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Distorted realities, creative dissent and surreal artistic expressions. Social and market signals for the 2024 design direction HELTER-SKELTER.

Memory, memorialisation and digital preservation. Social and market signals for the 2024 design direction MEMORY.

Liquid qualities, buoyant materials and submerged aesthetics. The CMF directions for the 2024 design direction SUBMERGE.

Craft, digital tracking and local materials. The CMF directions for the 2024 design direction PROVENANCE.

Satire, distortion and unsettling theatricality. The CMF directions for the 2024 design direction HELTER-SKELTER.

Fragmented forms, aged patinas and shadowy contrasts. The CMF directions for the 2024 design direction MEMORY.

You’d think nobody would want to embrace a snake motif, what with the unavoidable association with original sin. But in spite, or maybe because of, their dark side, the allure of all things serpentine persists.

Playing a pivotal role in the development of future tech, minerals may replace oil as a resource. Reports on vulnerabilities in global supply chains already exacerbated by conflict and climate change, and the crucial role of the consumer in rejecting mineral mining exploitation.

Design Directions 2024/25 Part One: GRAIN & MINE | Colour Now: 2023/24 1969 & SOON | Focus on Office & Contract.