Making sense of art and design industries

Starting with the title, ‘’The Chanel revolution’’, I think that, since the writer is extolling the revolution that the designer maid in the fashion industry back in time, the title could have been ‘’The Coco Chanel revolution’’. This can seem silly, but the connotation that Chanel has nowadays has nothing to do with what Coco … More Comment on ‘’The Chanel Revolution’’ by useename

By Rosy Callisto This post aims to give a short analysis in response to the blog “Artkets” by omelettedulamar. As with any other blog, the first thing you notice is the title. From my interpretation, the name is the product of merging the words “art” and “markets” together. The name itself is original and creative, … More A commentary on “Artkets” by omelettedulamar.

Peter Opsvik is an industrial designer who later became a furniture designer and is most known for his “Tripp-trapp-chair”, better known as the Stokke. Peter Opsvik’s main focus is in the way your body firms after the chair, mobility and the opportunity to change position in the chair. He believed that the body isn’t made … More An other perspective of design

By Pereye19 1. While I was thinking about what good design is, a recent investment I made that was sorely missing in my home office came to mind. Throughout the years, I’ve mostly had great experiences with products like these, but some of them have had major flaws and been huge money drains. Schools have … More Originality vs Design

Eytys was born back in 2013 and is now a world-famous fashion house based in Stockholm. The brands design aims to transcend gender, race, age and nationality, kind of like a statement of inclusion that is both ethical and admirable. There is a lot of things I find unique with Eytys, but instead of me … More EYTYS – connectivity, collectivity and artistic freedom.

In this blogpost I am going to respond to extrasalah´s blogpost. As far as I can see there is no tittle on the blogpost. Instead it starts with a picture of the opera house in Oslo. The structure of the text is short paragraphs with under tittles. Typically a blogpost would not have several titles, … More Response to extrasalah

Posted on September 10, 2019 by lipsum123 The post “Keeping up with trends – A zero sum game?” written by Lipsum 123, discusses the importance of following trend when you are a designer. The writer illustrates his arguments with a concrete example: Holzweiler siblings and one of their main competitors, Acne Studio, on how they … More In response to « Keeping up with trends – A zero sum game? »

A couple of days ago, I came across a Danish kitchen design company called HTH. The kitchen company specializes on kitchen design that is made with high quality materials and innovative design which is typical for Danish design. Like the famous public speaker William Morris used once the words “Useful” and “Beautiful” in his debate … More HTH Smart kitchen design

What is good design and how do we separate a good design from bad design?  Good design must be useful, simple to use, easy to understand and functional. It also has to have a purpose. It has to be aesthetic, pleasing, and easy.  There are thousands of examples of  bad designs. Like over-complicated phones, furniture … More What makes a design good?