March 2020food & beverageDesign
Design & Materials
Second Quarter 2020
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How will materials evolve, and how will Design answer the changes we’ll have to face in the years to come? Two main drivers of today’s society, tech advancements and human and environmental needs, are ultimately blending to shape a new kind of design and materials, which are both digital-inspired, tactile and respectful of circular economy choices.
- The digital, which became the model for the corporeal world, is invading the physical with surreal aesthetics.
- Ubiquitous technology is making us touch deprived. Design and surfaces need to become increasingly tactile and create cocooning environments.
- Thanks to tech advancements and in order to build circularity, matter is continuously deconstructed and reassembled, acquiring more than one function at each cycle.
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