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Browsing Natural materials

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Fashion

Kengo Kuma redesigns Fendi accessories with natural materials

Presenting its spring/summer 2024 menswear collection in June 2023 in the Tuscan countryside, Fendi joined forces with the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to re-invent some of its accessories and shoes.

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Design

Down to earth: Raw materials on show at London Design Festival

London – Italian design duo Alcarol, whose work focuses on the use of raw materials, are exhibiting at Mint Gallery during London Design Festival.

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Europe

London Design Festival 2013: Strek Collective

London – Oslo-based Strek Collective, a design studio made up of four young Norwegian designers, was represented at the London Design Festival 2013 last month by Fredrik Wærnes and Nicolai Gulliksen, who showed the studio’s latest product, the Bow stackable wooden stool.

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Marketing & Branding

Future Materials: Top 10

As the technology world advances, a wide range of new materials and surfaces are being developed.

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Food & Drink

Cog work: Ice cream shop shows the mechanics

Hua Hin, Thailand – The Once Upon a Cream ice cream shop may not be what you expect of a beach resort store. Its interior is open, modern and clean without any references to the beach.

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LATAM

Wool's worth: Chair fuses function and form

Argentina – Designers Alexandra Kehayoglu and Maxi Ciovich have created a wool chair that melds art and design, with the materials spilling out onto the floor creating a carpet/chair hybrid.

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Food & Drink

Wikibar

In the age of Re-enlightenment, science fills consumers with wonder. If it fills their stomachs too, so much the better.That is the winning formula behind WikiBar, a new Paris establishment that offers a futuristic food invented by a Harvard scientist called WikiPearl.

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Fashion

Fabric revival: A modern take on an old cloth

Japan – Furoshiki, a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth, is being revived as a multi-purpose fabric that can be made into a range of items from scarves to bags.

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Design

Clutter-free: Office range does the business

Clutter-free: Office range does the business