Friday, June 18, 2010

Viewpoint #26

The latest issue of Viewpoint is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:
  • Opening Essay: EverydayEngagement The dominant issues in the retail, home, technology, brand and design industries for the coming decade Photography Matthew Donaldson; styling Despina Curtis
  • Agenda: OutOfTheOrdinary We begin the decade with the emergence of new conventions across many industries Text Liz Hancock; visuals Edward Vince; photography PSc
  • TheInformation The essential influences shaping the market of tomorrow
  • TheNewAverage Portraits of the New Average consumer in Germany, Australia, Russia, America, the UK and China Text Liz Hancock, Susan Choi, Rachel Elliot-Jones, Patrick Häfner and Ekaterina Stashevskaya
  • NewLuxuryRules The post-recession luxury market is evolving to offer value, inclusion, connectivity, localisation and heritage Text Gwyneth Holland
  • BRICBrands We select the Brazilian, Russian, Indian and Chinese brands and design influences to watch over the next five years Text and research Liz Hancock; Livia Hollerbach/Voltage, Jeffery PangLiang, Saswati Saha-Mitra/CKS; photography PSc
  • TheBetapreneurs Entrepreneurs are adopting a flexible, trial-and-error, beta mindset Text Miriam Rayman, lsnglobal.com/The Future Laborator
  • ConnectedLiving Emerging technology and design flexibility are resulting in homes focused around community, connectivity and emotional warmth Concepts Kate Franklin; design and styling Studio Toogood
  • WithoutATrace Cradle to Cradle, or C2C, is helping brands and designers create products that are truly sustainable from start to finish Text Kate Goldsworthy and Dara Lang
  • FormSchool Designers are taking a sculptural approach to everyday, essential objects Photography John Short
  • RedefiningRetail A challenging retail market is resulting in unique sales concepts such as mobtailing, socially networked shopping and value-driven e-tailing Text Anna Richardson
  • BrandLab: BaseDesign For NASA Transglobal, multidisciplinary agency BaseDesign places exploration and discovery at the heart of its concepts for NASA, America's space agency
  • SituationNormal Be inspired by the beautifully everyday images of photographer Massimo Vitali Text Hester Lacey
  • DesignNotebook We track the latest design trends, from the optical illusions of Line Art to the sleek forms of Metal Lean and the natural imperfections and honesty of Wild Wicker Text Kate Franklin and Caroline Till

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