designs have carried that same spirit forward.

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What’s On Our Agenda for 3daysofdesign 2025

Azure Magazine

What began in 2013 as a local showcase for Scandi brands has skyrocketed in popularity, evolving into a destination with serious international draw (last year’s event alone attracted over 100,000 visitors to the Danish capital). At this exhibition, organized by the Finnish Cultural Institute in Denmark, you’ll get the best of both worlds.

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Heimtextil 2025 Shines a Spotlight on Sustainable Futures

Azure Magazine

Meanwhile, the marquee Heimtextil 2025 installation sees visionary designer Patricia Urqiola transform an exhibition hall into an invigorating and welcoming design hub. DON’T RUN – BETA, project with Juan Montero Valdez, 2013. Patricia Urquiola. What does that mean for textiles? We can’t wait to find out.

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‘Doing Is Living’ Highlights Five Decades of Ruth Asawa’s Biomorphic Wire Sculptures

Colossal

Along with some 120,000 Japanese Americans living in the western part of the country, Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) and her familyseparated from their father, who was sent to a camp in New Mexicowere uprooted in 1942 and sent to another internment camp hastily organized at the Santa Anita race track in Arcadia, California. .”

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An Ikebana Artist and His Student Sow an Unconventional Approach to Flower Arranging

Colossal

This exhibition, therefore, pairs images of earlier works with new commissions, including Ohtsubo’s standout orb titled “Linga Munchen.” Given the ephemeral nature of the materials, photography plays an important role in most ikebana practices as it preserves an arrangement long after it has wilted.

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The Great Un-Pinning: Why Pinterest Abandoned Publishers and Flipboard Became Their Essential Alternative in 2025

We And The Color

Our Story: A Decade on Pinterest Wiped Out in Months As the online art and design publication WE AND THE COLOR , we have been active on Pinterest since 2013 ( [link] ). Superior User Intent for Deep Content Engagement The typical Flipboard user exhibits a fundamentally different intent compared to a Pinterest user.