FIFA World Cup Trophy - The Legacy

By Avinash Yadav
Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web 

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As if the game itself is not dramatic enough to keep you on the edge of your seat, the FIFA World Cup trophy has a contributive legacy with its fair share of emotional quotient… 

Dress Code FIFA 2014!

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Design Blast FIFA 2014

By Avinash Yadav

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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The FIFA World Cup 2014 Jersey and Boots sport a distinctive flair for trendiness and style… 

From Jabulani to Brazuca!

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Design Blast FIFA 2014           

By Anurag Pandey

Info & Images: Courtesy Adidas

                                                    

Brazuca Vs. Jabulani

Conception of Jabulani or the design of Brazuca?? Know which one’s better...

ArchiPortrait – Architecturally Yours!

By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy the designer

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Italian graphic designer and illustrator, Federico Babina’s penchant for building design finds an expressionist rendering in his series on architect’s visages inspired from and incarcerated in their individual architectural contributions…

Zaha Hadid at Salone del Mobile 2014

Info & Images: Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects

Photography: Jacopo Spilimbergo

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Blurring the lines between abstraction and function, Ar. Zaha Hadid launches four products at the Salone del Mobile 2014…

Signature Tsumori Chisato

By Smita Singh

Photography: Nacasa & Partners Inc.; courtesy the architects

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Attention Fashionistas! Tokyo’s Igarashi Design Studio translates renowned Japanese fashion designer, Tsumori Chisato’s signature into a pulsating retail outlet...

Frozen Time

By Avinash  Yadav

Photography: Takuji Shimmura; courtesy the architect

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Architects Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane (DGT), Paris, have designed an installation, “which creates an experience of standing in time that has been frozen” encapsulating the essence of Japanese watch brand Citizen with “Time is Light, Light is Time”.

Surfaces that speak!

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architect

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London-based designer Giles Miller’s surface tiles are truly a feast for the senses — visually, texturally and spatially. What makes Miller’s creations stand apart isn’t the use of extraordinary materials but ordinary material used extraordinarily well…

Framing Relationships

By SavithaHira

Information courtesy & Photography: Hélène Binet

Hélène Binet

On World Photography Day, IAnD brings you an insight into the working of Hélène Binet, one of the leading architectural photographers in the world…

Red Dot Trophy Redesigned

By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy Red Dot

2013 Red Dot Trophy Black

The highly coveted Red Dot Trophy, symbol of the highest honour for the Red Dot: Best of the Best winners of Product Design, one of the world’s most renowned design awards, shines in new shape and colour…

NOVA Shoe by Zaha Hadid

By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy United Nude

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Quintessentially Hadid, the new NOVA Shoe designed by Zaha for United Nude is a revolutionary design that combines innovative materialization and ergonomic considerations with the dynamism of her unmistakable architectural language…

“Interzum Awards: Intelligent Material & Design 2013”

Text & Photography: Courtesy Interzum Award 

Laureates Interzum Award 2013

Design as an engine of innovation: award ceremony for the “Interzum Awards: Intelligent Material & Design 2013” held on May 12, 2013 saw 51 best  designs in the international supplier industry for furniture and interior decor, get their place in the sun.

‘Pop’ goes Fashion!

By Neehar Mishra

Photography:  Courtesy Retarded Velvet

Casual, chic and funky with just a dash of crazy—are words that best describe ‘Retarded Velvet’, the brainchild of dynamic designer duo Theresa James and Roger Prince a.k.a Holiday and Capital…

Spotlight on Design

By Teresa Simon

Photography: Courtesy the London Design Festival

Amanda Levete Bench

While London continues to endorse its status as the world’s most creative capital, can we foresee similar design destinations in the making in other parts of the world? Can one look forward to an iconic change in design thinking, given its prevailing pluralistic approach?

Culture Potion

IAnD Exclusive

By Ishita Shah

Photography: courtesy the designer

Furniture designer Chris Martin speaks to IAnD about his design sensibilities on his recent visit to Ahmedabad and his hands-on work with its craftspeople...

Experientially Yours

Ezine Special

By Savitha Hira
Photography: Courtesy Olson Kundig Architects

  Red House                                     Photography: Bruce Van Inwegen 

A constantly ticking brain cohabiting with a continually seeking mind makes the body agile and inspired. Profiling Ar. Jim Olson has been like meeting ‘dynamism’ in person and understanding that where vocation is passion, there is no delineation between the man and his work.

Leather & Leatherette

By Savitha Hira

Designer Genevieve Bennett blends effortless and simple design to create unique embossed leathers that could well be a lifetime investment in heightened aesthetics...

Bouroullecs’ exhibit at Vitra

By Pari Syal

Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, better known as the Bouroullec Brothers are designers with a bent for the unusual.