Tag Archives: Design

• The last provocazione

  December 14th, 2011 by Malcolm Cossons

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  Tags: Art, Design, Galleries, Italy, Politics, Public Opinion

  Will Maurizio Cattelan’s retirement after his Guggenheim Retrospective be his ultimate satire on the art world or the end of an era? Malcolm Cossons reports

• Speed, style and substance?

  December 14th, 2011 by Josh Sims

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  Tags: Automotive, China, Design, Environment, Italy, Luxury, Manufacturing, Style, Trade, Transport

  Are Italian cars more of a status symbol than a means of transport? Josh Sims deliberates

• The long and diversifying road

  December 14th, 2011 by Josh Sims

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  Tags: Automotive, Brand, Collaboration, Computing, Design, Italy, Luxury, Manufacturing, Partnerships, Retail, Style

  Josh Sims explores the detour Italian car manufacturers are taking through brand licensing

• Rise of the machines

  December 5th, 2011 by Josh Sims

  Posted in World of Coffee II 2011 | No Comments

  Tags: Coffee, Consumer behaviour, Design, Electronics, Innovation, Retail, Style

  More people are buying coffee machines for the home, creating a market dividing along lines of style and performance, convenience and connoisseurship, writes Josh Sims

• Brand on the run

  November 22nd, 2011 by Tony Nguyen

  Posted in Celebrating Scandinavia | No Comments

  Tags: Brand, Consumer behaviour, Design, Retail, Scandinavia, Style, Sweden

  Thanks in large part to IKEA and the desire to modernise our homes, Scandinavian design has become so well known as to have effectively become a brand in its own right. But, asks Hanna Nova Beatrice, editor of the Swedish magazine Plaza Interior, is it a brand past its sell-by date?

• Thinking anew

  November 22nd, 2011 by Tony Nguyen

  Posted in Celebrating Scandinavia | No Comments

  Tags: Design, Norway, Retail, Scandinavia, Style

  Scandinavian design has long been in the doldrums, dependent on its august past. But, thanks to an international perspective and a fresh playfulness, a new generation of designers is now coming to the fore, writes Nick Compton

• The hammer is falling

  November 22nd, 2011 by Tony Nguyen

  Posted in Celebrating Scandinavia | No Comments

  Tags: Art, Collectibles, Design, Investment, Luxury, Retail, Scandinavia, Wealth

  With the first major auction of Scandinavian furniture this month, could now be a good time to start hoarding some contemporary classics of tomorrow? Nick Compton reports

• Working world is sleek and stylish

  November 22nd, 2011 by Tony Nguyen

  Posted in Celebrating Scandinavia | No Comments

  Tags: Art, Denmark, Design, Energy, Environment, History, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Retail, Scandinavia, Style, Values, Wind

  Acclaimed designer Timothy Jacob Jensen explains why functionalism lies at the heart of the Scandinavian approach to design