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Design and movement share an unexpected harmony. Observing athletes in motion, designers often draw inspiration from rhythm, energy, and physicality. Whether it’s the arch of a jump, the torque of a swing, or the flow of a team passing a ball, the human body in action sparks ideas that can transform materials into expressive creations. For those following the broader world of sports, resources like sports predictions provide real-time insights that complement the experience, merging observation with anticipation. Continue reading “Active Design: When Sport Inspires Creativity”

Design is never born in a vacuum. It emerges from specific places, contexts and relationships — with materials, with people, with histories both visible and hidden. Across different geographies and cultures, designers are returning to the roots of making: working with what is locally found, reviving traditional skills, and giving voice to the material world. These approaches not only foster sustainable and meaningful practices, but also reveal powerful stories embedded in the act of creation. Continue reading “Material Encounters”

Natural materials are imbued with lives of their own, with their own life stories. They tell tales of the earth, the wind, the water, and the sun. Of swarming and gathering, of predator and prey, resilience and respite, mimicry and motion, becoming and vanishing. They connect nature and culture, science and art, thinking and doing, the past with present and future, and the human maker with a sense of the non-human being the material once was. Continue reading “Animism – The Tales of Matter”

Exploring the possibilities for small-scale design and production in East Iceland, a series of workshops saw four designers collaborating with local practitioners. The designers have now created stunning, contemporary products – using locally sourced materials and skills – which are on show now at Spark Design Space in Reykjavik, forming the exhibition Austurland: Designs from Nowhere. Continue reading “Austurland: Designs from Nowhere”

Led by the HHC’s Julia Cassim and featuring members from the Croatian Designers Organisation and the School of Design at the University of Zagreb, the team has worked with organisations such as ZVONO, a creative centre for young people with learning difficulties. Continue reading “Extra/ordinary design from Croatia”