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Latest Episodes
Illustration: the state of the art
We talk to two leading illustrators about the past, present and future of the art form. Plus, eyewear innovation in Vienna and modern office furniture from Another Country.
On Design 43: What works about the workers’ jacket?
The utilitarian and ubiquitous blue-hued French worker’s jacket – or ‘bleu de travail’ – is enjoying a sustained revival after years of obscurity. But will its popularity continue after the world has reached peak workwear?
Beirut Design Week 2017
Now in its sixth year, the Lebanese fair was called ‘Is design a need?’ Far from flogging furniture, the event sought to stimulate wider social, political, environmental and technological discussions around design.
On Design 42: How did the Fender Telecaster hit all the right notes?
Six decades after its debut, Fender’s Telecaster model remains one of the most iconic and enduring electric guitar designs. What’s more, it was the first commercially successful one. The reason? Sound design, of course.
Material world
We speak to three young designers innovating with new materials at Interzum furniture production fair in Köln. We also ask if renovation and demolition have betrayed the values of Britain’s post-war architecture, and do a stocktake of the new shop at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
On Design 41: How ‘Jantelagen’ shaped Stockholm’s fashion
‘Jantelagen’ – the ‘law of Jante’ – describes the Nordic mentality that celebrates the collective and not standing out from the crowd. Paradoxically, its application in fashion has helped designers from Stockholm distinguish themselves on the world stage.
Eco chamber: Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2017
We bring you interviews and analysis from the world’s premier forum on sustainability in fashion.
On Design 40: Why can’t jet design keep moving?
The commercial air-travel industry is moving fast but passenger jets have looked much the same for decades. Tristan McAllister asks why Boeing’s iconic 737 and 747 are hard to beat.
Making it in the city
Voices from London Craft Week including its founder and chairman Guy Salter, British designer Jonathan Anderson and Barbara Geary Truan, secretary general of The Michelangelo Foundation. Plus, a report from Singapore’s Art Book Fair.
On Design 39: Will Vienna’s ‘Ladenschilder’ last another century?
This week Alexei Korolyov reports on shop signage, or ‘Ladenschilder’, from a city that’s preserved the art better than most: Vienna.
