Azure Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

While innovative manufacturing practices and a growing movement to embrace recycled, non-toxic, and low-carbon materials have revolutionized design, environmental responsibility often comes at the expense of luxurious aesthetics and top-of-the-line performance. And the global design community is taking notice.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Big Fish's packaging has used simplicity and bold icons to make the product stand out. Strong iconographies communicate specific product benefits that are human, warm, and approachable. The care and attention to detail towards the product visuals are a homage to the product.

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Inkbot Design

MAY 17, 2022

Top 10 Tips for Branding Products. Whether you’re an entrepreneur who has just launched a product or are looking to improve upon an existing brand, this short guide will help you understand what makes products memorable and how to communicate that value. Here are ten things you need to know about branding products.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

A Product Photo Editing Guide for eCommerce Conversions. While the competition makes gaining market share a pain, you have a lifeline in the form of product photos. This can be a rewarding year for your business if you get your product photography strategy right. The Importance Of Product Photos For eCommerce.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From Milan and New York to Copenhagen and Chicago, we see hundreds of new products every year. From Moooi’s eye-catching and exuberant Knitty Lounge chair to Richard Serra-inspired lighting from A-N-D, our top 10 product selects for 2023 made a lasting impression. This year was no different. It’s truly a perfect pairing.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

To celebrate, the organizers have planned a full assortment of design exhibitions, product launches and showroom events spread all across the city. Meant to lay the groundwork for calming interior spaces, Fractal Fluency features patterns inspired by the organic textures of the great outdoors. Each tile measures 30.48 wide by 91.44

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Design Milk

MAY 27, 2024

Available in four silhouettes, the vessels emulate a surprising visual warmth through texture and color, and can be utilized as seating, tables, and planters. Practicing what they preach, the company approaches sustainable production of their textiles using 100% organic wool instead of recycling PET.

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Just Creative

APRIL 6, 2023

When it comes to product design, having the best 3D modeling software is crucial. As for opportunities, the 3D animation and rendering industry has grown at an impressive pace with popular streaming services and design firms seeing increased demand for 3D VFX graphics and 3D models for product design.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

Though tiles are known for their sustainability, durability and timeless beauty, each year, manufacturers continue to innovate, offering their take on the classics while also playing to larger industry trends. 3 Concrete-Inspired It’s clear that designers need to move away from carbon-intensive concrete towards more sustainable finishes.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Originally a furniture fair, it's grown over the years into a massive week-long celebration of creativity and innovation in furniture, lighting, fashion, textiles and all kinds of product design. To some, this might sound like a lot of marketing spin, and you might think: what is a car manufacturer doing commissioning expensive artworks?

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The artisan uses NUNOUS , a new fabric-based, upcycled material with a marble-like texture that’s environmentally friendly. According to Shindo, this process helps to reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing. Upcycled fabric shares the same layering and tactility of the Haori itself.

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Design Milk

APRIL 14, 2023

We use analogue knitting techniques in homage to the continuous thread of the manufacturing process, testing them out on large and hard furniture surfaces. Because of variables like temperature during production and the material’s own mechanical properties, there are minor irregularities in the benches, just like any hand-knitted piece.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Brooklyn-based manufacturer and designer has been a leader in the American furniture manufacturing industry for the past decade. Along the way they’ve consistently provided small, emerging designers access to production that’s generally reserved for big brand names and large manufacturers.

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Design Milk

JULY 24, 2023

For the first time in two years, surface brand Cosentino has launched a new product from Silestone ®: the Le Chic collection. Eclectic Pearl , seen above, is a flowing stream of tones that will hypnotize you with its delicate veining, texture, and metallic accents that descend over the entire surface – like a glittering piece of jewelry.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 31, 2022

This is mainly, he adds, because the timeline and costs associated with producing an off-the-shelf glass bottle versus bespoke glass bottle production – which were once hugely divergent – are now virtually the same, as few suppliers hold stock of catalogue items anymore. Fenty Skin by Established, 2021 Gold Pentawards winner.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

In his heyday, product durability was a source of pride among manufacturers, and the reality of buying something for life wasn’t so far-fetched. Choose your preferred delivery option from below and get access to groundbreaking architecture, vibrant interiors, inspiring ideas, exciting new furniture and products. Subscribe Today.

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Design Milk

MARCH 8, 2024

No matter the circumstance when the life of your Cyrc product comes to an end, the company will gladly take it back to be shredded, chopped, extruded, or pelletized in preparation for a new life – circular by design. Guy’s actually custom-building the printer right here in the studio. It’s brand new,” Martinez adds.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 4, 2023

This year, Spanish tile manufacturers were on a mission to change that, launching collections that were equal parts decorative and architectural. Case in point: Wow Design ’s Icon series formed a curved, terracotta-coloured wall at the manufacturer’s award-winning booth. Breezeblocks, in particular, were all the rage.

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Design Milk

JULY 14, 2023

Designer Andrew Ferrier spent his youth in Canada dedicated to guitars, bikes, and snowboards – all pursuits that would go onto inform and inspire his work as an industrial designer of human-centered products ranging from lighting , smoking accessories , to a modular seating system – all elegantly simple industrial forms shaped from milled aluminum.

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Design Milk

MAY 9, 2023

Drag And Drop is a Romanian design and manufacturing studio, co-founded by Madalin Gheorghe and Dragos Sabareanu in 2019, living at the point where technology and artisanal processes converge. Observers are encouraged to explore the geometric vases with their hands for a firsthand experience of their texture.

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Design Milk

MARCH 14, 2024

With a shared ethos for well-being, environmental responsibility, and beauty, the two companies synergize to launch a collection of multi-textural flooring, wall, and ceiling surfaces nuanced in a corresponding colorful language developed by international design studio Form Us With Love. And we most definitely do that with this collaboration.”

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

She pointed out that much of the film was shot in Modena, “the district of ceramics,” and that the biopic’s high-adrenaline teaser reflected the drive of ceramics manufacturers, which have raced ahead with exciting new launches in spite of ongoing business difficulties posed by high energy costs and the lingering pandemic.

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Design Milk

MAY 18, 2022

German designer Sebastian Herkner has joined up with South African luxury manufacturer Indigenus to create the Aarde range of planters. Herkner greatly appreciates traditional craftsmanship, color, authentic materials, and textures, making Indigenus a natural partner for the Aarde. This is sustainability.” Stylist: Liz Morris.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Australian New Volumes’ approach to furnishings and objects could be surmised to be one in response to the diminishing presence of the natural, textural, and the imperfect – designs defined by a materiality serving modern living innately attuned to the earthly elements.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 4, 2023

The two finishes offered, Honed or Ultra Rough, accentuate the diverse veining, textures and patterns. 504 Lumena Take 540 Monumental, for instance, whose elephant grey base is combined with soft off-white markings, oxidized aspects, rough grain and dark-grey veining to form an organic textural pattern in an Ultra Rough finish.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The exhibition showcased innovative biomaterials, circular products, and collectible design pieces. At their simplest, they are sustainably manufactured, recycled plastic beams with holes in them – together they can be used as a modular system to make almost anything, from seating to sleeping pods.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Greenmood is the leading manufacturer of biophilic elements whose mission is to improve human well-being through human-centric design in the workplace. Its natural acoustic products and custom-made solutions create a sense of balance by bringing us closer to nature in some unexpected environments.

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Design Milk

JUNE 14, 2023

There, the BLOC Collection took home the Emerging/Independent Product Designer 2023 NYCxDesign Award. Soft versus hard, solid versus transparent, and textured versus smooth. It debuted this year at “PLAYSCAPE” at Salone Satellite during Milan Design Week 2023 before going to win big at NYCxDesign 2023.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 11, 2022

10 Tools to be Productive as a Graphic Design Student. Here’s how you can make your student life enjoyable and productive to become a full-fledged, graduated graphic designer sooner rather than later. Perks of Optimising your Productivity as a Graphic Design Student. 1 – Productivity and Time Management Tools.

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Design Milk

APRIL 27, 2023

Award-winning materials manufacturer 3form introduces a glimmer of fun with its newest collection – Flare. The brand’s newest metallic offering adds a sophisticated, reflective shimmer to its Varia and Chroma materials, providing a fresh take on texture and light refraction.

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Design Milk

JUNE 16, 2021

Interface challenges itself to create the greatest good for the environment by developing innovative production processes and delivering flooring specified by designers and architects that is better for the planet. The company’s achievements can’t help but make you wonder: are you asking enough of your manufacturers? Climate Take Back.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 1, 2021

For this month’s Designer Desktop , we’re featuring a collaborative design by interior designer Nikki Chu for RoomMates , a division of York Wallcoverings that manufactures wall decals, peel & stick wallpapers, and other decorative peel & stick products.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

This year’s launches prove that outdoor products can be every bit as comfortable, functional and stylish as their interior counterparts. And, thanks to manufacturing innovations, they are also durable enough to stand up to outdoor conditions — whatever the weather. For more outdoor products, visit our Spec Sheets section.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Design agency Pentagram and Mallorcan tile manufacturer Huguet have joined forces to craft a unique collection of tile designs and products. It was an open brief: there was no limitation or restriction as long as Huguet was capable of manufacturing and developing each concept.". Totem by Yuri Suzuki. Tilescape by Jon Marshall.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While the past year was marked by ups and downs, with international tradeshows once again being postponed, rescheduled or cancelled, one constant was the prolific output of fantastically designed furniture, lighting and other products from creatives around the world. Here, our top 10 designs from 2021 that made us look twice.

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Abduzeedo

MARCH 27, 2023

The visual identity was inspired by the expressions and features of the human face, with a series of shapes and curved lines creating textures, symbols, and shapes. The packaging featured a unique texture that represented the power of expansion and possibility, with colors inspired by the source materials of each product.

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Design Milk

MARCH 5, 2024

We can’t say we saw everything – but we sure tried – walking literal miles in search of the most inspiring and innovative kitchen and bath products coming this year. Kohler Just look at the subtle colors and topographic texturing of the Rista 3D-printed sink.

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