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Interfilière: Day 1
As I scan through my loose-leaf scribbles of notes for the day, a few words pop out: bricks, spiders, bruised vegetables. Yikes! Okay, while they all had a part in the Interfilière trend forum, they...
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Wallpaper* Designer of the Year 2013: Ron Gilad
At the latest Wallpaper* Design Awards, Ron Gilad was honored as the Designer of the Year for 2013. “As an artist, I’m never satisfied with the end result; I don’t accept it. As a designer, I am not...
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“Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things”
Stylesight attends the preview for the new exhibition Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things at the Design Museum, London. Displayed throughout the top floor of the building, the show is organized...
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Runway Flash – Bounce Back
The newest fabrics this season are dense and bouncy, perfect for holding new shapes like rounded shoulders, molded skirts and squared-off sweatshirts. Some of these materials are neoprene, others are...
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Breaking the Mould: glass exploration at the Aram Gallery
Seven Italian designers and a material scientist got together to explore the traditional techniques of glassblowing in Murano, Venice. It took three steep climbs of stairs, across the beautiful Aram...
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Turkish Red: Studio Formafantasma at TextielMuseum
As part of a group exhibition at TextielMuseum in Tilburg, The Netherlands, design studio Formafantasma has created a series of silk textiles inspired by the museum’s rich archives. The work takes...
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Vieux Port Pavilion for Marseille by Foster + Partners
Last week the Vieux Port pavilion, designed by Foster + Partners for Marseille, was unveiled to commemorate the city’s status as European Capital of Culture 2013. Located on the world heritage-listed...
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Interiors: Cath Kidston Cafe and Concept House
Famous for vintage-inspired prints and cutesy homewares, Cath Kidston unveiled a concept house and café as part of the brand’s F/W 13 collection preview. Moving-on from the more traditional floral...
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Future Craft: Glass Is Tomorrow
Tomorrow, European design platform Glass Is Tomorrow will arrive in Brussels. This traveling exhibition and ongoing project aims to establish and promote, “a more fluid exchange of knowledge and...
View ArticleNext Nature: Silk Pavilion by MIT Media Lab
Merging the digital and natural worlds, MIT Media Lab’s latest project uses robotics and silkworms to create an enormous Silk Pavilion. The recently unveiled project investigates the interplay of...
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Africa Calling: Graphic Africa and Habitat during London Design Festival
This September during London Design Festival, British furniture retailer Habitat is hosting an African Design exhibition. Graphic Africa will showcase over 20 pieces of new furniture by 16 designers...
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What’s On Brussels: Amaury Poudray and SiblingsFactory
September is a vibrant month for Brussels, as a number of galleries and showrooms open to the public to host design-driven exhibitions, events and talks. Renowned interiors shop, The Gallery will...
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What’s On: The Wool School for Wool Week 2013
The brilliant Wool Week initiative returns to the UK for a third year on Monday, and with the crisp chill of late autumn already in the air, we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate this dynamic and...
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Dutch Design: Talking Textiles Exhibition
Stylesight traveled to the south of The Netherlands to attend the Talking Textiles exhibition at the TextielMuseum in Tilburg. Curated by Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano, Talking Textiles presents...
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Contemporary Craft: Japanese Folk Art at the Pace Gallery in London
A fascinating exhibition, currently showing at the Pace Gallery in London, explores the historical Japanese folk craft movement, Mingei through a series of sculpture, painting, ceramic and textile...
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RCA Work-in-Progress: School of Design
Despite London’s current commuter chaos, Stylesight managed to attend the bustling RCA show last night, which pointed towards some innovative and inspiring works to come. A selection of chairs from...
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Interiors: Katharine Pooley showcases the copper trend
The most recent work of award-winning interior designer Katharine Pooley confirms copper as a strong ongoing material trend for interiors, employed as both a subtle detail and a statement design...
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Exhibition: Prima Materia by Studio Formafantasma
During an inspirational trip to the south of The Netherlands, the Stylesight team stopped by the Stedelijk Museum ‘s-Hertogenbosch for new inspiration. Here we attended the latest exhibition by Studio...
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-ISH by Matteo Fogale and Laetitia De Allegri
Design duo Matteo Fogale and Laetitia De Allegri have joined forces for London Design Festival this year to present -ISH, an exploration of materials and their sometimes deceptive appearance. Presented...
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Copper Crossing at Triennale Design Museum, Milan
Opened last week at Milan’s Triennale Design Museum, the exhibition Copper Crossing explores the metal of the moment in its many different forms and applications, including contemporary art, design,...
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