Exploding Food

Thom Browne's triumphant FW12 collection, a film made by a sleepwalker, exploding food and more in our look at the web this week

Playing with his meals seems to have informed Alan Sailer’s most recent photographic series of exploding food. To produce the highly saturated explosions, Sailer worked off of a custom-built, micro-second guided flash and shot improvised ammunition at his subjects through copper and PVC “cannons”.

Ligne Roset 2012 Collection

A survey of trends from the French furniture designer at this years Maison et Objet

We got to preview the rich new collection from Ligne Roset at Maison et Objet, which reflected a range of larger trends seen throughout the show. Here, we highlight Ligne Roset’s take on some of the most intriguing concepts coming up in design. Felt Designers seem poised to explore the potential of felt and wool this year, using the material to cover chairs, make pots …

Design Voices

A journalist checks in with eight influential designers to assess the future of the field in a new Kindle e-book

In the new e-book “Design Voices,” Dutch designer Maarten Baas points out that 20 years ago, “designing was quite anonymous as a profession.” Now, not only has the importance of design become more visible outside of the creative industries, but designers themselves have also gained distinction as innovative problem-solvers. Curious about how some of the industry’s most notorious talents see the future and the “larger …