The Automotive Retrofuture

At this year’s Geneva Motor Show, what’s old was new and what’s new felt old

The Geneva Motor Show stands out from the other car shows in the circuit for its high concentration of super cars, specialty coach builders and generally esoteric automotive presentations. It’s for this reason that we love the show and also consider it a glimpse of what might come next for the industry at large. The curiosities of this year’s show were inarguably dominated by a …

Nike’s “Pro Hijab” for Muslim Athletes

Sportswear giant Nike announced this week that, come spring 2018, the “Pro Hijab” will be available. Made for Muslim women, the hijab has been specifically designed for sports—it’s light, stretchy (so it will stay put) and is covered in tiny holes—making it more breathable. For such a recognizable, global brand like Nike, the hijab is much more than a way to make money. By shining …

Design Indaba 2017: Sankara Rugs

Nkuli Mlangeni's graphically modern textiles untangle a diminishing handicraft to win the festival's Most Beautiful Object in South Africa award

Tying together the world’s artisanal past and millennial future is multidisciplinary designer Nkuli Mlangeni, who, at this year’s Design Indaba festival, took home the award for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa with her graphically modern Sankara Rugs. Mlangeni grew up in Kagiso, a township in the Gauteng Province outside of Johannesburg, but spent three years studying social innovation and entrepreneurship in Bern, Switzerland, as …