Words by MPDClick’s Trend Journal Editor.
Our partners over at graduate portfolio site ARTS THREAD have teamed up with Urban Outfitters to give a graduate the chance to have their designs made by the retailer this winter 2013! Read on for more information and details of the brief.
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We can’t wait to see in full the International Space Orchestra feature film directed by French artist Nelly Ben Hayoun. In advance of its being part of Z33‘s new exhibition Space Odyssey 2.0, the film had its premiere at Rotterdam’s International Film Festival last Friday, January 25 2013. See the teaser below. This project contributes to a number of indicators that the scientific exploration into space will continue to influence design and other creative fields such as music. MPDClick forecasts this will come into commercial interpretation in autumn/winter 14/15, subscribers can click here for more insight into this trend.
Words by our partners at ARTS THREAD.
Super heroes live an ideal life, right? Not according to fashion designer Anissa Aouar, whose graduate collection is inspire by the mundane realities of being a hero. Her collection has been selected to join a selection of graduates chosen by ARTS THREAD to exhibit at WHO’S NEXT Paris (last day of the fair today!). We asked Anissa a few questions to find out more about her super collection.
Above: Slow Design exhibition – Sticks Vases, Shir Atar / Hybrid storage, Kata Monus
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With Fashion Week highlights and forthcoming trends currently swamping MPDClick HQ, we look to our partners over at graduate portfolio site Arts Thread for their unmissable coverage of the various Design Weeks. Held in the Hungarian capital between the 28th September and 7th October, this year’s Budapest Design Week offers over a hundred programs highlighting local and international designers.
Our partners at graduate portfolio site ARTS THREAD look at the talent on offer from Spatial Design at New Designers this weekend.
Words by our partners at ARTS THREAD.
Since graduating from the Royal College of Art with a Masters degree in Textiles, Emma Lundgren has secured numerous awards including the Colette Prize for Spirit, is one of the Texprint 50 for 2011, exhibited internationally and has had her work featured in Dazed and Confused, Tokion and Form magazine. And if that wasn’t enough, the Swedish-born designer will be showing parts of her dazzling ‘Samilight’ collection at the ARTSTHREAD stand at DESIGNERSBLOCK. We pose a few questions to Emma in order to learn more about her work.
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With the winners of the Who’s Next/Arts Thread Fashion Graduate Competition being announced, and in advance of the Who’s Next show at the end of June, our partners at ARTS THREAD talk to jury member Song Haldeman, account manager for Harvey Nichols Hong Kong at Paris fashion consultancy MP SELECT.
Elise Hatlø/Anna Talbot
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The quality of craftsmanship and level of innovation at COLLECT never fails to inspire us, and this year’s show was no different. The four-day event held at the Saatchi Gallery saw 31 UK and International galleries representing the work of over 450 designers across all disciplines.
Words by our partners at graduate portfolio site ARTSTHREAD.
With the 27th edition of the Festival of Fashion and Photography Hyères starting this week, on April 27, our partners at graduate portfolio site ARTS THREAD look at the ten fashion designers shortlisted, shown here in styled photographs by Ina Jang.
Joining our partners ARTS THREAD at boutique London gallery MOKSPACE this month for East Meets West: Art & Design Now! is Birmingham Institute of Art & Design Jewellery and Silversmithing graduate Belinda Chang. ARTS THREAD spoke to Belinda to learn more about her thought provoking designs.
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