Azure Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

Wall Finishes by Clayworks PHOTO: Edward Sumner When it comes to developing the sustainable products of the future, manufacturers should be looking back as much as looking forward. company is known for its 100 per cent natural, locally manufactured clay plaster wall finishes. The Cornwall, U.K.,

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Inkbot Design

MAY 17, 2022

Top 10 Tips for Branding Products. Whether you’re an entrepreneur who has just launched a product or are looking to improve upon an existing brand, this short guide will help you understand what makes products memorable and how to communicate that value. Here are ten things you need to know about branding products.

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Design Milk

APRIL 5, 2024

Designers in automotive, event fabrication, architectural planning, and other industries already use the innovative technology part and parcel in development, if not actual manufacturing of products. But what if you want a 3D-printed structure with the warmth, shape, and texture of wood?

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Azure Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

To celebrate, the organizers have planned a full assortment of design exhibitions, product launches and showroom events spread all across the city. Meant to lay the groundwork for calming interior spaces, Fractal Fluency features patterns inspired by the organic textures of the great outdoors. Each tile measures 30.48 wide by 91.44

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

From Milan and New York to Copenhagen and Chicago, we see hundreds of new products every year. From Moooi’s eye-catching and exuberant Knitty Lounge chair to Richard Serra-inspired lighting from A-N-D, our top 10 product selects for 2023 made a lasting impression. This year was no different. It’s truly a perfect pairing.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

While innovative manufacturing practices and a growing movement to embrace recycled, non-toxic, and low-carbon materials have revolutionized design, environmental responsibility often comes at the expense of luxurious aesthetics and top-of-the-line performance. And the global design community is taking notice.

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Just Creative

APRIL 6, 2023

When it comes to product design, having the best 3D modeling software is crucial. As for opportunities, the 3D animation and rendering industry has grown at an impressive pace with popular streaming services and design firms seeing increased demand for 3D VFX graphics and 3D models for product design.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Along with locally sourced quartz sand , the manufacturer uses furan-based binders that are derived from corn husks, rice hulls, sugarcane and other biomaterials; to further lessen its overall material consumption, the vivid cobalt-blue console is printed as a hollow structure and finished by hand to retain a rugged texture.

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Design Milk

APRIL 14, 2023

We use analogue knitting techniques in homage to the continuous thread of the manufacturing process, testing them out on large and hard furniture surfaces. Because of variables like temperature during production and the material’s own mechanical properties, there are minor irregularities in the benches, just like any hand-knitted piece.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 1, 2024

Though tiles are known for their sustainability, durability and timeless beauty, each year, manufacturers continue to innovate, offering their take on the classics while also playing to larger industry trends. 3 Concrete-Inspired It’s clear that designers need to move away from carbon-intensive concrete towards more sustainable finishes.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

That’s where Viefe , a Barcelona-based manufacturer of knobs, handles, wall hooks, and door stoppers, comes in. Inspired by the silhouette of a belt, the Belt handles and wall hooks designed by product design studio kaschkasch have a timeless appeal with their simple, rounded form.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Brooklyn-based manufacturer and designer has been a leader in the American furniture manufacturing industry for the past decade. Along the way they’ve consistently provided small, emerging designers access to production that’s generally reserved for big brand names and large manufacturers.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 31, 2022

This is mainly, he adds, because the timeline and costs associated with producing an off-the-shelf glass bottle versus bespoke glass bottle production – which were once hugely divergent – are now virtually the same, as few suppliers hold stock of catalogue items anymore. Fenty Skin by Established, 2021 Gold Pentawards winner.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The artisan uses NUNOUS , a new fabric-based, upcycled material with a marble-like texture that’s environmentally friendly. According to Shindo, this process helps to reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing. Upcycled fabric shares the same layering and tactility of the Haori itself.

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Design Milk

JULY 24, 2023

For the first time in two years, surface brand Cosentino has launched a new product from Silestone ®: the Le Chic collection. Eclectic Pearl , seen above, is a flowing stream of tones that will hypnotize you with its delicate veining, texture, and metallic accents that descend over the entire surface – like a glittering piece of jewelry.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2024

Originally a furniture fair, it's grown over the years into a massive week-long celebration of creativity and innovation in furniture, lighting, fashion, textiles and all kinds of product design. To some, this might sound like a lot of marketing spin, and you might think: what is a car manufacturer doing commissioning expensive artworks?

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Azure Magazine

MAY 4, 2023

This year, Spanish tile manufacturers were on a mission to change that, launching collections that were equal parts decorative and architectural. Case in point: Wow Design ’s Icon series formed a curved, terracotta-coloured wall at the manufacturer’s award-winning booth. Breezeblocks, in particular, were all the rage.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 6, 2024

Each luminary confection is made-to-order and manufactured in Sweden on demand through local 3D printing , which requires only six hours from start to finish. This method also leans into the form’s organic nature, giving the final artifact textural richness and an ever-so-slight variation in hue through its ridges.

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Design Milk

MARCH 8, 2024

No matter the circumstance when the life of your Cyrc product comes to an end, the company will gladly take it back to be shredded, chopped, extruded, or pelletized in preparation for a new life – circular by design. Guy’s actually custom-building the printer right here in the studio. It’s brand new,” Martinez adds.

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Design Milk

MAY 27, 2024

Available in four silhouettes, the vessels emulate a surprising visual warmth through texture and color, and can be utilized as seating, tables, and planters. Practicing what they preach, the company approaches sustainable production of their textiles using 100% organic wool instead of recycling PET.

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Abduzeedo

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This splash screen is a celebration of how Illustrator can bring out unique textures, gradients, and typographic designs, making it feel like a blend of traditional and digital artistry. The Adobe wordmark in red stands beside the product name in black, emphasizing the connection between Adobe and its creative community.

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Design Milk

MAY 9, 2023

Drag And Drop is a Romanian design and manufacturing studio, co-founded by Madalin Gheorghe and Dragos Sabareanu in 2019, living at the point where technology and artisanal processes converge. Observers are encouraged to explore the geometric vases with their hands for a firsthand experience of their texture.

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Design Milk

MAY 18, 2022

German designer Sebastian Herkner has joined up with South African luxury manufacturer Indigenus to create the Aarde range of planters. Herkner greatly appreciates traditional craftsmanship, color, authentic materials, and textures, making Indigenus a natural partner for the Aarde. This is sustainability.” Stylist: Liz Morris.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

She pointed out that much of the film was shot in Modena, “the district of ceramics,” and that the biopic’s high-adrenaline teaser reflected the drive of ceramics manufacturers, which have raced ahead with exciting new launches in spite of ongoing business difficulties posed by high energy costs and the lingering pandemic.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Australian New Volumes’ approach to furnishings and objects could be surmised to be one in response to the diminishing presence of the natural, textural, and the imperfect – designs defined by a materiality serving modern living innately attuned to the earthly elements.

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 11, 2022

10 Tools to be Productive as a Graphic Design Student. Here’s how you can make your student life enjoyable and productive to become a full-fledged, graduated graphic designer sooner rather than later. Perks of Optimising your Productivity as a Graphic Design Student. 1 – Productivity and Time Management Tools.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Greenmood is the leading manufacturer of biophilic elements whose mission is to improve human well-being through human-centric design in the workplace. Its natural acoustic products and custom-made solutions create a sense of balance by bringing us closer to nature in some unexpected environments.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 4, 2023

The two finishes offered, Honed or Ultra Rough, accentuate the diverse veining, textures and patterns. 504 Lumena Take 540 Monumental, for instance, whose elephant grey base is combined with soft off-white markings, oxidized aspects, rough grain and dark-grey veining to form an organic textural pattern in an Ultra Rough finish.

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Design Milk

MARCH 14, 2024

With a shared ethos for well-being, environmental responsibility, and beauty, the two companies synergize to launch a collection of multi-textural flooring, wall, and ceiling surfaces nuanced in a corresponding colorful language developed by international design studio Form Us With Love. And we most definitely do that with this collaboration.”

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The exhibition showcased innovative biomaterials, circular products, and collectible design pieces. At their simplest, they are sustainably manufactured, recycled plastic beams with holes in them – together they can be used as a modular system to make almost anything, from seating to sleeping pods.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

New product launches from some 600 international manufacturers are ready to set your next commercial and residential design projects in motion. Longarine Brio by Marca Corona Meanwhile, when it comes to visual inspiration, the fair promises no shortage of ceramic eye candy.

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Design Milk

JUNE 14, 2023

There, the BLOC Collection took home the Emerging/Independent Product Designer 2023 NYCxDesign Award. Soft versus hard, solid versus transparent, and textured versus smooth. It debuted this year at “PLAYSCAPE” at Salone Satellite during Milan Design Week 2023 before going to win big at NYCxDesign 2023.

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Design Milk

APRIL 27, 2023

Award-winning materials manufacturer 3form introduces a glimmer of fun with its newest collection – Flare. The brand’s newest metallic offering adds a sophisticated, reflective shimmer to its Varia and Chroma materials, providing a fresh take on texture and light refraction.

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Design Milk

JUNE 16, 2021

Interface challenges itself to create the greatest good for the environment by developing innovative production processes and delivering flooring specified by designers and architects that is better for the planet. The company’s achievements can’t help but make you wonder: are you asking enough of your manufacturers? Climate Take Back.

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Design Milk

OCTOBER 1, 2021

For this month’s Designer Desktop , we’re featuring a collaborative design by interior designer Nikki Chu for RoomMates , a division of York Wallcoverings that manufactures wall decals, peel & stick wallpapers, and other decorative peel & stick products.

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

These brands provide quality products and prioritise sustainability, making them favourites among environmentally conscious consumers. Brands that have embraced sustainable materials , ethical manufacturing, and eco-conscious missions are thriving in this new marketplace.

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Abduzeedo

MARCH 27, 2023

The visual identity was inspired by the expressions and features of the human face, with a series of shapes and curved lines creating textures, symbols, and shapes. The packaging featured a unique texture that represented the power of expansion and possibility, with colors inspired by the source materials of each product.

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