"Design weeks need to start framing repair as aspirational"
This week's 3 Days of Design is an opportunity to challenge the idea that new is better, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "Design weeks need to start framing repair as aspirational"
"Design and architecture needs a new vocabulary"
Changing some common terminology in architecture and design could be an important first step towards solving systemic issues, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "Design and architecture needs a new vocabulary"
"It's time for the luxury brands who profit from makers' labour to start supporting craft"
Luxury brands should donate one per cent of their revenue to the struggling crafts sector to protect the skills their businesses often depend on, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "It's time for the luxury brands who profit from makers' labour to start supporting craft"
"Our biggest climate challenge is no longer denial, but despair"
Climate fatalism stands in the way of a sustainable future but designers and architects are in an ideal position to overcome it, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "Our biggest climate challenge is no longer denial, but despair"
"The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"
If design is about solving problems we need to start questioning whether new products and furniture are always the answer, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "The design industry needs to let go of its obsession with the new"
"We need a genuine restart that asks difficult questions about the role of Salone"
Milan design week is an opportunity to showcase ingenious responses to climate change but the Salone del Mobile fair it relies on is still inherently unsustainable, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "We need a genuine restart that asks difficult questions about the role of Salone"
"We need to let designer-makers get sustainability wrong"
The fear of being called out for "greenwashing" is paralysing designer-makers into doing nothing on the climate crisis. It's time to let them make mistakes, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "We need to let designer-makers get sustainability wrong"
"The design industry needs to imagine a world where we use less energy, full stop"
Architects and designers have a huge part to play in the solar revolution, but they also need to find ways to reduce our energy consumption overall, writes Making Design Circular founder Katie Treggiden. More about "The design industry needs to imagine a world where we use less energy, full stop"
"Design practices must lead the way in rethinking capitalism to save the planet"
Design practices and architecture firms need to rethink capitalist business models to meet the challenges of the climate emergency, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "Design practices must lead the way in rethinking capitalism to save the planet"
"Designers are not to blame for the climate crisis"
Designers need to stop feeling guilty about making products and start using their creativity to become part of the climate solution, writes Katie Treggiden. More about "Designers are not to blame for the climate crisis"
"The resources we need are no longer in the ground, but in landfill"
We need to recategorise waste as a raw material to begin the transition to a circular economy, says Wasted: When Trash Becomes Treasure author Katie Treggiden. More about "The resources we need are no longer in the ground, but in landfill"
Coloni and Studio Aikieu celebrate weeds with Plants Out Of Place exhibition
London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition by Swedish gardening house Coloni and trend forecaster Studio Aikieu will celebrate the potential of "undesirable" and wild-growing species in towns and cities. More about Coloni and Studio Aikieu celebrate weeds with Plants Out Of Place exhibition
Reiko Kaneko's porcelain ceramic experiments to be presented during London Design Festival
London Design Festival 2015: Japanese ceramics designer Reiko Kaneko will show the results of three years of experimentation with porcelain glazing at this year's London Design Festival. More about Reiko Kaneko's porcelain ceramic experiments to be presented during London Design Festival
Dana Douiev's Injera collection brings traditional Ethiopian cooking rituals to modern kitchens
Graduate shows 2015: these utensils by Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Dana Douiev enable the ceremonial preparation of traditional Ethiopian injera bread in a contemporary city kitchen (+ movie). More about Dana Douiev's Injera collection brings traditional Ethiopian cooking rituals to modern kitchens
Joseph Joseph aims to reinvent microwave cooking with M-Cuisine collection
London kitchenware brand Joseph Joseph has developed a collection of containers for microwave cooking that can be used to prepare full meals rather than just heating up leftovers (+ slideshow). More about Joseph Joseph aims to reinvent microwave cooking with M-Cuisine collection
Décadrages' BedUp lifts up to the ceiling when not in use
Instead of folding against a wall, this space-saving bed by French furniture manufacture Décadrages can be hoisted up to the ceiling to create more room in studio apartments. More about Décadrages' BedUp lifts up to the ceiling when not in use
Nina Simone influences Estudio Sputnik's sofa for Missana
Spanish furniture brand Missana has launched the Simone sofa, designed by Estudio Sputnik to reference a grand piano and named after the famous jazz and blues artist. More about Nina Simone influences Estudio Sputnik's sofa for Missana
Kris Lamba's RV1 Carbon Chair is made from a single carbon-fibre sheet
British designer Kris Lamba has folded a 20-metre-long piece of carbon fibre into a chair that facilitates different sitting positions (+ slideshow). More about Kris Lamba's RV1 Carbon Chair is made from a single carbon-fibre sheet
Designnobis proposes pop-up disaster relief shelter for earthquake-affected families
Turkish creative consultancy Designnobis has devised a temporary shelter that could be easily transported and quickly assembled to house those displaced by natural disasters (+ slideshow). More about Designnobis proposes pop-up disaster relief shelter for earthquake-affected families
Studio Job's Banana Show exhibition opens in Belgium
Studio Job has created a series of lamps shaped like peeled bananas for an exhibition at Belgium's Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery. More about Studio Job's Banana Show exhibition opens in Belgium