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The project deals with immigration of people and the culture diffusion caused by it. This absurd set of Russian/east European barbecue dishes examines the various points in which two cultures meet and how those meeting points create humor, absurd and emotion.

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Although David Keller's family moved from Russia to Israel when he was still a baby, his family still has a lot of Russian habits, Russian aesthetics and

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Objects Inspired by Japanese Tradition for the Modern Nomad

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Objects Inspired by Japanese Tradition for the Modern Nomad

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Gerardo Osio created a series of transportable objects that were inspired by Japanese culture and traditional crafts designed to be taken from place to place, as a way of always having something familiar with you.

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Objects Inspired by Japanese Tradition for the Modern Nomad

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Gerardo Osio created a series of transportable objects inspired by Japanese culture designed to be taken from place to place so you always feel at home.

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Taher Asad-Bakhtiari Weaves Modern Textiles Using Tribal Iranian Techniques

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Designer Taher Asad Bakhtiari has a unique perspective for creating modern textiles that comes from his rich heritage rooted in Iranian tribal culture. His latest collection for Bernhardt Textiles blends time-honored weaving techniques with contemporary aesthetics.

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Designer Taher Asad Bakhtiari has a unique perspective for creating modern textiles that comes from his rich heritage rooted in Iranian tribal culture. His latest collection for Bernhardt Textiles blends time-honored weaving techniques with contemporary aesthetics, resulting in six unique patterns that are available in 52 color ways.

Taher first gained attraction with his self-commissioned Tribal Weave Project in Iran where he reinvented the Kilim and the Gabbeh (two textile styles) with a modern vision using the same traditional weaving techniques. Afterwards, Jerry Helling, President of Bernhardt Design, tapped him to collaborate on a textile collection.

Inspired by the Bakhtiari tribe's nomadic lifestyle, needlework, and cultural fashion, the new collection captures the essence of Bakhtiari fabrics which can usually be defined as raw, naturally dyed and textural.

The Hendese pattern uses the triangle as the main graphic element (hendese means geometry in Persian) and is inspired by the shapes in traditional Bakhtiari weaves and needlework.

The Ashayer, which means nomad, pays homage to the pattern on Bakhtiari tribal jackets worn for centuries by the tribe.

Baft translates to weave or texture, and is a simple tribal weave with a contemporary update using striated colored yarn that's been incorporated into the structure of the weave pattern.

The Javaher pattern, named for its translation meaning jewels, features metallic silver yarn woven discretely throughout the textile.

Babayee, which means little lamb, is a Bakhtiari weave that's soft, both physically and visually.

Finally, Kavir, which means desert, is the most basic weave pattern of the collection. There's a subtle striation running across the pattern, similar to seeing a mirage in the desert.

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Taher Asad-Bakhtiari Weaves Modern Textiles Using Tribal Iranian Techniques

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Designer Taher Asad Bakhtiari has a unique perspective for creating modern textiles that comes from his rich heritage rooted in Iranian tribal culture. His latest collection for Bernhardt Textiles blends time-honored weaving techniques with contemporary aesthetics, resulting in six unique patterns that are available in 52 color ways.

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Bridging Cultures Through Design by Grain

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Bridging Cultures Through Design by Grain

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While being students at RISD, designers Chelsea Green, James Minola, and Brit Kleinman of Grain teamed up for a project led by designer Mimi Robinson. The project called for designing unique textile products that celebrate Guatemalan artisan techniques while building incomes for the artisans. The results were purses using upcycled vintage textiles and necklaces made from cotton, which are all available for sale on Grain’s online shop. These designs benefit 1% For The Planet and create sustainable income opportunities for artisans in Guatemala.

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Bridging Cultures Through Design by Grain

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While being students at RISD, designers Chelsea Green, James Minola, and Brit Kleinman of Grain teamed up for a project led by designer Mimi Robinson. The

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Cabinets Inspired by the Agave Plant and the Making of Mezcal

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Cabinets Inspired by the Agave Plant and the Making of Mezcal

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Héctor Esrawe and Manuel Bañó, of Esrawe Studio, looked to the tradition of the mezcal culture and the unique way it’s made when it came time to design The Agave Collection.

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Cabinets Inspired by the Agave Plant and the Making of Mezcal

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Esrawe Studio looked to the age-old tradition of the mezcal culture and the unique way it's made when it came time to design these agave-inspired cabinets.

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Alfama is the first design object created by Tralhão Furniture, which has the ambition through design, recreating a universe grounded in a dichotomy between past and future. The name Alfama is the fusion between the two words “alpha” (1st letter of the Greek alphabet) and “ama” — love in Portuguese (love for design). On the other hand, portrays one of the most characteristic and emblematic neighborhoods of Lisbon: Alfama. It is inspired in Portuguese Tiles, a basic element of national culture. Alfama besides being a tribute to the anonymous design of generations and past generations, aims to conceptually personify the world today; a world in constant deconstruction and deep global transformation.

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Portuguese design group Tralhão Furniture has launched its first collection at Salone.

Description below is from the designers.

Alfama is the first design object created by Tralhão Furniture, which has the ambition through design, to perpetuate memories, reinterpret techniques and concepts from the past. Summing up, recreating a universe grounded in a dichotomy between past and future. The name Alfama is the fusion between the two words "alpha" (1st letter of the Greek alphabet) and "ama" - love in Portuguese (love for design). On the other hand, portrays one of the most characteristic and emblematic neighborhoods of Lisbon: Alfama. It is inspired in Portuguese Tiles, a basic element of national culture. Alfama besides being a tribute to the anonymous design of generations and past generations, aims to conceptually personify the world today; a world in constant deconstruction and deep global transformation. Alfama desires to communicate graphically, the monumentality present in the national architecture, confronting the duality Ethics vs. Aesthetics.

This multifunctional piece is made out of MDF with shapes laser cut, lacquered in high gloss white. The surprising interior is achieved thanks to a playful display of the drawers and a variety of finishes, such as gold leaf with a varnish layer on top and laser cut stainless steel plate. An interaction of the exterior and interior is visible through the light penetrating the piece and reaching the reflective elements. A sense of lightness is attained due to the glass feet.

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Monte

Vilar

Immersed in the desire for a "sudden sense of making", the Epiphany collection aims through design to represent a new "sensory urbanity" inspired in historical, cultural and artistic identity elements. "A city of porcelain was created", a magical setting where the pace of the built elements become exuberant through brightness, design, color, but mainly by its own characteristics of a changing reality in constant transformation and evolution.

The three pieces of this collection have a MDF structure and feet made out of glass. The finishes include white high gloss lacquer, silver leaf with a blue varnish layer on top, blue vinyl, and beige velvet. The relief in Monte 15 and Castelo 43 is attained thanks to laser cut MDF, and in Vilar 3 due to vinyl below the varnish.

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Portuguese design group Tralhão Furniture has launched its first collection at Salone. Description below is from the designers. Alfama is the first design object created by Tralhão Furniture, which has the ambition through design, to perpetuate memories, reinterpret techniques and concepts from the past.

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Knockoutdesign has created a necklace inspired by the city of Jerusalem. Since each city has a different rhythm, characteristics, culture and history, Knockoutdesign explains that they wanted to translate this specific urban experience into a line of jewelry.

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Inspired by her native roots in Colombia, industrial designer Carolina Ortega designed The Bamba, a collection of furniture that depicts the traditional art of Colombian weaving.

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Inspired by her native roots in Colombia, industrial designer Carolina Ortega designed The Bamba, a collection of furniture that depicts the traditional art of Colombian weaving. Bamba is an indigenous word for a "majestic tree," an age-old motif that represents growth and change. Ortega drew the parallel that, like a tree, we also experience different seasons that in turn affect the type of person we turn out to be.

With The Bamba, Ortega wants to give the user the opportunity and space to self-reflect on their life and experiences. The hand-woven textiles, inspired by art in Colombian culture, are meant to symbolize balance, as in the balance between our inner self and the world that we live in. The collection is made of a mix of materials including plastic, aluminum, wood, and a variety of colorful textiles.

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Inspired by her native roots in Colombia, industrial designer Carolina Ortega designed The Bamba, a collection of furniture that depicts the traditional art of Colombian weaving.

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Jomo Furniture Showcases Modern African-Themed Designs

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Jomo Furniture Showcases Modern African-Themed Designs

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Jomo Tariku, an Ethiopian-American artist and industrial designer, says he’s always been drawn to eclectic art and furniture, thanks to the treasures his father collected during his own travels throughout Africa and beyond.

Jomo is creating modern African-themed furniture, a collection that features a variety of artistic prowess and previous experiences of the continent through culture, historical structures, architecture, traditional furniture, colors, artifacts, landscapes, wildlife, and hairstyles at Jomo Furniture.

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Jomo Furniture Showcases Modern African-Themed Designs

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African-themed Jomo Furniture, from Jomo Tariku, features a variety of artistic prowess and previous experiences of the continent.

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Adaptive Seating for Both Eastern and Western Cultures

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Adaptive Seating for Both Eastern and Western Cultures

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The differences in Eastern and Western cultures is pretty well documented, with Eastern gravitating more towards sitting and sleeping on the floor, while Western cultures preferring to be elevated in chairs and beds. Looking to merge the differences, ATO design studio created the Wa(臥) series to bring the two ideas together.

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Adaptive Seating for Both Eastern and Western Cultures

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Looking to merge the differences between Eastern and Western cultures, ATO design studio created a seating series that combines them both.

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A Wabi-Sabi Table Inspired by Japanese Culture

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A Wabi-Sabi Table Inspired by Japanese Culture

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xN (or xNewtons) is a table, from mob studio, that blends a mix of Japanese culture, traditional carpentry, and the beauty of imperfection, or wabi-sabi. The rustic aspects of the wooden pedestal base, shown in its rawest, most pure state, highlight the allure of flaws. Each piece is unique to the person as it’s not complete until the owner takes a hammer to it. Once the table is in the hands of its owner, the table becomes complete when the brass wedge is driven in. The final result is dependent on the strength of the person with the hammer, essentially freezing that moment in time and the final result of the piece.

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A Wabi-Sabi Table Inspired by Japanese Culture

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A table made from raw wood and marble that isn't complete until the owner drives a brass turned wedge into making the wood split to secure the marble top.

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Bonsai: Seating Inspired by Japanese Culture

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Reflecting on Japanese culture and aesthetics, Swedish design firm Claesson Koivisto Rune created an upholstered seating collection for Italian furniture manufacturer Arflex. Bonsai’s soft, curvy shapes reference the rounded bushes and shrubs you’d find in Japanese gardens that are meticulously manicured into their cloud-like forms.

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Bonsai: Seating Inspired by Japanese Culture

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Reflecting on Japanese culture and aesthetics, Swedish firm Claesson Koivisto Rune created an upholstered seating series for Italian manufacturer Arflex.

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Findley’s work explores the "irresistible rise of Cakeism", whereby a contingent of the population wishes to see strengthening of borders, reinstatement of power to the nation state, and the protection of a nostalgic idea of British identity, while simultaneously wanting Britain to continue to act and trade globally under the present conditions provided by the EU. In other words, to have their cake and eat it.

Schrödinger’s City imagines a post-Brexit scenario in which a new form of 'Cakeist' architecture emerges in the heart of the City of London. The project simultaneously manifests the paradoxes of the Cakeist attitude that has characterised the Brexiteers' response to EU negotiations, and exposes the illusion of a singular national identity in the 21st century.

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ADS4: Plots, Props & Paranoia - How Architecture Stages Conspiracy

Alex's work explores the potential implications of emerging technologies upon societal behaviours, with a strong interest in the compression of space and time due to our ever-growing relationship with the digital. He uses world-building and fiction as a tool to critique the real world and to challenge existing ideas of the city. His work often uses a variety of media to explore such topics, using hand sketches as a key design tool. He uses digital illustration to add a vast depth to his visualisations, that when interrogated provide multiple layers to the worlds he creates with nested stories embedded into the fabric of the imagery.

In 2018, Alex was grateful to be awarded the Burberry Design Scholarship by the Burberry Foundation and the Royal College of Art, which has supported his studies throughout his experience of the RCA.

Previously having studied at The Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London, Alex has since worked in numerous architectural practices, including Hawkins\Brown Architects, DSDHA and Hutchison Kivotos Architects, gaining a wide range of experience across a variety of schemes and all stages of architectural design. During his time at these practices, Alex has worked on both small-scale and large-scale residential developments, civic projects and commercial schemes.

Alex is a member of the interdisciplinary design collective +44 with a number of other RCA students, whose work about the potential implications of geographically located data entitled "Null Island" was exhibited at the SLUICE gallery in 2019.

After finishing his studies at the RCA, Alex looks forward to pursuing his interest in the relationship between the digital and the physical and looks forward to working with the +44 collective on upcoming projects. He also is looking to develop within the professional sphere of architecture by joining a practice with similar interests to his own. In his own time, Alex looks to develop as a keen illustrator continuing his interest in using fiction as a critique of the real world.

Schrödinger's City imagines a post-Brexit scenario in which a new form of 'Cakeist' architecture emerges in the heart of the City of London. The project simultaneously manifests the paradoxes of the Cakeist attitude that has characterised the Brexiteers' response to EU negotiations, and exposes the illusion of a singular national identity in the 21st century.

In Britain, we have recently witnessed an an ever growing appetite for the paradoxical, described by many as the "irresistible rise of Cakeism", whereby a contingent of the population wishes to see the strengthening of borders, the reinstatement of power to the nation state, and the protection of a nostalgic idea of British identity, whilst simultaneously wanting Britain to continue to act and trade globally under the present conditions provided by the EU. Epitomised by proposals for a "Schrödingers border" (where a border simultaneously both exists and does not exist) as a solution to the Irish backstop, the Cakeist seeks to have the benefits of both national isolationism and global connectivity. In other words, to have their cake and eat it.

Using fiction as a critical tool, the project explores a future scenario for London in which the financial sector looks to use the mechanism of the Stock Connect (a cross-border investment channel allowing the UK to trade across different time zones) to erode geographical distance and compress time, undermining newly strengthened borders in an attempt to retain its global financial position.

Within this scenario, London creates stock connects with both the New York and Shanghai stock exchanges, resulting in near continuous trading leading to the creation of a truly 24-hour city. National identity is sacrificed in pursuit of economic security as the City inevitably becomes three cities at once - The City of Shanghai-London, The City of London-London, and The City of New York-London; overlaid and out-of-sync, in which little is left unaffected.

The redevelopment of the St Helen's skyscraper sees the emergence of a new type of serial architecture. Not as a series of discrete iterations, but as a single building that exists simultaneously as three versions of itself. The proposal looks to activate the latent spatial potential of the City in order to satisfy the requirements of work, rest and play for its 24-hour inhabitants.

Played out to its logical conclusion, the scenario reveals how Britain's desire for national isolation and sovereign control might conversely lead to the very opposite: a mongrel city that in fact reflects the contemporary urban condition.

Burberry Design Scholarship

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Alex's work explores the potential implications of emerging technologies upon societal behaviours, with a strong interest in the compression of space and time due to our ever-growing relationship with the digital. He uses world-building and fiction as a tool to critique the real world and to challenge existing ideas of the city.

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Eli H.S. Han (2014) SAVE THE TIGER, SAVE KOREANESS

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Eli H.S. Han (2014) SAVE THE TIGER, SAVE KOREANESS

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This Communication Design project investigates national Korean identity and expresses the findings through traditional Korean folktales. Visualized through illustrative storytelling of the tiger, a creature strongly associated with Korean people and culture, it raises awareness of the value of tradition in national identity and seeks to shift modern society’s perception of and attitudes to tradition.
What is the position of folktale on the Korean publishing market?
How do we communicate and raise the awareness of Koreaness through folktale?
What does the tiger communicate to raise the awareness of Koreaness?
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The Problem of Othering: Towards Inclusiveness and Belonging

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The Problem of Othering: Towards Inclusiveness and Belonging

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John A. Powell and Stephen Menendian - article

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Posters for the Korean traditional performances

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Posters for the Korean traditional performances

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illustration : Yeji Yun
Design : studio fnt
Client : National Theater of Korea
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Introducing Culture to Children through Storytelling

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Introducing Culture to Children through Storytelling

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Project by Astha Kabra

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Symbolism and storytelling by illustrator Manuja Waldi

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Symbolism and storytelling by illustrator Manuja Waldi

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Interview

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Mex Poster in NY, Cross-cultural Posters by Luis Fitch

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Mex Poster in NY, Cross-cultural Posters by Luis Fitch

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With his posters, Luis Fitch creates bridges so that the nostalgia for those things left behind may find refuge in the day-to-day lives of the Mexicans who work and create, construct and educate, live and dream in Minnesota.” With humor, Fitch tells us that “There is no worse battle than that which is never fought,” and, with passion, invoking the history of all Mexicans, that “to die is nothing when one dies for one’s homeland.
http://alfalfastudio.com/2014/05/29/mex-poster-in-ny-cross-cultural-posters-by-luis-fitch/

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Nemu Storage Boxes seek to respond to the loss of possession and the suspension of culture through the migration process. They are created from modest, utilitarian materials that are common to the moving process. The corrugated cardboard boxes are led with one’s possessions, which will be taken with them from their homeland to their new home. Upon arrival, the boxes can be re-purposed by refolding to create a piece of furniture for use in one’s new life. The exterior and interior of each box has been silkscreened with details from four prevalent immigrant cultures in the United States – Africa, China, the Middle East, and Mexico. The storage elements, which can be coupled together or used on their own, become a symbol of new opportunity when permanently placed in their new form and location.
https://www.saharghaheri.com/nemu-storage-boxes

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Documentary "Cholet: The Work of Freddy Mamani" from director Isaac Niemand

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Documentary "Cholet: The Work of Freddy Mamani" from director Isaac Niemand

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Documentary on Freddy Mamani Explores the Connection Between Architecture and Cultural Identity
https://www.archdaily.com/880450/new-documentary-on-freddy-mamani-explores-the-connection-between-architecture-and-cultural-identity

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Tableware that aims to express Hong Kong's community eating culture   https://www.core77.com/projects/89036/Niu-Niu-Tableware-Aims-to-Express-Hong-Kongs-Community-Eating-Culture

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Angolan Basket Weaving Meets Traditional Ceramics https://design-milk.com/angolan-basket-weaving-meets-traditional-ceramics/

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Maneki Comptoir Asiat’, restaurant design by Rainville-Sangaré & Studio Beau

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Maneki Comptoir Asiat’, restaurant design by Rainville-Sangaré & Studio Beau

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The Interior Of This New Restaurant Uses Asian Pop Culture References.
https://www.contemporist.com/interior-restaurant-asian-pop-culture-references/?utm_content=buffer25f30&utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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Conceptual chocolate packaging by Zilin Yee

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Conceptual chocolate packaging by Zilin Yee

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https://thedieline.com/blog/2018/4/4/super-delicious-limited-company

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Traveling in Vietnam and visiting various craftsmen in Ho Chi Minh City, the two designers have studied the techniques, materials and colors used by these ones. Here, they came in contact with handmade products especially made from paper and sea grass and they have decided to translate, to a larger scale, these work techniques in pieces of furniture. https://homeworlddesign.com/vietnamese-culture-design-studio-glimpt/

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"Carrying On Carrying On" by Blake Griffiths

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"Carrying On Carrying On" by Blake Griffiths

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A collection of design bags and textile by textile designer and art educator Blake Griffiths - https://www.formandseek.com/copy-of-storage-facility