Making sense of art and design industries

by Crownbranch Pentagram is a design firm led by 24 esteemed designers, who still practise design despite their ownership role within the firm. The firm’s impressive portfolio and international reach have made Pentagram well known within design industry and it is currently the world’s largest independently owned design studio. The studio’s portfolio goes back to … More A unique approach to structure inside a design firm

by fluxconstant Imagine having your living room filled floor to ceiling with excusive artworks. Your walls are filled with the wonderful works of Rembrandt, Munch, Bleken, and you takegreat pride in your collection. What happens then if you want some newer or trendier paintings to fill up your walls? Would you dispose of the old ones like garbage?  Your answer is … More Is art seen as disposable in our modern society?

Russianspy52 In the design industry today, we have many different companies and organizations that work for the better in the society. In the 21thcentury there has been a lot attention on products that should be more environmental, and not damaging for the earth. Many modern organizations see this as an opportunity to not only better … More The modern Industrial design

by tumblingdumpling I received my first pair of Converse shoes when I was 13. It was a black pair of low cut Converse with white laces, and I was absolutely elated. My friends had been wearing Converse models since we were 11, so I had eagerly awaited this day when I too, would hop on … More Converse — Design through the years

by tumblingdumpling After a month in Norway, one thing I could not help but notice was the smatterings of graffiti all over the city — tucked away under bridges, adorning the walls of storage houses, and even on the perimeters of private housing estates. Street art can be beautiful, there’s something about its tendency for loud, … More Street Art: Balancing Art, Commercialization and Legality

“Adidas Yeezy Boost 700 V2 Static – CGI” by Alejandro Santell is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0  by gutt1997 The brand Yeezy has been produced and designed by the artist Kanye West in collaboration whit Adidas. Since it’s first released in 2013, Yeezy has gained enormous popularity and are today worth approximately 1 billion US … More Yeezy

by shada7980 Tom Wood is a Norwegian jewelry and fashion design organization, it was founded in Oslo in 2013 by Mona Jensen and is situated within the Fashion design industry because they create pieces of jewelry and clothing that both are fashion forward. Their jewelry was the first release, and clothes came second. They have … More Tom Wood – Innovation in Design

by shada7980 How many animals have given their lives to the art of Damien Hirst? More than you’d think! If you count the houseflies, butterflies and insects his body count is at a whopping 913,450. If you decide that the only lives that matter are of mammals, birds and sea life, his death toll is … More Damien Hirst; Animal Rights and other stories.

by pic4sso We all know about the high-end fashion brands and have some sort of idea of what the different brand design contains of. But do we ever really think about what they actually sell? What makes that brand special? Or who they must compete with? Because I know that when I see something from … More CHANEL