The last time knitwear experienced seismic change was during the Industrial Revolution. Automation and large-scale machinery increased quantities and overall accessibility of fabric. Since then, there’s been little progress. “It hasn’t developed in decades,” Wei Lin—founder of the womenswear label PH5—says with a sense of frustration. “Well there was Alaïa,” she adds. But, apart from the late “King of Cling,” very few luxury labels can …
Made in collaboration with Helsinki-based Antti Kalevi, Slowdown Studio’s “Flower Power” mini blanket is just the right size for kids. Super-soft, it’s made from recycled cotton yarns blended with polyester—so it’s comfy for babies and kinder to the planet. The bold and colorful design is part organic and part geometric—resulting in a design that will please children and adults alike.
Automotive design often exists with one end-goal in mind: functionality. It’s about whether or not that vehicle will get you from point A to point B—without endangering, obstructing or upsetting a driver and passengers. But transitioning from a sketch to a moving vehicle involves many steps and teams of mechanics and designers. “I’m always looking at art, wondering how an artist created that; what did …