Monthly Archives: October 2021

Sometimes the world is too confusing and chaotic, maybe saturated with visual stimuli and it can be difficult to focus and concentrate. Thank God then for Martin Margiela. No, not the brand that at the moment is the equally chaotic … Continue reading →

As usual many different trends emerged during the latest fashion weeks. But, at the first post-Covid half digital and half physical edition of Paris Fashion Week, there was also a key theme that became a protagonist of some of the … Continue reading →

Earlier on this year, while, due to Coronavirus, we were still caught in between hard or mild lockdowns all over Europe, Yos Clark was busy working on a personal choreography. The twenty-six-year-old Ivorian dancer based in the UK, eventually published … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at knits designed for the D-house project by Dyloan incorporating Stratasys technology. The design studio replicated this project in collaboration with Stratasys also for a mini-collection of accessories presented at the latest edition of the … Continue reading →

Textile design builds on the interlacement of two juxtaposed notions: traditions and innovations. The former consists in keeping on experimenting with time-honored techniques such as weaving, knitting and crocheting. The latter looks at the future, at smart textiles, computational processes, … Continue reading →

When knitwear and crochet designer Laura Theiss started working on her new collection one question lingered in her mind – how could she translate into her new creations a symbolic return to life in a post-pandemic world? Then she remembered … Continue reading →

Textiles, as seen from previous posts, can inspire art projects and installations, and they can be employed for innovative projects with a social twist about them. Textiles can also tell stories, and quite often they don't even need to be … Continue reading →

The history of industrial manufacturing in Italy boasts a few entrepreneurs that strongly believed in the power of art, among the others Antonio Ratti. Ratti founded in 1945 a silk manufacturing company in Como to make silk textiles and accessories. … Continue reading →

As a designer, if you develop a great idea you know that you will be able to apply it to different products and areas of your practice. A good idea with a lot of potential is indeed not a trend, … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at inspiring geometries in prints, so let's continue the thread by looking at intriguing shapes in marble patterns. "Marble Patterns" is actually the name of an experimental laboratory by Pordenone-based marble company Del Savio with … Continue reading →