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How Visual Media Inspires Apparel: From Subcultures to Luxury Pioneers [CASE STUDY] Ever since the first pelt throw, apparel has been the truest signifier of the passing of times, reflecting the needs and tendencies in social groups. And while Maslow’s pyramid has called it that, as soon as humans have their basic needs satisfied, they…
Wearing Tomorrow – EARLY MAJORITY [Conversation] The clothing we see and consume everyday is created mostly in a very similar way, from the design stage, to production, to ending up in your closet – it is all a single never ending cycle that is decades old. So many people are involved in every step of…
The Shoe. An Object of Ultimate Self-Expression and Cultural Curation. Today’s Footwear Market: Sudden Revival, Cultural Outrage, Diversified Investment The most accessible form of self-expression, consumption, has peaked for footwear in the past decade, allowing for millions of unusual pairs, neglected in the past, to roll off the dusty Footlocker shelves and…
Minimalism Historically Minimalism is one of the most popular design trends of the past decade. Many associate it with a certain lifestyle, a pared down set of belongings, a certain décor and object aesthetic. When talking about the current era of minimalism, words like ‘capsule wardrobe’, ‘decluttering’, and ‘anti-capitalism’ are often thrown around, and…
Many designers know that creating a really good product entails exploration: to make something, test it, fail it, ponder on it, go back full circle, fail and do it again. Sitting at a desk and picking one’s brain for ideas is, though essential, rarely enough. Leaning into the ways of a corporation, however,…
As recently as 2020, Earth’s anthropomass, the human-made non-bio mass (metals, concrete, bricks, glass, plastics) exceeded its living biomass (plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, viruses, humans).