Indigenous African Design
With a continent as diverse and vast as Africa, it’s terrific to see African designers using traditional designs and embracing the new to create unique, indigenous designs. To get a sense of what’s happening on the continent check out this terrific article: A New Generation Of African Artists Have A Bold Vision For The Future. Look […]
Key 2016 Fashion Trends
With 2016 well under way, we thought we’d share a few fashion trends for Spring and Summer 2016. The Swatch Book, a great resource on design and trends has recently shared some Key Fashion Trends for 2016. The colours, patterns, textures and designs provide good food for thought for those designing and accessories and home […]
Trade & Cross-cultural influences in the crafts industry
On a recent visit to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, I was reminded of how over the centuries, trade and commerce has played a role in cross-cultural influences on craft production and development. An exhibition titled, Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia, focused on the influence Asia had on the […]
7 E-commerce Trends to think about
With more and more shopping and commerce happening on-line, it is becoming increasingly important to be aware of both the challenges and opportunities that e-commerce can provide. While e-commerce might not be feasible or appropriate for not all artisan groups and producers, it is important to pay attention to buying behaviour. However this doesn’t necessarily […]
Application – Visualising home decor
We recently featured a post by guest blogger Nishant Das, who shared with us 6 Simple Product Development Tips. By providing us insightful tips about product development and design, he showed us how to look at a product critically in order to develop relevant and well designed objects. A recent article in Brit + Co […]
Design Trends for 2016
Earlier this week I talked shared a link about fashion trends for 2016 and I thought I’d follow it up with a link on design trends for the next year. Design in and off it self, is simply the strategy, drawing and/or agreed upon norms of an object or plan. It requires the designer to […]
Fashion trends for Spring/Summer 2016
With the year drawing to a close, those in the fashion and accessories retail industries have their Spring and Summer lines for 2016 wrapped up and are beginning to plan for Fall and Winter 2016. However that doesn’t mean it’s too late for artisan groups to plan their lines based on these trends. For inspiration […]