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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.

Veering from octopus tentacles to rain filled clouds, lighting at this year’s Milan Design Week was sculptural and immersive, with inspiration drawn directly from art.