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Lexus Design Award winners suggest we can have nice things, without ruining the planet

Creative Boom

Industrial design students Kyeongho Park and Yejin noticed that clothing in their native Korea is commonly wrapped in plastic to keep it fresh-smelling, clean and hygienic. Pavels told me its design was inspired by the Namib Desert beetle, which is native to southern Africa and gathers moisture from the fog on its bumpy back surface.

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F5: Designer Bo Zhang’s City Walks, Street Workouts + More

Design Milk

Artist and designer Bo Zhang founded Desz Office creative studio, which mixes art, design, material, and communication, in 2019. To him, it’s important the work is a balance of art and design that expresses the relationship between people and space while stimulating the imagination with contemporary art and design.

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Watch This Space: 5 Architecture-Inspired Timepieces

Azure Magazine

2019 was the year of Bauhaus appreciation. The Swatch Group got in on the action, using the primary colours and distinct geometries of Bauhaus design – hinting at the likes of Wassily Kandinsky and Marcel Breuer – to create an unpretentious and subtly playful homage. Bauhaus is a theme here. Bau by Swatch. Max Bill by Junghans.

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Meet the Jury of the AZ Awards 2024

Azure Magazine

Bargmann’s work hews to themes of economy of means, neighbourhood connections, respect for site histories, and above all a love of the landscape — specifically, the existing and often former industrial landscape. She founded D.I.R.T. Dalla Costa received an Honorary Doctorate in 2023 from Athabasca University.

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5 talks to see at Design Indaba

Design Week

Although Design Indaba will be in a reflective mood next month its speaker line-up suggests a future-focussed theme, particularly with speakers working around projects that touch on technology, science and design. Kinya Tagawa.

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Euroluce 2023 Recap: Our Favourite Booths and Launches

Azure Magazine

This year, Euroluce returned for its first edition since 2019, bringing with it no shortage of exciting product launches and impressive booth displays. The theme at Vibia ‘s stand was “Shaping Atmospheres.” The theme of Lasvit’s stand was “It All Comes from Above.” Lasvit What Was the Scene?

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Picks of the month: the best design events to catch in December

Design Week

Last year’s Gingerbread City, above image and banner image © Luke Hayes Combining design know-how and baking genius, more than 100 architects and designers have worked to create this year’s Gingerbread City exhibition at Somerset House. — The School of UX® (@theschoolofux) May 9, 2019.