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Video: Victoria's Secret 2018 | Set Design

A look at the set design process of the Victoria's Secret show.

"The Crazy History of Design" collection unveiled at the Museum of Decorative Arts

From Le Corbusier's kitchen to digital creations that mix furniture, fashion, and decoration: Paris inaugurates one of the most important spaces dedicated to design in the world. The Museum of Decorative Arts (MAD) unveiled today "the Crazy History of Design", a permanent collection that creates a dialogue between design, graphics, fashion and...

Fashion

Vans to launch Design Assembly Collection for Women

London - Vans is set to release a new directional collection of women’s apparel, accessories, and footwear under the name Design Assembly Collection next month. The new 25 piece collection, which blends Vans heritage elements with streetwear inspired silhouettes, offers numerous styles for spring/summer 2018. Vans designers combed their archives...

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Mayan weavers oppose corporate theft of their patterns

Indigenous women weavers in Guatemala take action against a fashion industry that has been exploiting their culturally significant and often sacred patterns and symbols by copying them and using them for their own commercial purposes. The National Movement of Maya Weavers is made up of around 30 organisations from 18 linguistic communities in...

Schools

Red Dot Awards honour best in product design

The Red Dot awards, which celebrate the world's leading product designers, saw record entries of more than 5,500 innovations for its 2017 awards. This year sustainability in materials was core to its finalist requirement, as was sustainability in product design. This year's fashion and accessory product designer entries include Moi & Co Oy’s...

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Maison Martin Margiela x Omexco

Fashion house Maison Martin Margiela has teamed up with luxury Belgian wallpaper producer Omexco to create a line of avant-garde wallpapers. The new collaborative collection features cotton wall coverings with signature trompe-l'oeil motifs around five themes. Ruin marble, mosaics, curtains, cross-stitch and optics on unique weaves that combine...

Fashion

New at Bubble London

Playing host to baby and kidswear design, UK fair Bubble London is taking place from 19-20th June at the Business Design Centre in Islington. The London located fair announced, this season will be its biggest spring/summer event to date showcasing a wide selection of new and exclusive brands at the exhibition. Besides UK brands such as Jessie...