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Design Miami/Basel is a useful illustration of the soft boundaries between design and fine art. This compact, focused show delivered on key directions in collectable design.

This year’s London Design Biennale theme, The Great Game: Remapping Collaborations, suggested one possible response to an increasingly protectionist world; working together to achieve positive change.

A selection of upcoming exhibitions from around the world that the team at MIX Magazine expect to inspire future design & colour directions.

Design Directions 2025 Part Two: STILL LIFE & HACK | Colour Now: 2024 PROVENANCE & SUBMERGE | Focus on Art

Regional designers shaping the 2024 design directions through craft, innovation and cultural perspectives.

Bio-design, invasive species and material symbiosis. The CMF directions for the 2024/25 design direction PLANT.

Monolithic forms, elemental materials and muted tones. The CMF directions for the 2024/25 design direction PLAIN.

E-waste, mined materials and artificial geologies. The CMF directions for the 2024/25 design direction MINE.

Craft, folk storytelling and agricultural traditions. The CMF directions for the 2024/25 design direction GRAIN.