Materials and Design

41+ min ago   (312+ words) Taiga Takahashi and Kyoto gallery KANEGAE have unveiled "What Are Materials Today?," a project built around deer culled in the mountain village of Miyama, Kyoto Hide, bone, soil and soot are transformed into sumi-dyed leather, hand-carved buttons and bone-derived pigments…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (234+ words) “As shoppers, we rarely found anyone on a product page who looked like us. As operators inside e-commerce, we knew exactly why, and that's the part most people don't see,” she told FashionUnited. By using Generative AI tools, brands can…...

3+ hour, 50+ min ago   (365+ words) Kurono Tokyo begins with a rather delicious contradiction: make a Hajime Asaoka-designed watch for people who cannot simply acquire a Hajime Asaoka atelier piece. Asaoka created the marque because handmade independent production is necessarily tiny and expensive; Kurono translates his…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (1923+ words) A young antique collector builds a timeless haven in Abu Dhabi's Mina Port Abu Dhabi: There is a sound Youssef Akram Fahsa has been carrying for most of his life, and it is not music. The house has been sold…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago   (321+ words) We recently connected with Nikki Fanshaw and have shared our conversation below. Confidence has been developed over time. I started my freelance design career right after college, so some of that early success was more of just having grit and…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (276+ words) I spent three days at CIFF Shanghai 2026 this September, and the first thing to say is the obvious one: when you go to a fair in China, everything is extremely big and extremely well organized. But most of my time…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (567+ words) ConnectAR Limited on Thursday launched AI Fashion Designer 2.0 (formerly AR Fashion Designer), a major update to its award-winning augmented reality (AR) design app. Earlier versions asked users to work on predefined drawing sheets. Version 2.0 uses AI to let them draw…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (298+ words) With the days getting shorter, it is time we got our woollen trench coats out of the winter wardrobe. Meanwhile, a peculiar event happens for middle-class dogs: outerwear becomes crucial for even a short trot outside. Some may view their…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (676+ words) Consider this your guide to statement-making timepieces, from sporty chronographs to polished stainless-steel designs that bring a little horological drama to the everyday wardrobe. There are accessories that finish an outfit, and then there are those that define it. A…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (1421+ words) These A-listers are shaping trends, one campaign at a time. By Jolin Lam and Brandon Chia and Larissa Wong - published 21 Sep 2026 In this round-up, we will be gathering the latest and hottest in fashion, beauty, and jewellery celebrity campaigns. Discover…...