The Sony Walkman, soon became an 1980’s classic, singularly weaving together music, recreation including a fitness boom and technology. The Walkman revolutionized the way people experienced music and like "Stranger Things" captured the essence of youth and independence.

In theory designers can shift between typologies because ‘in theory’, design is a process that is not specific to one typology (ie. type of work, say resident or commercial, etc). This ‘process’, at its best, is universal (in that the ‘process’ is transferrable from project to project no matter the scale or programme). Most designers stick within their comfort zone though tend to get a little lost when crossing unchartered waters. Vincent Van Duysen crosses those ‘waters’ and sails over the horizon.

It seems appropriate for a forum like Globescope which is focused on moments in global design, art and culture to reflect upon the work of Chanel. Having just walked through the NGV (National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia), it seemed about time to celebrate that “originator”, Gabrielle Chanel.

I have to admit it, l have a soft spot for people that fly under the radar. Yes, many of those with a high profiles are deserving of all the attention they get but there is something about the ninja, whom quietly, calmly and methodically floats into the action that l secretly admire. Sevil Peach is a ninja. Quietly changing the way millions of people live and work and nobody knows it.

It even sounds cool. Nendo. Fortunately, Nendo isn’t just bluff, it backs up the name with a catalogue of work over two decades that is amazingly diverse. From product design to architecture, exhibition design to furniture. A lot of designers use the term ‘multidisciplinary’ but few are as expansive as Nendo and importantly, few maintain the incredible consistency of sheer awesomeness (is ‘awesomeness’ a word?) over years.

I’m not sure if Piet Oudolfs’ work should be described as Garden or Landscape or Meadow or Prairie or Field or maybe they are simply all of these things. However the work is described, Oudolf has somehow managed to walk all of these forms with seeming ease. Oudolfs’ designs celebrate the beautiful order and chaos of nature, using the humble plant as the core weapon in his armoury of landscape design.

It is a strange occurrence that once you are aware of something, you see it all the time; from there on, it seems to shadow you. For the unaware, Achilles Castiglioni could be your ‘shadow’. His designs are all around you and you probably don’t know it.

Some people are just cool. It’s effortless. Pas Normal Studios is the cool kid. Unlike the cool kid, Pas Normal Studios has good reason to be happy with themselves, because they are confident, handsomely modern and don’t care what other people think. 

I’ll be honest the Hocker stool is one of my favourite pieces of furniture. But that sounds a little limiting because l think its a beautiful object. Yes, you can sit on it or use it as side table but best of all , its just beautiful to look at .